She flies again! Video: DC-7B N836D Carlos Gomez Eastern c/s

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She flies again! Video: DC-7B N836D Carlos Gomez Eastern c/s

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http://www.historicalflightfoundation.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Eastern Airlines DC-7B Flies Again

Independence Day, 2010 Take-off
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrSdBmgJ4lU[/youtube]
The Historical Flight Foundation DC-7B takes to the air after an almost 6 year restoration. The 40 minute flight was "un-eventfull". That is GOOD, N836D performed a take-off, a missed approach, then full landing. Carlos Gomez, FE said she wanted to keep going faster, and he kept pulling power back to slow it down. She wants to fly, and we aim to let that happen. The DC-7B was the fastest 4 engine propliner in the world. Capt George Riley, and First Officer Eduardo Blanco said N836 was very smooth, and felt very comfortable in their hands. Congratulations HFF, Crew, and the USA! Happy July 4th could not be better!
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC4LD71nzQU[/youtube]
Shot by TV Mambo's Larry Morales. Eastern DC-7B, N836D takes to the air for the first time in 6 years.
Larry shot the take-off, then down to the end of the runway for the flyover.
Turn up the volume... :wink:
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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Re: She flies again! Video: DC-7B N836D Carlos Gomez Eastern c/s

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The DC-7 will be visiting :
Oshkosh, WI, 24 July - 1 Aug.
Thunder over Michigan, 7/8 Aug
New York Teterboro, 12-14 Aug.

Teterboro will be the first location where passengers can enjoy a pleasure flight on a DC-7 !
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Re: She flies again! Video: DC-7B N836D Carlos Gomez Eastern c/s

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Simon Brooke wrote: > Dear All
>
> Not quite the usual report, but I had the enormous pleasure of flying on
> DC-7B N836D from Opa-Locka to Oshkosh on Sunday morning and, with the
> permission of the Moderators, I'd like to pass on all the information I have
> so that as many as possible can enjoy the experience of flying on this
> superb aircraft (and, by doing so, keep her in the air!).
>
> After many years "resting" at St. Paul, MN, the aircraft was ferried to
> Florida in late 2004. After nearly 6 years of work, she flew again on
> Independence Day, July 4 2010.
>
> Having already arranged a holiday to the US to have a week pottering around,
> then to "do" Oshkosh, I noticed a brief report on the EAA website and
> followed it through to discover that the Historic Flight Foundation, which
> operates the DC-7B, was planning to fly it from Opa-Locka to Oshkosh on
> Saturday 24 July and was selling seats on the flight.
>
>
> After 7 years of working with DC3s and DC6s at Air Atlantique, I am only too
> well aware of the trials and tribulations of operating round-engined
> aircraft so I booked a return flight with AA from Chicago to Miami (just in
> case!).
>
> The public front of the HFF is provided by Carol and Roger Jarman and their
> daughter Betsy. They run the model shop near Miami International and were
> overwhelmingly helpful in making sure that my trip went to plan.
>
> On arrival at my Hotel in Miami on Friday evening, I received a message from
> Carol that there was a 24-hour delay on the departure from OPF. No big deal
> - at least it wasn't a cancellation! So, at 05:30LT on Sunday morning,
> Carol kindly picked me up from the hotel and ran me out to OPF, picking up
> the catering en-route.
>
> At Opa-Locka, all was almost under control - shortly after we got there, two
> Avgas bowsers turned up to refuel the aircraft. As you can imagine,
> refuelling a DC-7 takes a wee bit longer than refuelling a Cessna 172!
> However everything finally came together, and we boarded the aircraft and
> found seats.
>
> Once the four R-3350s were running (start up accompanied by the traditional
> clouds of smoke), we taxied at 07:52 and, after power checks, lined up on
> Opa-Locka's runway 09L. At 08:05 we levitated (Douglas pistons don't take
> off, they levitate!). After a gentle climb-out over Miami Beach we turned
> to the north and continued the climb to our cruising altitude of 8,000 feet.
>
> Take-off was a relief as, thanks to FAA requirements, the original hat-racks
> have been removed; with the hat-racks went the air vents. Taxiing out at
> OPF was a rather hot and sweaty affair but, once airborne, the cabin settled
> down to a very comfortable temperature.
>
> The cabin interior is superb; thanks to the aircraft scrapping operations at
> OPF, the foundation has access to lots of bits from the DC-7's younger
> relatives so the seats (2+2) and the two lavatories were out of DC9s and
> MD80s. The two main doors even have inflatable evacuation slides!
>
> The service on board was great - there were three Cabin Attendants for the
> 30 passengers on this flight and the service would put many big-airline
> business classes to shame.
>
> It took a mere 5 hours 25 minutes to trundle up to Oshkosh, in a clear blue
> sky with a layer of puffy cumulus clouds below us to add a bit of interest
> to the views. Following our descent we carried out a fly-past at OSH before
> a right-hand visual circuit to a greaser on Oshkosh's runway 36L at 12:30
> central.
>
> The full details of the aircraft, including video of the first flight on
> July 4, can be found at:
> http://www.n836d.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
>
> ....which also has details of future flying plans and links to the sales
> site for booking flights. The foundation is being careful about future plans
> as it's so early in the aircraft's new life, but I am assured that there
> will be more opportunities to fly on her in the future.
>
> Please feel free to forward this to any other mailing lists or people who
> might be interested.
>
> Cheers Simon
> ================================
> Simon Brooke, Jersey
> simon.brooke1954@yahoo.co.uk
> http://www.simon-brooke.co.uk/gallery" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
> ================================
>
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