Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota

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Страна Country: СШАUSA

Год Year: 1935

Средний транспортный самолет с экипажем из двух человек

Варианты Variants

Douglas - DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota - 1935 - СШАUSA
Showa - L2D - 1939 - ЯпонияJapan
Лисунов - Ли-2 / ПС-84 - 1939 - РоссияRussia
Douglas - Super DC-3 / C-117D / R4D-8 - 1949 - СШАUSA
Douglas - DC-3TP - 1951 - СШАUSA
Антонов - Ли-2В - 1953 - РоссияRussia
Douglas - AC-47 Spooky - 1964 - СШАUSA

Авиаколлекция Военно-транспортные самолеты 1939-1945

DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota

Военно-транспортный самолет. Двухмоторный цельнометаллический моноплан с убирающимся шасси. Военная модификация пассажирского DC-3, спроектированного в КБ "Дуглас эйркрафт" под руководством А. Рэймонда и Э. Бартона. Опытный образец первого варианта DC-3, DST, поднялся в небо 17 декабря 1935 г. С апреля 1936 г. DST, а затем DC-3 и DC-3A строились серийно. Первый военный вариант, C-41A (на базе DC-3A), взлетел в августе 1939 г. Специально же приспособленные для военно-транспортной авиации C-53 и C-47 пошли в производство соответственно в октябре и ноябре 1941 г. Их строили заводы "Дуглас" в Лонг-Бич, Талсе (C-47 и C-117) и Санта-Монике (C-53). Всего изготовили 10 926 экз. (включая 133 учебных TC-47B).
Экипаж - 3 - 4 чел., 27 - 28 пассажиров или груз до 2725 кг. Моторы R-1830. Штатного вооружения не было, но в окнах салона имелись гнезда для оружия десанта. В США проводились полевые переделки под 2x12,7, в СССР - 1x12,7 (верхняя установка от Ли-2).
В годы Второй мировой войны C-53 и C-47 состояли на вооружении в США с января 1942 г., в Австралии - с апреля 1942 г., в Великобритании - с мая, в Советском Союзе - с августа, в Канаде - с марта 1943 г., в Новой Зеландии, Франции, Польше, Китае, Нидерландах - с 1944 г.
Основные серийные модификации:
   - C-53 (R4D-3, "Дакота" II), пассажирский самолет на 28 мест с моторами R-1830-92;
   - C-53B, арктический вариант с увеличенным запасом горючего;
   - C-53C, доработанные реквизированные гражданские DC-3A-453 с дверями с правой стороны;
   - C-53D, на базе DC-3A-547 с моторами R-1830-92, сиденьями по бортам салона и измененным электрооборудованием;
   - C-47 (R4D-1, "Дакота" I), грузо-пассажирский самолет на 28 мест с моторами R-1830-92, грузовыми дверями, усиленным полом, удлиненным крылом и астрокуполом на базе модели DC-3A-360;
   - C-47A (R4D-5, "Дакота" III), с усиленным шасси и усовершенствованным электрооборудованием на базе DC-3A-456;
   - C-47B (R4D-6, "Дакота" IV), с моторами R-1830-90/90B/90C;
   - C-47D, переделка C-47B под моторы без двухступенчатых нагнетателей;
   - C-117A, с моторами R-1830-90C, пассажирский самолет на 21 место;
   - R4D-2, с моторами R-1820-71 на базе гражданского C-49.
Предназначенные для флота R4D и экспортные "дакоты" имели отличия по оборудованию. Кроме военных модификаций ВВС различных стран эксплуатировали машины гражданского образца. В США они именовались: C-42, C-48, C-49, C-52, C-68, C-84 и R4D-4. Советские ВВС до самого конца войны располагали DC-3-196A, купленными в США в 1938 - 1939 гг.
И C-53, и C-47 очень широко использовались в войне. С лета 1942 г. они стали летать из США в Англию и из Индии в Китай. R4D с начала 1942 г. доставляли запчасти и персонал на передовые базы. В ноябре 1942 г. C-47 и C-53 высаживали десанты в Северной Африке. В этом же году они перебрасывали грузы войскам, сражавшимся за о. Гуадалканал. После высадки парашютистов на Новой Гвинее все снабжение наступающих войск осуществлялось по воздуху. На Тихом океане воздушные перевозки широко использовались для обеспечения боевых действий на Соломоновых о-вах и Филиппинах.
В июле 1942 г. авиация союзников высадила планерно-парашютный десант на Сицилии, в июне 1944 г. - в Нормандии, в августе - в Южной Франции, в сентябре с самолетов высадились подразделения, захватившие острова в Эгейском море. Привлекались C-53 и C-47 в ходе операций под Арнемом и при форсировании Рейна (март 1945 г.). Одновременно английские и американские самолеты обеспечили наступление в джунглях Бирмы, где не было других способов снабжения. В мае 1945 г. парашютный десант был высажен под Афинами.
C-47 и C-53 активно применялись для перевозок на Дальневосточном театре боевых действий. В частности, в 1943 - 1945 гг. C-47 использовались для перевозки грузов в Китай через Гималаи. Последний крупный воздушный десант был выброшен англичанами в районе Рангуна (Бирма, ныне Мьянма).
Советские C-47 участвовали в высадке десанта на Букринском плацдарме за Днепром в 1944 г., "воздушных мостах" в Словакию и Югославию (в последнем случае самолеты летали с базы Бари в Италии), обеспечивали действия всех фронтов и флотов на завершающем этапе войны. Последние вылеты они совершили, перевозя горючее в Манчжурии.
Польские ВВС получили несколько машин от СССР и использовали их как транспортные и штабные на заключительном этапе войны.
Выпуск военных вариантов DC-3 прекратили в мае 1946 г.
В Советском Союзе эти машины служили до 1957 г., в Великобритании - до апреля 1970 г., в Канаде - до 1973 г., в Австралии - до 1975 г., в США и Новой Зеландии - до 1976 г., во Франции - до 1982 г.
В послевоенный период C-47 состояли на вооружении во многих странах мира. Они как бомбардировщики и транспортные самолеты применялись в гражданской войне в Греции в 1947 - 1948 гг. В июле-октябре 1948 г. английские и американские машины привлекались для организации воздушного моста в Западный Берлин. В 1946-1949 гг. C-47 действовали в составе ВВС Нидерландов во время колониальной войны в Ост-Индии (Индонезии). В частности, в декабре 1948 г. голландские самолеты высадили посадочный десант под Джакартой. Французы применяли C-47 как транспортные и санитарные машины в ходе войны в Индокитае до 1954 г. На них даже перевозили в разобранном виде легкие танки. В 1948-1952 гг. англичане использовали свои "дакоты" в операциях против партизан в Малайе. Они сбрасывали с парашютами грузы для войск в джунглях. И Индия, и Пакистан неоднократно использовали C-47 в войнах друг с другом. Это имело место в 1947 г., в 1965 г., а в небольших масштабах - и в 1971 г. Египтяне на C-47 в 1948 - 1949 гг. летали с баз на Синае бомбить Израиль. В свою очередь, израильтяне использовали их для высадки парашютных десантов на Синае в 1956 г. Тремя годами позже парагвайские летчики с C-47 бомбили отряды партизан, пересекшие границу с Боливией. В 1958-1961 гг. самолеты, приобретенные ЦРУ, сбрасывали грузы для мятежников в Индонезии. В начале 1962 г. индонезийская армия высадила парашютные десанты в Западном Ириане (на о. Новая Гвинея), являвшемся тогда колонией Нидерландов. И индонезийцы, и противостоявший им контингент голландских вооруженных сил располагали некоторым количеством C-47. И как транспортные машины, и как бомбардировщики эти самолеты служили в ВВС Португалии. Их использовали в колониальных войнах в Анголе и Мозамбике в 1960-х гг. Во время войны во Вьетнаме американцы доработали некоторое количество машин в тяжелые штурмовики AC-47, обстреливавшие районы сосредоточения партизан. В 1967-1968 гг. правительственная армия в Нигерии использовала для военных перевозок во время боевых действий в Биафре несколько реквизированных гражданских DC-3. Как бомбардировщики C-47 последний раз действовали в "футбольной" войне между Сальвадором и Гондурасом в июле 1969 г. Сальвадорские экипажи наносили на них удары по военным объектам в приграничных районах. Последним же случаем применения "дугласа" как боевого самолета можно считать операции против повстанцев в Сальвадоре в 1983 г., когда две транспортные машины доработали по типу AC-47 и использовали на фронте.

