"That, to me, is the real exciting part that you know that this airplane somehow had a history with a family or a person. That's kind of the cool stuff... If you find the right switches, you can fly this airplane. Because they all fly the same."
Source: Stephen Rose, one of Ready 4 Duty's pilots, commenting on the Commemorative Air Force’s restored C-47 Skytrain “Ready 4 Duty” arriving at Maxwell Air Force Base (KMXF) in Montgomery, Alabama, on April 17 for the first stop in its Navy to Victory tour recognizing the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The tour will cover 12,000 miles as it makes 30 stops in 7 countries in the U.S and Europe, returning to its home in Lancaster, Texas on July 4.