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Why Is The C-47 Called Gooney Bird? [Solved]
As an aircraft that enabled complex wartime logistical operations, the C-47 isn’t the most glamorous or idolized aircraft of WWII. It earned the nickname “Gooney Bird” because its large, lumbering image mirrored that of the giant albatross birds found on Midway Island in the Pacific.29 Aug 2018
Gooney Bird
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The Airplane that Changed The World!
In the 1930s, air travel was a new and frightening phenomenon. And financially, the only way large, long-distance airplanes could …
Thomas D’Ambrosia talks about flying the “Gooney Bird” (C-47 Skytrain) - Part 1 of 2
Thomas D’Ambrosia talks about flying the "
