Return-Path: Received: from mtain-mp02.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-mp02.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.193.70]) by air-md04.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINMD044-8b834da0b5ec13f; Sat, 09 Apr 2011 15:39:25 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-mp02.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id AF5373800008F; Sat, 9 Apr 2011 15:39:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1Q8dyp-0006lg-MC for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:37:59 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Q8dyp-0006lV-3t for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:37:59 +0100 Received: from yoda.london.02.net ([82.132.130.151] helo=mail.o2.co.uk) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Q8dyn-0004tr-Ns for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:37:59 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.65] (46.64.39.147) by mail.o2.co.uk (8.5.119.05) (authenticated as g3ldo@o2.co.uk) id 4C9F76EE3050EC2F for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 9 Apr 2011 20:37:51 +0100 Message-ID: <4DA0B590.6040807@o2.co.uk> Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:37:52 +0100 From: Peter Dodd User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Thunderbird/3.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <000b01cbf5d6$37d9d3e0$0301a8c0@your91hoehfy9g> <4D9F8D77.8010609@o2.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4D9F8D77.8010609@o2.co.uk> X-Spam-Score: 1.4 (+) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,RATWARE_GECKO_BUILD=1.426 Subject: Re: LF: MF CHECK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1dc1464da0b5eb2d69 X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) A search on Google indicates that the airplane shown in Mal's photo is probably a Lisunov Li-2, a Russian variant of the DC-3 built under licence. Some had 4-bladed propellers. Over 3000 of these aircraft were built. I apologise for the off-topic thread but the subject is of much interest to me. Regards Peter, G3LDO > Interesting photo Mal. It is obviously a DC3 but has four-bladed > propellers and electrical leading wing edge de icing arrangement > rather than the rubber boot de icing found on all the DC3s I have known. > Could you tell us more this DC3 and the outfit it belonged to. > > >> Checking HF/MF antenna and loose rivets on a DC3 before take off at >> Habaniya/Iraq 1956 >> MAL/YI2DX >> > > >