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Friday, March 3, 2017

First turboprop powered airliner (1948). Look at how long the engine nacelles are.

Anonymous said...: I loved this plane. When I was a kid in the 50's, the Viscount was the closest thing we had to a jet. My Dad worked for Trans Canada Air Lines (TCA, now Air Canada), and all my previous youth flights had been on the North Star (DC-4M), a very loud piston propeller plane. When the Viscount was adopted by TCA, my Dad called it feminine because it was much smoother and quieter; not a "man's" plane. I have no opinion on that; I just loved flying, anything. If you go to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, you can see a DC-7, which is like a slightly bigger DC-4. Here's a Wikipedia link to a TCA DC-4: http://tinyurl.com/hd2ayeu

Thanks for the memories, Chuck.
Chris Doutre; March 4, 2017 at 11:27:00 AM PST
Chuck Pergiel said...: Glad you liked it. You'd think they could have at least put headers on the Merlins, you know, direct the exhaust away from the passenger cabin, but I suppose speed was the thing.; March 4, 2017 at 12:53:00 PM PST

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