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groundloop

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7. Vintage, yes. Worth a mint, no.

Reply to The Magistrate (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 02:31 PM

Oct 2012

There are still many DC-3's in service all over the world carrying freight and passengers. There's even a company in Wisconsin installing turbo-prop engines on them.

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