C-47A||
Размах:||29,11 м
Длина:||19,43 м
Моторы, количество х мощность:||2x1200 л.с.
Взлетная масса, максимальная:||14060 кг
Максимальная скорость:||370 км/ч
Практический потолок:||7315 м
Дальность:||6115 км

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Douglas DC-3

Douglas DC-3 - классический авиалайнер, известный во всех уголках планеты и продолжавший летать даже в новом тысячелетии. Мало кто мог предположить в далеком 1934 году, что создаваемый инженерами "Douglas Aircraft Company" по заказу "American Airlines" увеличенный вариант DC-2 со спальными местами, предназначенными для длительных трансконтинентальных перелетов в США, будет иметь такой грандиозный успех. Результатом проработки стал самолет, имевший салон на 14 спальных мест и получивший название DST (Douglas Sleeper Transport). Он поднялся в воздух 17 декабря 1935 года. Однако наибольшую популярность приобрел другой вариант - DC-3, рассчитанный на перевозку 21-28 пассажиров. До начала Второй мировой войны заказчикам были переданы 430 лайнеров, занявших доминирующие позиции в воздушном парке американских авиаперевозчиков. Высокая надежность самолета привлекла внимание и военных, которым требовалось большое количество транспортных самолетов.
   Благодаря высокой надежности многие военные DC-3 благополучно пережили войну и впоследствии были с удовольствием приобретены различными организациями.
   DC-3 представлял собой свободнонесущий низкоплан цельнометаллической конструкции, исключая полотняную обшивку поверхностей управления. Крыло - многолонжеронное, созданное на базе крыла DC-1, и во многом предопределившее длительный срок службы авиалайнера. Самолет имел цельнометаллический фюзеляж почти круглого поперечного сечения, убирающееся трехопорное шасси с самоориентирующимся хвостовым колесом и основными опорами, убирающимися в нижнюю часть гондол двигателей таким образом, что часть колес шасси выступала за рамки гондол, а также свободнонесущее цельнометаллическое оперение.
   Гражданские DC-3 сыграли огромную роль в прокладке надежных национальных авиамаршрутов в довоенный период. Рекорд периода 1936-1941 годов, когда пассажиропоток в США возрос почти на 600%, был установлен во многом именно благодаря самолету DC-3. Гражданские модели, включая DST, строились в пяти сериях, причем стандартной силовой установкой стали варианты с двигателями Wright SGR-1820 Cyclone или Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp мощностью от 1 000 и 1200 л. с. (746-895 кВт) при различной максимальной взлетной массе.

Варианты

   DST: первоначальный вариант вместимостью 28 пассажиров или 14 в спальном варианте; оснащался звездообразными двигателями Wright Cyclone (построен 21 самолет)
   DST-A: идентичен DST, но с двигателями Twin Wasp (19 самолетов)
   DC-3: основной пассажирский авиалайнер вместимостью 21-28 пассажиров и двигателями Cyclone (266 самолетов)
   DC-3A: пассажирский авиалайнер, идентичный DC-3, но с двигателями Twin Wasp (114 самолетов)
   DC-3B: конвертируемый варианте пассажирскими креслами-кроватями в передней части салона и обычными местами в задней части салона; вместимость - 28 пассажиров для дневных полетов и уменьшенным количеством - для ночных перелетов; легко отличим по небольшим дополнительным иллюминаторам на каждом борту над первым и третьим основными иллюминаторами (10 самолетов)

ТАКТИКО-ТЕХНИЧЕСКИЕ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ

   Douglas DC-3A

   Тип: средний транспортный самолет с экипажем из двух человек
   Силовая установка: два звездообразных ПД Pratt & Whitney S1C3G Twin Wasp мощностью по 1200 л. с. (895 кВт)
   Летные характеристики: максимальная скорость на высоте 2590 м - 370 км/ч; крейсерская скорость на оптимальной высоте 307 км/ч; начальная скороподъемность 344 м/мин; практический потолок 7070 м; дальность 3420 км
   Масса: пустого 7650 кг; максимальная взлетная 11431 кг
   Размеры: размах крыла 28,96 м; длина 19,65 м; высота 5,16 м; площадь крыла 91,69 м2
   Полезная нагрузка: до 28 пассажиров

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain/Dakota, C-53 Skytrooper и R4D

