"Willa Dean"

"Willa Dean" Douglas C-47 Skytrain (aka "The Gooney Bird") fly's past the crowd at the 2016 Planes of Fame Air Show.

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"Willa Dean" Douglas C-47 Skytrain (aka "The Gooney Bird") fly's past the crowd at the 2016 Planes of Fame Air Show.

"I came to admire this machine which could lift virtually any load strapped to its back and carry it anywhere in any weather, safely and dependably. The C-47 groaned, it protested, it rattled, it leaked oil, it ran hot, it ran cold, it ran rough, it staggered along on hot days and scared you half to death, its wings flexed and twisted in a horrifying manner, it sank back to earth with a great sigh of relief - but it flew and it flew and it flew."

Len Morgan. The C-47 was the U.S. military designation for the DC-3.

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