De : Gaye Lyn
Envoyé : lundi, 29 janvier 2018 17:50
À : BAAA – ACRO
Objet : 1948 Douglas C-47 crash in Bahamas
Hello. I’m researching Veterans Air Express, founded by my Dad in 1945,
based at Newark and Teterboro. One of the company DC-3s may have been
ditched (long after our ownership) in Bahamas shallow waters. I began
researching it in 2015 but stopped working on the aircraft to instead
seek out the Vets who joined my Dad. The link on your website is no longer active.
I’m writing today to see if I can resurrect the information and to see
if you have anything further. It seems our aircraft was among those
involved in re-numbering by the U.S. Army and Douglas. Here’s what I have:
45-1083 D12Aug45 – USA – RFC 04Mar46 – NC58121, construction number
17086/34353. (The 34353 is, I believe, the real construction number.)
Below is my website. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
Gaye Lyn
www.VeteransAir.org
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On 1/29/2018 10:53 AM, B3A-ACRO wrote:
Hi Gaye,
Sincere thanks for your kind message.
The link to this accident on my website is now :
www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-douglas-c-47b-dk-haines-cay
I do not have any further information than the one you’ll find on my
file.
Sincere regards
Ronan HUBERT
Accidentologist
B3A-1
Route de Cité-Ouest 25
CH – 1196 Gland
Switzerland
Website : www.baaa-acro.com
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De : Gaye Lyn
Envoyé : lundi, 29 janvier 2018 19:43
À : B3A-ACRO
Objet : Re: 1948 Douglas C-47 crash in Bahamas
Hello, Ronan,
Thank you very much for such a quick reply. The link provides exactly
what I need!
Imagine my delight to find you are based in Switzerland. My husband and
I lived in Weggis on Lake Lucern for two years! It changed our lives.
I was sent there by an American aviation company (NetJets) to set up a
European marketing department. I’ve never worked so hard and enjoyed it
so much. By the time my assignment was over and we returned to the US,
I had a mini-United Nations working with me. My staff was my greatest
pride…bright, eager, competent, and they all spoke a minimum of three
languages (of course). One of the “Senior” men spoke about 13 languages
(it was his “hobby”). Switzerland itself was beyond spectacular.
People were kind and patient as we did our best to learn survival
German.
Quick Quiz: You call a person who speaks THREE languages “tri-lingual.”
A person who speaks TWO languages “bilingual.” What do you call a
person who speaks ONLY ONE language???? An American!!!
I could go on, but I just wanted you to know about my experience.
Best regards – and thanks again for the information. I will use your
data base later for two more DC-3s and two DC-4s, just to see what may
have happened to them after our ownership. The first DC-3 was named
after me – GAYE LYN!
Again, my best,
g.
Gaye Lyn Gravely
Current day Researcher
Saunie Gravely, Founder, 1945
Veterans Air Express & Veterans Air Line
VeteransAir.org
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Subject: RE: 1948 Douglas C-47 crash in Bahamas
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:19:27 +0100
From: B3A-ACRO
To: Gaye Lyn
The world is small and Switzerland is a village.
It’s funny you worked for NetJets. I worked about 20 years for business
aviation, 10 years by TAG Aviation.
Take care !
Ronan