Возможности, продемонстрированные транспортным самолетом DC-2, убедили Армию США в необходимости создания специализированной транспортной машины. Военные начали разработку требований к усовершенствованному варианту на базе DC-3. Требовалось оснастить самолет более мощными двигателями, усилить конструкцию хвостовой части фюзеляжа и кабины, организовать большие грузовые люки и заменить пассажирские кресла на сиденья вдоль борта. В качестве силовой установки были выбраны радиальные двигатели R-1830-92. В 1940 году был выдан первый крупный заказ на самолет, получивший обозначение C-47 Skytrain, который стал прародителем огромного количества модификаций, в том числе и 28-местного C-53 Skytrooper, специально созданного для десантных операций. C-47 использовался также в качестве буксировщика планеров и был задействован в операциях на Сицилии, в Бирме, Нормандии, Арнхеме и при форсировании Рейна. Множество этих самолетов, поставленных по ленд-лизу в Британию и получивших там имя Dakota, участвовали в высадке десанта в Нормандии. C-47 позднее принимали участие в Берлинском воздушном мосту, боевых действиях в Корее и в варианте ганшип под обозначением AC-47D - в войне во Вьетнаме. ВМС США и КМП также использовали самолет под различными обозначениями, хотя первоначально машины назвались R4D; в 1962 году обозначения самолетов семейства C-47 были упорядочены.
   Как и американская Армия, ВМС и КМП сначала использовали R4D преимущественно для перевозки людей и грузов, но позднее круг решаемых задач постоянно расширялся и стал включать, среди прочего, ведение РЭБ и обучение. Оснащенные лыжным шасси, C-47 широко использовались в Арктике и Антарктике.
   За время производства конструкция планера не претерпела существенных внешних изменений, чего нельзя сказать о силовой установке. По мере появления более мощных двигателей или их усовершенствованных вариантов они использовались, чтобы увеличить массу полезной нагрузки и повысить летные характеристики машины. В списке производителя значилось шесть вариантов двигателя Wright SGR-1820 Cyclone мощностью от 900 до 1 000 л.с. (671-746 кВт) и шесть вариантов двигателя R-1830 Twin Wasp мощностью от 1000 до 1100 л. с. (746-820 кВт). После окончания Второй мировой войны большое количество армейских и морских вариантов DC-3 стали лишними и были проданы на гражданском рынке.

   С учетом огромных потребностей в самолетах для перевозки пассажиров, многие машины зачастую использовались без переделки аскетичного военного интерьера. Но все-таки большинство самолетов прошли доработки салонов и оборудования, чтобы соответствовать требованиям авиакомпаний, а некоторые из них даже получили VIP-отделку.
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Варианты

