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The next MSFS Local legend - Curtiss C46 Commando
Posted:
Wed Jul 03, 2024 8:13 pm
by cowpatz
I really enjoyed this aircraft in P3D so I'm looking forward to rattling around in it.
Re: The next MSFS Local legend - Curtiss C46 Commando
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Wed Jul 03, 2024 9:56 pm
by Charl
Other names used by the men who flew them were "The Whale", the "Curtiss Calamity", and the "plumber's nightmare
Re: The next MSFS Local legend - Curtiss C46 Commando
Posted:
Wed Jul 03, 2024 10:00 pm
by emfrat
Charl wrote:Other names used by the men who flew them were "The Whale", the "Curtiss Calamity", and the "plumber's nightmare
Didn't they perform better 'over the hump' than the C-47s?
Re: The next MSFS Local legend - Curtiss C46 Commando
Posted:
Thu Jul 04, 2024 9:05 am
by cowpatz
I can remember these being used in the film “Air America” with Mel Gibson.
Re: The next MSFS Local legend - Curtiss C46 Commando
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Fri Jul 05, 2024 1:40 pm
by chopper_nut
I don't recall the C46 being in that film. The C123 and the Fairchild Porters took center stage.
Re: The next MSFS Local legend - Curtiss C46 Commando
Posted:
Fri Jul 05, 2024 3:27 pm
by Naki
Re: The next MSFS Local legend - Curtiss C46 Commando
Posted:
Fri Jul 05, 2024 6:45 pm
by chopper_nut
A few errors in that page but yeah. C123 and Porters along with the UH1 made up most of the aircraft in that film
Re: The next MSFS Local legend - Curtiss C46 Commando
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Sat Jul 06, 2024 9:48 am
by cowpatz
Yes you are correct. My bad. A long time since I last watched that movie.
Re: The next MSFS Local legend - Curtiss C46 Commando
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Sat Jul 06, 2024 12:34 pm
by Naki
My memory was wrong too...I thought Mel was flying Caribous not C-123s