Executing a high-speed pass down the runway after taking off on its first leg of the journey that will take plane and crew to Normandy, France to participate in the 75th anniversary of the D-day invasion.
Mr John Sessions gets ready to take his C-47/DC-3 out for a spin. This DC-3 flew as a C-47B flying over the Hump during WWII, and then was converted to an executive transport.
Originally USAAF S/N 43-48377, this C-47 flew over the Hump during WWII, and then was converted to a DC-3 with a VIP interior in 1953, being used by Johnson and Johnson for a short while. It now carries a Pan Am livery, but maintains a VIP interior.