An Air Force veteran, turned airplane enthusiast, transformed a DC-3 Transport into a recreational vehicle.The RV, “The Fabulous Flamingo,” served in World War II in its past life. Now, it’s a fully street-legal motor vehicle.The owner of a vintage World War II-era transport plane decided to do something radical—but still practical—to the big prop plane: he turned it into an RV. The result is the “Fabulous Flamingo,” a traveling camper that boards like a real airplane, but drives like a recreational vehicle. Aviation fan and Air Force veteran Gino Lucci purchased the old Douglas R4D airplane in 2019. Damaged in a tornado, the plane no longer flew. So by the time Lucci purchased it, he bought it “for the cost of a used car,” according to an Insider report. To make the conversion from p… Click below to read the full story from Men’s Health
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