that coffee plant tour...(and a big friggin' plane)
Posted: October 2, 2012, 9:21 pm
by ezernut9mm
...that we never took at ssV. the roasterie just put a dc-3 on top of the building. i must say, it is quite impressive to look at when driving down southwest boulevard.
Re: that coffee plant tour...(and a big friggin' plane)
Posted: October 2, 2012, 10:14 pm
by Gritsngumbo
That's neat!
Re: that coffee plant tour...(and a big friggin' plane)
Posted: October 2, 2012, 10:33 pm
by Alan Mclennan
I agree with Grits!, thats neat!, pitty they didn`t do it before SS5...........
Back in the 70`s they grounded all DC-10`s, Australia didn`t have one so we grounded 3 x DC-3`s and a DC-1!, true story I think!.
Re: that coffee plant tour...(and a big friggin' plane)
Posted: October 2, 2012, 10:39 pm
by foodstick
It will be interesting to see how she holds up to some Missouri winds and twisters ! Which direction is the nose pointing ?
If its Northwest that wing will be making some serious lift soon
Re: that coffee plant tour...(and a big friggin' plane)
Posted: October 2, 2012, 10:49 pm
by ezernut9mm
i think it's about due west. almost directly across from it is a company called dsi systems. and the center piece of their complex is a restored roundhouse with some old railcar on the turntable.
Re: that coffee plant tour...(and a big friggin' plane)
Posted: October 2, 2012, 10:53 pm
by 64low-n-slow
We went down for the coffee tour, but the power was out in the building so the trip became a bust.....then we looked in back of the building! Holy Crap! How'd they get that plane back here? It's really cool to now understand why it was there. Thanks for posting it Ezer.
Re: that coffee plant tour...(and a big friggin' plane)
Posted: October 3, 2012, 3:14 am
by fmartin_gila
Thanks for posting that Chris. Showing my age a little here, but I had the pleasure to Pilot the Military version, a C-47, from Okinawa, Japan to Hong Kong, China in Late 1958. DC-3/C47 was the workhorse of the aviation community for a lot of years.
Fred
Re: that coffee plant tour...(and a big friggin' plane)
Posted: October 3, 2012, 9:13 am
by foodstick
I have heard it argued that for duration, simplicity and over all use.. the c-47 is the best single design ever built...
Re: that coffee plant tour...(and a big friggin' plane)
Posted: October 3, 2012, 9:41 pm
by 64low-n-slow
I got roped into painting this one for a customer a few years back. The guy in the cherry picker with the 1 litre paint cup was me! I could take 2 cups each trip, when they were empty I had to come down and refill.
There is nothing that sounds like a DC3/ C47 flying overhead!
Re: that coffee plant tour...(and a big friggin' plane)
Posted: October 3, 2012, 10:06 pm
by ezernut9mm
now that's a paint "job". wow. never heard a dc3, but there is a constellation based about three miles south of where i live. when it flies over, you know what it is.
Re: that coffee plant tour...(and a big friggin' plane)
Posted: October 4, 2012, 1:16 am
by Alan Mclennan
ezernut9mm wrote:now that's a paint "job". wow. never heard a dc3, but there is a constellation based about three miles south of where i live. when it flies over, you know what it is.
