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Old 10-16-2017, 11:44 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
There's STILL quite a few Douglas DC-3's STILL plying the skies.
Since they're not pressurized, they can still last longer than pressurized airframes. No wonder most commercial jets are scrapped at a lower age than many of those older non-pressurized aircraft.

BTW too bad this DC-3 that flown by Varig was not restored to airworthy condition:
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