Weird is the word

[Leen de Jager]

Repaint for the LES DC3 Edited July 11, 2012 by Leen de Jager

[larjeet]

Weird is good

[chris k]

Or what....!

- CK.

[larjeet]

What is the story behind Bird of the sun air travel club. I found one picture of the real aircraft in Churchill Manitoba seems like a strange place for a Bird of the Sun to be Hanging out

[Leen de Jager]

Whats the story behind?

I simply have no clue.

Please give me a link to the picture your`e talking about?

Cheers

Leen

[larjeet]

Here it is on airliners. net http://www.airliners.net/photo/Bird-of-the/Douglas-C-53-DO/0485937/M/ and heres the shot taken in churchill http://www.flickr.com/photos/p38p40p51/2770672575/ This is about all I could find on the company itself http://www.corporationwiki.com/Delaware/Dover/bird-of-the-sun-air-travel-club-incorporated-4882446.aspx?

Larry

[clavel9]

Brilliant

[larjeet]

[Leen de Jager]

Thanks guys for your positive reactions.

Till now, this is my conclusion.

Both sides of the plane show , in a different way however, the Mayan serpent.

The left side shows us the version with the more or less human looking face the painting on the right side is the serpent with the

feathered tail and the more beasty face.

You can recognise the more or less hooked curves in the body of the serpent , the way Maya`s used to shape it , on both figures.

In fact we are talking about the Mayan serpent-god named " Quetzalcoatl " , among other things,the god of the sky.

This all must leave us with the conclusion , we are defenitely talking about a plane with two different ( although related ) livery-sides.

KwinAir just registerd the plane onder N55NK and put the red KWIN AIR on the fuse , forgetting to remove the old wing registration N9012 in first instance.

Kwin Air did not invest in a new livery paint.

I published the plane at the ORG yesterday.

Quetzalcoatl.zip

Best regards

Leen de Jager

Below ,

1. The original wich stood model for the artists-impression on the right-side of the airplane.

2. The original wich stood model for the artists-impression on the left side of the tail.

Edited July 13, 2012 by Leen de Jager