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Originally Posted by SDF
I still think Gemini will do well if the continue with this mould and regional North American carriers. I would still love to see a Piedmont. They had a very striking c/s and even named their individual aircraft. Others we might see, that would sell well, would include Bonanza, Trans Texas, Frontier, Mohawk ("Gaslight Service"), Central (two different schemes), Southern, Chicago & Southern (green). Why not do a Delta for the ship in the museum. Heck, they could sell them there and through them on mail order. I'd also like to see the later Delta c/s on this (nathurally, lol). Why not Captial?
If you want to do the later Ozark, Trans Texas, and some others, yiou would need to add landing gear doors. They decided to "streamline" the 3 and maybe add a mile per hour to the cruising speed.
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I hope all of these will be made including Hawaiian's outstanding Viewmaster edition. I flew on them several times and the view of the Hawaiian islands was breathtaking and the aircraft livery was one of the best I have ever seen on a DC-3.
Hawaiian later equipped them with Pacific Aeromotive's, "Speed Pac" gear doors, tail wheel strut fairing and streamlined cowlings with thrust augmentation. Ozark and Hawaiian both claimed a 10 mile per hour increase in speed but the changes were made to dress up an aging plane to attract customers looking for a more modern airliner.