One of the world’s last DC-7 passenger planes has flown to its resting place at an airline museum in Charlotte, NC. The flight was fully loaded with aviation buffs as it took off from Miami. One notable passenger was Capt. Charles (Sully) Sullenberger (left) the pilot who successfully landed his U.S. Airways jet in the Hudson River in 2009. He recalled making models of the DC-7 as a kid. This DC-7 dates from 1958 and belonged to Eastern Airlines. It remains in very good condition. Some of the enthusiasts on board remarked that the hat racks along both sides of the cabin had been removed. “We used to hang on to them,” one lamented. In Canada, the DC-7 was the workhorse of Trans-Canada Airlines, predecessor to Air Canada. TCA called them the North Star. They were renowned for their reliability and sheer deafening engine noise. Below, some TCA DC-7 pictures including an ad that ran in New York City offering a flight to Toronto for $22.65, one way of course. Interestingly, Toronto had a premium attached to it even then as the flight to Montreal cost only $21.30
