Good Morning, Oppo

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 05/18/2018 at 09:15 • Filed to: good morning oppo

5

10

Mmm, I do love polished aluminum airplanes. Have a great Friday, Oppo.

This particular DC-3, Flagship San Francisco Skysleeper  (NC 28325) was later sold to Transcontinental & Western Air and ended its career as a C-49E with the USAAF.

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 05/18/2018 at 09:21

0

The idea of sleeping on a DC-3...I guess it’s sort of OK in the context of three-piece suit, bathing once a week, and trying to avoid polio.

I also love aluminum and miss Eastern mainly for that reason. When I was a kid my dad taught me about how much paint weighs, how it has to be redone, etc

facw > Ash78, voting early and often 05/18/2018 at 09:27

1

Doesn’t look so horrible:

Probably noisy though. Would be noisy in seat too though, and for an 19 hour cross country flight (or really four flights, since it had to stop to refuel a bunch), I think a bed would be quite nice.

pip bip - choose Corrour > ttyymmnn 05/18/2018 at 09:29

1

what’s left of it

;)

ttyymmnn > facw 05/18/2018 at 09:31

0

I’m trying to figure out the economics of that arrangement. Hardly seems like there are enough paying passengers to make it profitable. But then again, it may have been relatively cheap back in the day. Neat pictures.

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often 05/18/2018 at 09:32

1

I miss the old American livery. It photographed well. The new one is blah.

facw > ttyymmnn 05/18/2018 at 09:35

0

I imagine the plane tickets were quite expensive, so they could afford to fly with very few people. And for the people flying, when your alternative is several days on a transcontinental train (where you’d also want a fancy cabin, and high-end services), it may well have been worthwhile for the rich to pay that premium.

ttyymmnn > facw 05/18/2018 at 09:36

1

I find it interesting that the pax are in their full-on PJs.

Quadradeuce > ttyymmnn 05/18/2018 at 09:36

1

According to Boeing, these carried 14 passengers if sleeping, or 28 if not.

facw > ttyymmnn 05/18/2018 at 09:39

1

AA planes always looked dingy to me. Polished aluminum is nice, but I think they didn’t put enough effort into actually keeping it polished/clean. A mirror finish is not going to be good for hiding dirt.

Not at all a fan of AA’s current look though.

Ash78, voting early and often > facw 05/18/2018 at 09:53

0

Great cutaways and pics.

I know air travel was prohibitively expensive back then, so I would have to guess those berths would be (inflation adjusted) $10k or more for a cross-country flight. Sort of a novelty for the ultra wealthy.

Yeah, it was loud! I’ve been on a passenger DC-3 once about 25 years ago and it was pretty deafening.