   C-41A: первый вариант для Армии США на базе DC-3A с военным оборудованием, откидными сиденьями и двигателями R-1830-21; самолет использовался для перевозки командного состава (построен 1)
   C-47: первый серийный вариант для военного применения с увеличенным на 0,15 м размахом крыла, новой топливной системой, двигателями R-1830-92 и небольшим астрокуполом; рассчитан на перевозку до 2722 кг груза или 28 десантников, или 14 раненых при трех сопровождающих (построено 965)
   C-47A: усовершенствованный вариант C-47 с электросистемой напряжением 24 вольта вместо 12-вольтовой (построено 5253)
   RC-47A: послевоенная модификация, использовавшаяся в Корее в качестве разведчика и для сброса осветительных ракет при взаимодействии с боевыми ударными самолетами
   SC-47A: послевоенный поисково-спасательный вариант (с 1962 года HC-47A)
   VC-47A: послевоенный вариант для перевозки личного состава с обычными сиденьями
   C-47B: вариант созданный для перевозок между Индией и Китаем, способный действовать в высокогорном климате Гималаев; двигатели R-1830-90C оснащены дополнительными нагнетателями; машины не имели особого успеха, и многие из них позднее были переделаны в вариант C-47D (построено 3232)
   TC-47B: вариант для обучения штурманов (построено 133)
   VC-47B: C-47B, переделанные для перевозки личного состава
   XV-47C: экспериментальный вариант с двумя поплавками Edo Model 78, в каждом из которых могло разместиться 1136 л топлива; серийно не строился, но были выпущены 150 комплектов поплавков для установки в полевых условиях(построен 1)
   C-47D: обозначение C-47B после демонтажа дополнительных нагнетателей
   AC-47D: 26 самолетов для контроля за воздушными маршрутами, использовавшимися военной Авиатранспортной службой с 1953 no 1962 год, когда их обозначение изменили на EC-47D
   AC-47D: с 1965 года обозначение использовалось для ганшипов, вооруженных тремя 7,62-мм пулеметами General Electric Miniguns, которые вели огонь через четвертое и пятое окна и открытую дверь по левому борту
   RC-47D: разведывательный вариант
   SC-47D: поисково-спасательный вариант (с 1962 года HC-47D)
   TC-47D: учебный самолет
   VC-47D: самолеты, переделанные в штабные транспорты
   C-47E: обозначение, вначале предназначавшееся модернизированным C-47 с двигателями R-1820-80 мощностью 1475 л. с. (1100 кВт), но затем присвоенное восьми машинам, переделанным для ВВС США компанией "Pan American" и оснащенным двигателями R-2000-4 мощностью 1290 л. с. (962 кВт); использовались для контроля за воздушными маршрутами
   C-47M: самолеты C-47H и C-47J, оснащенные специальным радиоэлектронным оборудованием; использовались во Вьетнаме
   EC-47N: C-47A специально оснащенный для ведения радиотехнической разведки во Вьетнаме
   EC-47P: C-47D специально оснащенный для ведения радиотехнической разведки во Вьетнаме
   EC-47Q: вариант с двигателями B-2000-4 для ведения радиотехнической разведки во Вьетнаме
   C-48: один DC-3A, в ходе постройки изъят из заказа компании "United Air Lines"
   C-48A: три DC-3A, забранные в ходе постройки
   C-48B: 16 реквизированных самолетов
   C-48C: семь DC-3A, в ходе постройки забранных у компании "Pan American", и девять реквизированных самолетов
   C-49: шесть DC-3, в ходе постройки забранных у компании "TWA"
   C-49A: один DC-3, в ходе постройки забранный у компании "Delta"
   C-49B: три DC-3, в ходе постройки забранные у компании "Eastern"
   C-49C: два DC-3, в ходе постройки забранные у компании "Delta"
   C-49D: шесть DC-3, в ходе постройки забранных у компании "Eastern" и пять реквизированных самолетов
   C-49E: 22 реквизированных самолета
   C-49F: девять реквизированных самолетов
   C-49G: восемь реквизированных самолетов
   C-49H: 19 реквизированных самолетов
   C-49J: 34 DC-3, забранные в ходе постройки
   C-49K: 23 DC-3, забранные в ходе постройки
   C-50: четыре DC-3, в ходе постройки забранные у компании "American"
   C-50A: два DC-3, в ходе постройки забранные у компании "American"
   C-50B: три DC-3, в ходе постройки забранные у компании "Braniff"
   C-50C: один DC-3, в ходе постройки забранный у компании "Penn Central"
   C-50D: четыре DC-3, в ходе постройки забранные у компании "Penn Central"
   C-51: один DC-3, в ходе постройки забранный у компании "Canadian Colonial"
   C-52: один DC-3A, в ходе постройки забранный у компании "United"
   C-52A: один DC-3A, в ходе постройки реквизированный у компании "Western"
   C-52B: два DC-3A, в ходе постройки забранные у компании "United"
   C-52C: один DC-3A, в ходе постройки забранный у компании "Eastern"
   C-52D: один реквизированный самолет
