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Germanys only airworthy DC-3 made a crash landing today

No chance of getting the bird home safely as the engine failed shortly after takeoff.

Fortunately, there were just seven injuries; none life-threatening.
 
While the loss of an irreplaceable aircraft is a terrible thing, the loss of human life would have been worse.

OBIO
 
Sad news indeed!

But thanks to Tim, this gal stays alive at least for us:



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[SIZE=-1] FS2002/FS2004 MAAM-SIM DC-3 Rosinenbomber (Candy Bomber). The DC-3 D-CXXX "Rosinenbomber" (Candy Bomber) is the only flight-ready DC-3 in Germany. It is operated by the Air Service Berlin. Based on repaint templates by Mark Beaumont and original textures by Jan Visser, this texture set in D-CXXX livery requires the base DC3 package available from Mid Atlantic Air Museum Simulations (MAAM-SIM) Requires previous installation of OY-BPB C-47 package (BPB_FS9.ZIP). By Tim Scharnhop.[/SIZE]


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Here's some more pics:

http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/0,1518,701715,00.html

I wonder where the rudder damage comes from?

I'll definately miss the sound of the two Twin Wasps above my head...
 
Good news is that no one got killed, but indeed a very sad loss for german classic aviation.

It still was one of my dreams to take a trip over Berlin with this thing one day! I will have to bury that dream now, I guess...

Regards
Alex
 
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