Do museums in over seas countries try to connect flying warbird like DC-3, C-47 pasenger types with say old steam train rides so that people can in 1 day experience say a train ride to a near a airport then fly in a old plane abnd then back home on a steam train.
Do these dual heritage runs concept work at all?
Do they attract more people to Warbird and trains?
I am looking at creating some in Australia if there can be a market for such dual runs.
While there may be many people with interests in both trains and planes, the logistics and costs do not appear to work well together.
A steam Train excursion to somewhere can cater for 100+ enthusiasts/family & friends making per head costs quite attractive, the 28 passenger limit and relatively high cost and time for a flight other than a single circuit would make it difficult to translate the entire passenger load of the train into the DC3? but worth exploring.
I am seperately exploring a museum DC3 excursion flight with overnight stay later this year in Victoria, and a previous flight from Melbourne to Nowra and back cost @$150 per head, as an indication of the economics involved.
regards
Mark Pilkington