   C-53: специальный 28-местный вариант для перевозки войск; крюк для буксировки планеров и грузовой люк отсутствуют, двигатели R-1830-92 (построен 221)
   XC-53A: C-53, модернизированный в 1942 году, щелевые закрылки по всему размаху крыла и воздушно-термическая противообледенительная система
   C-53B: восемь C-53, в 1942 году доработанных для использования в Арктике, оснащены дополнительными топливными баками и оборудованием для работы в зимних условиях
   C-53C: 17 самолетов, забранных в ходе постройки
   C-53D: аналогичен C-53, за исключением боковых сидений (построено 159)
   C-68: два реквизированных DC-3A
   C-84: четыре реквизированных самолета
   C-117A: самолет для перевозки 21-го человека личного состава, мало отличающийся от C-47B (построено 17)
   C-117B: 11 C-117A со снятыми с двигателей R-1830-90C дополнительными нагнетателями
   C-117C: VC-47, доработанные до стандарта C-117B
   XCG-17: экспериментальный планер для перевозки войск, полученный путем демонтажа с C-47 двигателей и установки вместо них обтекателей; XCG-17 имел на удивление высокие летные характеристики, но к моменту завершения испытаний в 1944 году ВВС США уже не нуждались в большом количестве планеров и заказа на серийное производство не последовало
   R4D-1: первый транспортный вариант для ВМС, в основном подобный C-47, за исключением морского оборудования (построено 100)
   R4D-2: два DC-3, забранные в ходе постройки у компании "Eastern" и использовавшиеся ВМС для перевозки личного состава; позднее их обозначение изменили на R4D-2F и R4D-2Z
   R4D-3: 20 C-53, полученных от ВВС США
   R4D-4: 10 DC-3, забранных в ходе постройки у компании "Pan American" и использовавшихся ВМС для перевозки личного состава; часть позднее доработана в самолеты РЭБ и получила обозначение R4D-4Q
   R4D-5: 238 C-47A, полученных ВМС по контрактам, заключенным ВВС США (с 1962 года C-47H)
   R4D-5E: R4D-5, доработанные для специальных радиоэлектронных операций
   R4D-5L: R4D-5, доработанные для эксплуатации в Арктике и Антарктике (с 1962 года LC-47H)
   R4D-5Q: R4D-5, модифицированные в самолеты РЭБ (с 1962 года EC-47H)
   R4D-5R: R4D-5, доработанные для перевозки личного состава (с 1962 года TC-47H)
   R4D-5S: R4D-5, переделанные для обучения (с 1962 года SC-47H)
   R4D-5T: R4D-5, доработанные для подготовки штурманов
   R4D-5Z: R4D-5, переделанные для перевозки личного состава (с 1962 года VC-47H)
   R4D-6: 150 C-47B, полученных ВМС по контрактам, заключенным ВВС США (с 1962 года C-47J); модификации, аналогичные разным вариантам R4D-5, получили обозначения R4D-6E, R4D-6L (LC-47J), R4D-6Q (EC-47J), R4D-6R (TC-47J), R4D-6S (SC-47J), R4D-6T и R4D-6Z (VC-47J)
   R4D-7: 47 TC-47B, полученных ВМС по контрактам, заключенным ВВС США (с 1962 года TC-47K)
   Dakota Mk I: C-47 для британских ВВС (RAF), 52 самолета поставлено по ленд-лизу и один собран из запасных частей
   Dakota Mk II: C-53 для RAF (девять самолетов поставлено по ленд-лизу)
   Dakota Mk III: C-47A для RAF (12 передано ВВС США и 950 поставлено по ленд-лизу)
   Dakota Mk IV: C-47B для RAF (896 поставлено по ленд-лизу)
   Ли-2: вариант, строившийся по лицензии в СССР; первая модификация, ПС-84, была оснащена радиальными двигателями Швецова М-62 мощностью по 900 л. с. (671 кВт), которые позднее заменили форсированными АШ-62; выпускался ряд вариантов (в том числе и имевших вооружение), наиболее известными из которых являются грузовой Ли-2Г, пассажирский Ли-2П, грузо-пассажирский Ли-2ПГ и экспериментальный высотный самолет Ли-2В; всего в СССР построили свыше 2000 машин этого типа, не считая 707-и, полученных по ленд-лизу
   Showa L2D: в 1938 году фирма "Mitsui" приобрела лицензию на выпуск DC-3 в Японии и Манчжурии, а также приобрела 13 и 7 готовых самолетов DC-3 и DC-3A; в качестве субподрядчика для производства DC-3 "Mitsui" выбрала фирму "Showa", построившую 414 самолетов под обозначением L2D для авиации Императорского флота, включая пассажирский L2D2 1000 л. с. (746 кВт), пассажирский L2D3 с двигателями Mitsubishi Kinsei 51 мощностью по 1300 л. с. (970 кВт), пассажирский L2D3a с двигателями Mitsubishi Kinsei 53 мощностью по 1300 л. с. (970 кВт) Kinsei 53, грузовой L2D3-1 с двигателями Kinsei 51, грузовой L2D3-1a с двигателями Kinsei 53, пассажирский L2D4, оснащенный верхней турелью с 13,2-мм пулеметом и двигателями Kinsei 51, L2D4-1 - грузовой вариант L2D4, а также пассажирский L2D5, выполненный на базе L2D4, но из стали и дерева, и оснащенный двигателями Kinsei 62 мощностью по 1560 л.с. (1164 кВт); еще 71 самолет L2D2 был построен фирмой "Nakajima"

