Petchmo » Flying http://petchmo.com Tue, 30 Mar 2021 03:27:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 Flying the Flagship Detroit http://petchmo.com/flying-the-flagship-detroit/ http://petchmo.com/flying-the-flagship-detroit/#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2014 23:25:36 +0000 http://petchmo.com/?p=376 On Friday I had the pleasure of joining the crew of the Flagship Detroit on an hour-long flight around Chicago. We departed O’Hare Airport to the west and flew south and east before turning up the shore of Lake Michigan and joining the pattern for an approach and landing on O’Hare’s runway 28C.

Start Me Up

In this video, Captain Zane Lemon starts the Detroit’s left engine. Be sure to turn up the volume.

On the FlightDeck

This video is footage from a GoPro camera I installed on the flight deck. You can really see how much work it is to fly the DC-3.

Landing a Tail-dragger

Returning to O’Hare, we landed on Runway 28C.

I’ll have a full article about the Flagship Detroit on Airchive soon.

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We all love to complain about flying, about going to the airport, and about how expensive it is. But let’s consider for moment the words of Louis CK (which are decidedly not safe for enjoyment in an office setting).

Happy National Aviation Day!

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