Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 BiRadial Traders has an oddball and growing assortment of Vintage WWII'ish aircraft. We are buying up any and all classic airframes we can get our hands on, restoring them and putting them to work. As most are single seaters we have mostly cargo carrying aircraft utilizing converted drop tanks and bomb bay containers to carry apporpriate cargos...ie...no live sheep...frozen are just fine. The Aeroplane Heaven (AH) Helldiver makes an odd but fairly good hauler in AirHauler (AH2). It has a large cargo capacity, a load of over 4000 lbs in it's bomb bay, can fly economically at low cruise settings, and can haul one passenger decked out in period togs for Role Playing paid passenger flights with each haul...or sans Pax and be a bit more aggressive on the Diver Approaches to speed up cargo and mission deliveries... But I'm doing a Pax/Cargo tour on this 3 leg trip...so no aero stunts or shenanigans on this trip...just scenery, economy cruise, and profits...the passenger is only covering about 1/2 the total fuel bill, so there will be cargo hauled on each leg as well. Heading down the Livermore base ramp and taking a look at my growing fleet of Warbird Cargo planes, and a few passenger carriers as well, including a couple Electras, PV-2s, and Catalinas. The first leg is up the Central Valley towards Mt. Shasta, to Tulelake Municipal Airport. The passenger's view: Passenger's view rounding Clearlake Reservoir before landing at Tulelake. On approach: Skip ahead to start of next leg to KCEC - Del Norte Regional Airport at Crescent City up near the top of Cali coast. Landing at KCEC: On our way out and heading back to Livermore, starting down the coast.. passing the Eureka area and Murray Field KEKA. The very distinct shape of Drakes Bay and our signal to cut across and avoid the framerate hogging Main SF bay area. A few clouds to dodge on our way over the Marin county area. And all to soon the Grand NorCal tour is nearly over upon our arrival back to Livermore KLVK. Cheers, Hope you enjoyed the ride, give our card to a friend...we have Gift Certificates available. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
rosariomanzo 545 Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 I do like the first shot, what a nice hangar! Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 +1 what a lovely sight seeing all those old timers! Superb enroute shots too, just like the ATWC! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
wain 879 Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 6 hours ago, mutley said: +1 what a lovely sight seeing all those old timers! bit like looking in the mirror........ Nice shots Matt, great way to use the old birds and thier carrying capacity.... 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted April 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 2 hours ago, wain said: bit like looking in the mirror........ Nice shots Matt, great way to use the old birds and thier carrying capacity.... LOL Wayne. +2 Also, probably like a video skype with the Mutley Crew. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 Nicely done. Seems like you need a Lancastrian or Halton in the fleet. Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,316 Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 Great post Matt, the scenery was fantastic and yep, that first shot with all those fine looking birds was a treat. Link to post Share on other sites
dolf8857 640 Posted April 29, 2017 Report Share Posted April 29, 2017 All fantastic shots these Matt! Link to post Share on other sites
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