Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
posted by Kerry-Anne
So there we were, driving happily along the N7 this morning, on our way to visit my brother and his family at their new home in Hopefield, when we noticed that the traffic had slowed somewhat, and there seemed to be some sort of obstruction on the road ahead, with an awful lot of blue and orange flashing lights, and plenty of cars on the wrong side of the road.
We were all a little taken aback when we spotted the cause of the hold-up. It turned out to be this rather large plane, being transported up the West Coast by truck. We toddled along behind it for several kilometres, as only a few cars were being allowed past every so often. Eventually we got close enough to get a few photos, and you can see the rest of them on the Cape Town Daily Photo Extras blog. Anyone know what kind of plane this is?
5 Comments:
I'm glad you explained it was being transported and not fell out of the sky. That's a great opportunist photo.
What a super chance to get some great photo's...glad we weren't behind it and in a hurry to get somewhere!
It's a DC-3 "Dakota" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-3). They've been flying actively for over 70 years and have a history in SA both in civil aviation as well as the air force.
I wonder if it has anything to do with the Ameria Earhart movie being filmed here at the moment?
:) Technically it's a C-47TP (the C-47 was the military version of the DC-3). It is one of two that have been sitting at AFB Ysterplaat:
http://saairforce.co.za/news-and-events/693/second-dakota-for-bokriver-training-facility
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