"CHEVRON AVIATION FUEL" SERIES - #5  DOUGLAS DC-3

#5 IN THE SERIES    "STANDARD EDITION"

Racing Champions has finally announced it's "Chevron Aviation Fuel" series number "5" for this year! It will be a Douglas DC-3!! We expect those to be arriving in late November 2008!! As soon as they arrive, we will promptly ship your order (or email you if no payment method established)! 

Item Number:       RC-21940P                                                                                                                                                                 Price:   $39.95

 Historical Note:            World wars trigger technical advances, and two results from the fracas of the forties were the T-2 tanker and the DC-3 airplane.  The T-2 was good; the DC-3 was great.  Many survivors of both categories still continue to serve in the shadow of newer, bigger, faster equipment.
One example is Chevron Standard's DC-3 having a quarter-century life of more than 16,000 hours of workload of 18-hour, 3000-mile round trips from Calgary to Eagle Plains facing the Artic Ocean.
The bush flight supported a 42-man seismic crew working on the west side of the lower Mackensie River.  The plane was flown with full gross payload and required several fuel stops en route.  It barely met the requirements without providing for any buildup of supplies nor for any mechanical interruptions such as metal fatigue in the rugged old ship.