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Posted: **Thu Jul 04, 2024 8:30 am**

C46(0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

C46(0005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

C46(0006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

C46(0008) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

C46(0010) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Posted: **Thu Jul 04, 2024 8:50 am**

My word JK, you are quick out of the starting blocks!
Nice wheels there.

Posted: **Thu Jul 04, 2024 9:06 am**

Is that Mel Gibson waving out the window?
Nice paint as usual JK.

Posted: **Thu Jul 04, 2024 5:40 pm**

Oh yes, I love those chubby old birds.
Great work JK.

Posted: **Fri Jul 05, 2024 7:26 am**

just got this machine and will be waiting for a civilian freighter for use in Alaska. But this one will also find work. Memories come back to an airplane graveyard in Da Nang in 1986. But I can't remember if there was a C-46 there. There you could find "everything" that the Americans used in Vietnam and neighboring countries. I remember an F-5E and an A-37 that are now in the Aviation Museum in Prague. The aircraft, which were no longer airworthy, were delivered to this museum by the Vietnamese for 2 barrels of Slivovitz and self-collection.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slivovitz

Posted: **Fri Jul 05, 2024 10:29 am**

Unfortunately, the reviews are not that great for it. Hopefully some of our clever sim community devs will do one or two mods for it.

Posted: **Fri Jul 05, 2024 4:40 pm**

The third shot clearly shows why it had the nickname of The Whale.
All great shots though.

Posted: **Sat Jul 06, 2024 12:58 am**

everts (00001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

everts (00002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

everts (00004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Posted: **Sat Jul 06, 2024 3:30 am**

angel (00008) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

angel (00006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

angel (00004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

angel (00002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Posted: **Sat Jul 06, 2024 6:22 am**

Smiley (00003) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Smiley (00004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Smiley (00006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Smiley (00008) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Posted: **Sat Jul 06, 2024 11:10 am**

More great shots of The Whale. The C-46 was the best twin-engined transport used in the CBI Theatre, and I have to say that the OD/NG camouflage really suits it.