Douglas DC-3, N101KC Rose of Dream Flight
carried passengers on aerial tours from Hawthorne Airport
on Friday, July 9. It was built as a DC-3 in 1943 and served the
Army Air Force as a C-53D. It is a veteran of the D-Day invasion of Europe on
June 6, 1944. Its Douglas construction number is 11639.
Passengers congregated at the Western Museum of Flight.
Dream Flight's DC-3,
N101KC Rose taxis to the ramp shortly before 10:00 in the morning to pick up
the first load of passengers of the day.
Rose
Rose
Rose
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One of Rose' pilots explains
the finer points of flying a DC-3.
Rose' cockpit
Rose' cockpit
Rose' passenger compartment
has six rows of four seats. The third row faces to the rear.
Rose waits for her passengers to
arrive.
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Rose
Rose
Rose
The first load
of passengers assembles under Rose' wing.
Rose takes
off from Runway 25 the Hawthorne Airport just after 11:00.
Rose flew just to the south of
Los Angeles International Airport.
Rose' left wing.
Rose' right wing.
Rose circumnavigated
Rancho Palos Verdes.
Rose
Rose' pilots.
A cool breeze blew in
through the open window in Rose' cockpit. Moments later the pilots banked Rose
to the right to avoid a light plane.
The Queen Mary and the
geodesic dome that used to house the Spruce Goose appeared under Rose' left wing.
Rose made a right 270 degree
turn and headed back toward Terminal Island.
Rose crossed over the
Los Angeles River.
Traffic was light on the 405 freeway.
Rose flew past the
golf course at Holly Park as it appoached the airport.
Rose passed above
Crenshaw Boulevard on the descent to the runway.
Nat's Restaurant flashed by
just before Rose' main wheels touched down 22 minutes after take-off.
Rose waits to take
a second load of passengers aloft.
Rose' number one
engine belches a puff of smoke as it starts up.
Rose
Rose' pilots
check the engine instruments before starting to taxi.
Rose taxis to the
runway for the second revenue flight.
Rose
Rose
Rose taxis to
the far end of the runway.
Rose lifts off
of Runway 25 at noon.
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Rose
Rose
Rose
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Rose
Rose
A nostalgia flight aboard Rose from the Inyokern Airport
on Wednesday, October 6, 2004.
More of my photographs of Douglas DC-3s.
You can buy a 2009 calendar featuring my photographs of Douglas DC-3 Variants.
A dozen photos of variants of Douglas DC-3s, taken over a span of thirty years. DC-3s pictured include:
PCA DC-3 N50CE, San Francisco International Airport, August 6, 1974
DC-3 N25CE Puff, Santa Barbara Airport, October 1985
DC-3C N403JB Pegasus, Santa Barbara Airport, October 16, 1985
Salair DC-3C, N3FY, Santa Barbara Airport, May 10, 1988
Douglas Historical Foundation DC-2-118B NC1934D in TWA livery Marine Corp Air Station el Toro, April 29, 1989
Lisunov Li-2T Yellow 03, Zhukovsky, Russia, September 5, 1993
Royal Air Force Dakota, Farnborough Airshow, September 11, 1994
Air Atlantique DC-3 G-AMPO, Farnborough Airshow, September 11, 1994
DC-3-253 NC41HQ (C-41 38-0502), Nellis Air Force Base, April 25, 1997
DC-3 N101KC Rose, Hawthorne Airport, Friday, July 9, 2004
DC-3 N20TW, Edwards Air Force Base, August 19, 2005
DC-3C N814CL Mainliner O'Connor, Camarillo, June 12, 2006
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