I had to get next to this C-47 for a photo at the EAA Museum in Oshkosh on my three day jaunt to that side of the state as I am a rabid World War Two aircraft buff.
Just recently I was given the entire set of DVD's on Band of Brothers which featured this aircraft in the D Day invasion, dropping sticks of the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne behind the German lines on the French coast.
In fact, collector that I am, I am dying to order and add to my collection of 1/48 scale metal diecast aircraft an exact duplicate of this "gooney bird".
Kim and I enjoyed our afternoon visit. We took the tractor-pulled tram out to the C-47's location. They were taking visitors up in old bi-wing open cockpit planes and I seriously considered going up until I found out they wanted $70 for a five minute fly around.
I did meet a really interesting gentleman there who flew helicoptors in Nam early in the war but had to quit when he developed inner ear problems and couldn't keep his balance. That certainly would cause helicoptor pilots some consternation!
I could have hung around the Eagle Hangar all afternoon as they have a British Spitfire, an AT6-Texan trainer, a B-25 twin engine bomber, a British Mosquito bomber, an early P-51 Mustang, a P-38 twin boom fighter similar to the one my uncle Raymond lost his life in, and many more.
I was somewhat diappointed as "Aluminum Overcast", their fully restored B-17G was out on tour.
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