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yes, it does. it will be flying today. can we start her up? give us about a couple hours and we ll get her fired up. fair enough. the cameraman is looking at the cockpit. tell us what s going on there. what you re seeing up there, this was actually designed originally as an airliner by the douglas company. then it obviously became a transport and what it s most known for is dropping paratroopers over normandy and over holland in world war ii. what the cameraman is looking at there, the seats for the pilot and the co-pilot and behind that, is the seat for the navigator. because back then, there was no gps. navigation aids like today. they had to have somebody there shooting stars with a sexton for navigation. the cockpit is pretty cramped. which is not usual for today s airline styles. we ve added modernized instrumentation for gps. back then, they were flying by ....