ТАКТИКО-ТЕХНИЧЕСКИЕ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ

   Douglas C-47A Skytrain

   Тип: транспортный самолет с экипажем два/три человека
   Силовая установка: два радиальных двигателя Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 мощностью по 1200 л. с. (895 кВт)
   Летные характеристики: максимальная скорость на высоте 2680 м - 370 км/ч; крейсерская скорость 257 км/ч на оптимальной высоте; время набора высоты 3050 м - 9 мин 36 с; потолок 7315 м; дальность полета с максимальным запасом топлива и без полезной нагрузки 6115 км, и 2575 км со стандартным запасом топлива и полезной нагрузкой
   Масса: пустого 8103 кг; максимальная взлетная 11 793 кг
   Размеры: размах крыла 29,11 м; длина 19,43 м; высота 5,18 м; площадь крыла 91,69 м2
   Полезная нагрузка: до 28 военнослужащих или десантников, или 14 носилок с тремя сопровождающими, или 2722 кг груза

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История конструкций самолетов в СССР 1938-1950 гг.

DC-3. В 1935 г. делегация, возглавляемая А.Н. Туполевым, закупила один экземпляр пассажирского самолета фирмы "Дуглас" DC-2 с двигателями "Циклон" фирмы "Райт". Самолет был тщательно изучен советскими авиационными специалистами и получил очень высокую оценку.

