THE VENERABLE C-46 Curtiss Commando

[beana51]

Its 11:03...Niagara Falls N.Y....Temp 6 Deg.....Newly Weds Sleeping late!..
BUT?"STUFF" has to be delivered..DHL is doing it with a great new paint job!..A "COOL" town,The HONEYMOON capital of America!!... ;D

[stewstewart]

Many thanx!!! I cannot say enough about the C-46. My Dad preferred the C-47 (said the C-46 was under-powered!), but I started flying it years ago on Air America missions in Laos and the surrounding area (in FS9!).

I was raised (sorta - we were an Air Force Family) in the Town of Tonawanda - I went to Kenmore East HS - and I've often flown the Niagara Gorge usually taking off from St Catherines, ONT, lining up and pulling up right after flying under Rainbow Bridge - I won't try that with the Commando, but I will get the DHL textures (which I must admit I ignored when I saw them come out).

OK, you're right, I'm gonna try under Rainbow in the C-46 from both ends starting with the trip up the Gorge...

Thanx again for causing me to reminisce and for stimulating my lust for the C-46 and the whole Niagara Frontier area!!!

Stew

[beana51]

Thanx Stew..I too love that beautiful Niagara Frontier.....my summer sojourns were to , Lac du Saint Sacrement ,that dinner cruse on Lake George, Ft.Ticonderoga,Crown Point,up the great Lake Champlain ,Richelieu River,St. Lawrence river,to Quebec......Ft.Niagara,and of course the MIGHTY FALLS!!...Always took the MAID of the MIST adventure.....I tell ya stew,here in the BONE YARD,now have time to Recall,and with misty eye,relieve this.... This Sim ,is like some magic carpet...One can revisit these places! Thanx Much!, CHEERS TO YA!!...Vin!!

YEA! BUZZ the FALLS,and LOOP the bridge....On the sim..but of Course!! ;D

[stewstewart]

Now we're back in NY (after college, over 20 in the USAF, and a 21 stint in the DC area) in an Eastern Suburb of Syracuse. Been back to the Falls a number of times - we even went to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont, for the first time in my life!!!!

I did, I just flew under the bright from the Gorge side! Plabe handled very well even with the DHL colors!

Very good talking to ya!!! (As always!!!)

Stew