Down for a while

[henrys]

I made a jump out of an old WWII DC3 a few weekends ago and boy that door is small. I caught my pinky finger on the way out (diving). Long story short I shattered my pinky into 4 pieces. I just had pins put in. Sadly its gunna take 10-12 weeks to heal. Should be good for prime riding weather though. :up:

 

[koifarm]

Hope you didn't hurt that lovely old warrior of a DC-3, one of my favorite jump aircraft, I've got over a thousand hours lugging jumpers up to altitude in those aircraft, not to mention several over water flights to the south of Florida and back, don't ask...

 

[Sal Paradise]

Koi some day I'd like to hear about those flights...

;-)

 

[Tomintoul]

My Granddad jumped out of one of those old buckets into Normandy. Went up there a couple of weeks ago and saw a great one at the Merville Battery called the SNAFU Special.

 

[henrys]

Real cool Koi! It was a hell of an experience jumping out of the DC3. My grandfather was a WWII paratrooper and died from a gunshot to the lung in the korean war. So it was very emotional for me being in there. It was totally my fault on the finger break but I have to wonder if grandpa was fucking with me lol

 

[9mmMike]

Love the DC3 / C47's. Sorry to hear about your finger though.

 

[strokerlmt]

My father flew the DC3 and said it was one of the most reliable indestructable planes ever built.
LMT
ouch....bet the pinker throbbed a little on the float down ;-)) men up.

 

[henrys]

Yeah my adrenalin was pumping real hard so I didn't know how bad it was until my chute came out and I grabbed the toggles.. hurt like a mofo. Thankfully I had a smooth landing though.

 

[sweatmachine]

Damn that sounds painful. Heal fast!

 

[grumpy_1944]

Some of those planes that flew the hump (himalayas) in WW-II had magnesium engine cowls (for weight savings), that caught fire easily. That is what caused the crash that killed Ricky Nelson, according to a documentary I watched a few years ago.

Still, it's a great plane, wish I could afford one!!!!!

 

[henrys]

Here's some more pics of the plane. Also here's the history of the "Southern Cross". Really cool: http://www.douglasc47.org/History.html

 

[B06Tang]

Holy shit...ouch!! I hope you heal fast and thorough