17 декабря 1935 г. совершил первый полет пассажирский самолет фирмы "Дуглас" DC-3. Он отличался достаточно высокими летными данными, весьма совершенной конструкцией, базирующейся на использовании новейших прогрессивных технологий того времени, и был оснащен самым совершенным приборным, радио- и электрооборудованием. Руководство страны приняло решение о выпуске этого самолета. Лицензия на производство DC-3 была закуплена, договор подписан в июле 1936 г.

10 января 1937 г. в соответствии приказом ГУАП на заводе # 84 началась организация серийного производства самолетов DC-3 с двумя двигателями "Райт-Циклон". Ответственность за внедрение самолета в серию возлагалась на директора завода # 84 Ф.П. Мурашева и главного конструктора В.М. Мясищева.

Для реализации договора, а также для перевода чертежей самолета DC-3 в метрическую систему в США была командирована комиссия, которая с большим опозданием (по вине фирмы) отправила в СССР экземпляр самолета, его чертежи в дюймах и, самое главное, чертежи и кальки чертежей самолета в миллиметрах, выполненные фирмой "Дуглас" под контролем и с участием советских специалистов. Необходимая документация, а также заказанные материалы и полуфабрикаты были в основном получены к февралю 1939 г.

На заводе # 84 под руководством В.М. Мясищева была развернута работа по доработке привезенных из США чертежей в метрической системе с учетом принятых в СССР допусков и посадок, стандартов и нормалей. Кроме того, осуществлялась переделка под отечественное электро-, радио- и аэронавигационное оборудование.

В конце 1938 г. директором завода # 84 был назначен А.М. Ярунин, а главным конструктором - А.А. Сеньков. На них было возложено руководство внедрением самолета DC-3 в серийное производство, которое осуществлялось при непосредственной помощи И.Р. Чертова и В.П. Лисунова. Внедрением плазово-шаблонного метода, который должен был применяться при производстве DC-3, руководил главный технолог И.Р. Чертов. Главный инженер В.П. Лисунов занимался обеспечением производства кузнечно-прессовым оборудованием, стеллажами, стендами, приспособлениями и станочным парком для изготовления самолета.

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Авиаколлекция Военно-транспортные самолеты 1939-1945
Douglas DC-3
Douglas C-47 Skytrain/Dakota, C-53 Skytrooper и R4D
История конструкций самолетов в СССР 1938-1950 гг.

Мировая Авиация 223
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC25664
Douglas DC-3, American Airlines. "American Airlines", одна из крупнейших современных авиакомпаний, основана в 1934 году как преемник "American Airways". За свою долгую историю авиакомпания спонсировала разработку многих самолетов. Если DC-2 создавался по спецификации компании TWA, то DC-3 проектировался как DST (Douglas Sleeper Transport) для новой авиакомпании. Образованная 11 апреля 1934 года, "American Airlines" поначалу использовала устаревшие самолеты Curtiss Condor со спальными местами, взятые в лизинг у "American Airways", но вскоре обзавелась своими DC-2. Глава "American Airways" Кирус Р. Смит по телефону заказал Дональду Дугласу 20 удлиненных DC-2 в спальном варианте - DST. Позже "American" сократила заказ до восьми DST, первый из которых был поставлен 8 июня 1936 года, дополнив его, однако, 12 вариантами (на 21 пассажира), ставшими известными уже как DC-3.
Air International 1996-02 / G.Endres - Cathay Pacific
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VR-HDB [3]
Douglas DC-3 VR-HDB Betsy resplendent in natural metal, with red titling and sporting a Union Jack on the fin. In its former guise as C-47 41-18385 Betsy it was the first aircraft acquired by Roy Farrell who, together with Sydney de Kantzou, flew the aircraft on non-scheduled cargo and passenger flights in South East Asia and Australasia prior to forming Cathay Pacific Airways.
Мировая Авиация 223
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-ALI [5]
Этот самолет (PH-ALI) был поставлен компании KLM в сентябре 1936 года. Экипаж перегнал самолет в Великобританию за день до вторжения немцев в Голландию, 9 мая 1940 года. Позже перекрашенный в камуфляж, самолет эксплуатировался компанией BOAC.
Мировая Авиация 114
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-ALI [5]
В 1939 году все DC-3 перевезли 98 000 пассажиров. К этому же году компания KLM располагала 22 DC-3, которые работали на 61 авиалинии и летали в 29 стран. Несколько DC-3 успели перелететь в Великобританию во время оккупации Голландии нацистами и эксплуатировались BOAC между Бристолем и Лиссабоном.
Air International 1984-02 / Model enthusiast
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-ASK [2]
Douglas DC-3 (c/n 2036) PH-ASK "Kemphaan" of KLM in the neutrality colour scheme adopted in September 1939, before capture by the Luftwaffe in Norway.
Мировая Авиация 33
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-ASK [2]
Самолеты PH-ASK, приобретенные голландской авиакомпанией KLM, были ранней моделью DC-3. 15 мая 1940 года часть этих самолетов была захвачена Германией, хотя некоторые DC-3 успели переправить в Англию. Впоследствии они использовались на маршруте Лондон - Лиссабон (позже продлен до Гибралтара).
Мировая Авиация 218
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-GEOM [4], G-DAKK [4], G-OFON [4], OK-WDU [4]
Этот C-47A с французской регистрацией F-GEOM использовался компанией "Stell Air" в 1982-1991 годах. Один ее самолет, F-BYCU, разбился в 1984 году под Танжером, Марокко.
Air International 1984-02 / Model enthusiast
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N54542
DC-3 N54542 was built as a C-47B and served with CBS and Outboard Marine Corporation before being acquired by the Experimental Aircraft Association.
Air Enthusiast 1972-10 / ??? - The 40-year-old newcomer: British Caledonian Airways
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHCV
The venerable Douglas DC-3 played a vital part in the formative years of several of British Caledonian's predecessor companies, including Morton Air Services, whose G-AHCV shown here had previously been part of the BEA fleet.
Air Enthusiast 1973-03 / ??? - Martinair Holland: "A sheep with five legs" /Airline in outline/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-SCC
Inevitably, the venerable Dakota has figured prominently in the Martinair fleet. PH-SCC being one of five operated at various times.
Air-Britain Archive 1981-01 / 1 - Belgium (OO-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-AWL
Douglas C-47A-80-DL OO-AWL in pre-1951 colours
Мировая Авиация 218
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-AAT [4], ET-T-15 [4], HB-IRH [4], KG666 [4]
Парк C-47/DC-3 компании "Ethiopian Airlines" отличался высокими показателями аварийности, однако аварийность еще возросла на завершающем этапе эксплуатации самолетов.
Air International 1984-02 / Model enthusiast

