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A wide variety of other freeware float and
amphibian aircraft can be found in the
FlightSim.Com library, as well as other sources.

The Float Flights Of DC3 Airways

Text By Sherman Kaplan
Flight Plans Created By Glen Broome

(Dedicated to the memory of DCA pilot Ted Creagh)

Our pilots fly on a range of programs from FS2004
up to Prepar3D and X-Plane, as they choose. The
common denominator has been online friendship,
communication and an interest in the hobby.
At least four times a week, pilots employed by DC3
Airways (www.dc3airways.net) gather for a series of The flight plans are largely self explanatory. Many
multi play flights. The flight plans are created by of us will use Little Navmap to track our routes as
designated volunteer members and roam the globe. We we fly together. A baker's dozen of the flight plans
use such software as Swift to link us together in multi are illustrated below. The full set of plans is
play, and Teamspeak for voice communication. included in the file available for download below.

The flights are in our namesake aircraft, the DC3 in any of Sherman Kaplan
its forms, military or civilian as the situation of each flight www.dc3airways.net
suggests. Sometimes, pilots will choose to fly the larger
DC4, again as situation and desire dictate.

Some months ago, during one of our regular multi player
sessions, one of our pilots was talking about the
pleasures he and his wife enjoyed from vacations through
the Inner Passage and up to Alaska. That comment
sparked an idea, a series of float or amphibian flights as
an ad hoc endeavor for DCA pilots.
Now, we are making these plans public for everyone to
enjoy, whether a member of DCA or not. And, while that
membership is not required, please feel free to explore
our web site and consider joining what has become one
of, if not the best community of flight simulator
enthusiasts this hobby is fortunate to enjoy.
None of these flights require, or are even suitable for
DC3s, though some of our pilots will use the pontoon
version made available as the MAAM package of DC3
aircraft.
Most of us will use a variety of de Havilland Beavers or
Otters, the Carenado Cessna 185 bush aircraft or others

as they choose.