Shupe/SOH Team Lodestar

[BendyFlyer]

Well the 1947 NAC Lodestar is now about and looks great. Did a run from Kawatiri to Windy Welly. This is a nice aeroplane although in real life it was a bit snug. Needs assymetric power on the ground to turn and slows rapidly when dirty, gear flaps etc. Something stylish about the Lockheed the DC-3 never had.

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A bit of weather enroute to Wellington via Nelson.

[Ian Warren]

It truly dose look very nice, It amazing how clean these aircraft were for the period ... nice screens Bendy ..... "Something stylish about the Lockheed the DC-3 never had" think they both had there own 'Ora' when you clamber into the Dak ... sit in the drivers seat , all the war movies come to mind , when you compare the three types as I mentioned before , the DC-3 the Hudson (close enough to a Lodestar) and the Avro Anson all from the same period , the design ideas were so different.