TRIBUTE TO THE DC-3

[Guest Glenn]

In fifty-one they tried to ground the noble DC-3

 

And some lawyers brought the case before the C.A.B.

 

The board examined all the facts behind their great oak portal

 

And pronounced these simple words "The Gooney Birds Immortal"

 

The Army toast their Sky Train in lousy scotch and soda

 

The Tommies raise their glasses high to cheer their old Dakota

 

Some claim the C-47's best, or the gallant R4D

 

Forget that claim, their all the same, they're the noble DC-3.

 

Douglas built the ship to last, but nobody expected

 

This crazy heap would fly and fly, no matter how they wrecked it

 

While nations fall and men retire, and jets go obsolete

 

The Gooney Bird flies on and on at eleven thousand feet.

 

No matter what they do to her the Gooney Bird still flies

 

One crippled plane was fitted out with one wing half the size

 

She hunched her shoulders then took off (I know this makes you laugh)

 

One wing askew, and yet she flew, the DC-3 and a half.

 

She had her faults, but after all, who's perfect in every sphere?

 

Her heating system was a gem we loved her for her gear

 

Of course the windows leaked a bit when the rain came pouring down

 

She'd keep you warm, but in a storm, it's possible you'd drown.

 

Well now she flies the feeder lines and carries all the freight

 

She's just an airborne office, a flying twelve ton crate

 

They patched her up with masking tape, with paper clips and strings

 

And still she flies, she never dies, Methuselah with wings.

 

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[Uncle Chop Chop]

All I can say is that they are a Fantastic Plane to fly on.

 

 

[sixtiesrelic]

Chop! Did we tell you that my father Bill and David have all flown that same aeroplane...

 

How many aircraft will have three generations fly them over a fifty four year period and the years will be added as long as David flies her.

 

 

[Uncle Chop Chop]

Chop! Did we tell you that my father Bill and David have all flown that same aeroplane...How many aircraft will have three generations fly them over a fifty four year period and the years will be added as long as David flies her.

Yeah you did but there will be more if David meets a nice lady and has a few kids with the Classic Aircraft blood in them.

 

If I had the chance to I would fly the DC-3!!!