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Julio Garcia

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Brings back fond memories of watching the DC-6's and DC-7's starting their engines at the Portland airport...and all the smoke emitting from the engines, not to mention that deep roar when they cranked up.  Thanks to my uncle Bob for taking me.  A memory that is burnt into my memory.

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Years ago, four of us did an annual moose hunt out of a cabin in the Innoko valley - about 300 miles west of Anchorage.  We were right under V440, the airway to Nome.  A good friend who flew a DC6 for Sholton/Carlson Airways did the trip quite often and, knowing we were there would cancel IFR on his return trip and drop down to disturb our happy hour.  At treetop level, those four engines with the props momentarily full forward were certainly an attention catcher.  Often, unhappy with the pass, he'd swing around for another and we'd be spilling our beverages trying to figure the lead on a DC6 with a 12 gauge.

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