Flying with the Gooney Bird

      The C-47, designated W7, was a paratrooper transport during D day. It has been completely restored and is in great flying condition. With two 1000 hp engines it has some power and makes some cool noise as it taxis by and accelerates down the runway. What a thrill to be flying around such historic aircraft.  
     The first 4 pictures are of the Gooney Bird taxiing and taking off while we were setting up. The next is of Matt just after he touched down to a premo landing and the last is of Mark coming in to land with the Remax balloon landing behind him.
    There were a few of us out, Linda, Bill V., Joe, Alex, Matt and myself. Linda caught the only thermal on a day that was predicted to be awesome. Everyone else sledded in the to smooth air mass that surrounded the field. Alex did great on his Mark IV and Matt flew his Sport 2 for the first time and did great. I had a butter smooth tow and a nice long sled ride down to a no step landing.  

Flights: 1
Airtime: 23 min
Max altitude: 4100'
Fun factor: 9