for a movie made buy Quentin tarrintino its pretty shitty he could have done a better job on the sound effects of the car chases who all made it through the whole thing

[FishmanK]

Originally Posted by Lester Beans

Kind of strange to not have an exit plan. Guessing Trout is on to something , must have been quite the load, planes ain't cheap that's for sure.

even back then musta been some air force around...
thinkin ditchin the plane and blazin off a few trucks WAS the exit plan...

"It had clipped pine trees on the way in and needles were still stuck in the prop. It was carrying 3,260 pounds of marijuana and 75 pounds of hashish, which were mostly recovered by authorities from a rental truck a few miles away. Many were arrested but most were released, including the plane's owner, Robert Eby, as nobody could prove he was flying it at the time."

so from wiki we see:
Specifications (DC-4-1009)


General characteristics

• Crew: four
• Capacity: 40 to 80 passengers[1]
• Length: 93 ft 10 in (28.6 m)
• Wingspan: 117 ft 6 in (35.8 m)
• Height: 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
• Wing area: 1,460ft² (135.6 m²)
• Empty weight: 43,300 lb (19,640 kg)
• Loaded weight: 63,500 lb (28,800 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 73,000 lb (33,100 kg)

heh
so the payload is 20 to 30k#...
with <4k# recovered in one truck
and this was a long production line since WWII
likely a one way trip plan
cool stuff

[Skinny Leaf]

Probably made more than one landing. The one in Georgia was probably the last stop. That plane was most likely loaded to the gills when it took off from it's original destination.

Cool story.