Originally Posted by dboyd001

..... A friend of mine and I leased one of PBA's idle planes for a quick, but very profitable cargo flight. I can't remember the registration, but it was one of the ex-C-47s. My log book is long gone or else I could look up the registration. It was quite a rush to be the right-seater in such a historic plane. We landed in Newark, NJ and no one could figure out what airline it was since PBA didn't fly there. Dropped off our cargo, picked up a small cargo, flew her back to Boston early the next day and spent the rest of that day getting the seats back into it. Last I heard such a quickie lease/rental is no longer possible.
..... Stupid me, didn't even take a picture of it. The first and last time I flew anything as great as that old Douglas. Wonder where the ex-PBA planes are now.
Dave