In natural metal finish, and with signs of previous airline use still discernible, C-47 serial 816 of the Egyptian Air Force.
Air International 1984-02 / Model enthusiast
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 4X-ADA
In service with Israel Inland Airlines Arkia, this Douglas C-47 carries markings for operation during the Suez campaign, 1956.
Авиация и Время 2007-02 / Р.Уррибаррес - Посланцы Фиделя (Кубинские авиаторы в Анголе. 1975-1976гг.) (1)

В кубинской Транспортной эскадрилье в Анголе в первое время использовались бывшие португальские самолеты, такие как C-47 и N.2502A
Мировая Авиация 113

Этот C-47A-65-DL получил оборудование для эвакуации приземлившихся десантных планеров "с лета". Самолет летел на высоте нескольких метров над землей с выпущенным крюком, который подцеплял буксирный трос планера, поднятый над землей с помощью импровизированных кронштейнов. Таким способом много ценных десантных планеров были спасены для повторного использования.
Air International 1984-02 / Model enthusiast
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC30038
Douglas C-49K (ex-DC-3-G202A NC30038, c/n 6340) serving October 1943 with North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command.
Air International 1984-02 / Model enthusiast
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FD857 [4]
Dakota III (C-47A c/n 9325) of No 267 Squadron, RAF, in 1944, when operating from Araxos airstrip, Greece.
Мировая Авиация 230
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FD857 [4]
Транспортный самолет Dakota C.Mk III (FD857) из 267-й эскадрильи RAF, совершавший вылеты в Югославию из итальянского Бари. Эмблемой эскадрильи был крылатый конь Пегас, изображенный в носовой части фюзеляжа.
Air International 1984-02 / Model enthusiast

Dakota IIIU serial 960 (c/n 12267 ex-USAAF 42-92464) of RCAF 9(T) Group at Vancouver, 1950.
Air International 1984-02 / Model enthusiast

Dakota IV serial 6892 serving in 1983 with No 44 Squadron of the South African Air Force, based at Swartkop.
Air International 1984-02 / Model enthusiast

A ski-equipped C-47 of the 1st Escuadron Antarctico, Fuerza Aerea Argentina, based at Marambio.
Air Enthusiast 1999-11 / N.Gillespie - 'Deep Freeze' (1)

Douglas R4D-5 12418 Que Sera Sera ‘XD-8’ of VX-6, US Navy, 1956. Inset: scrapview of 12418, main undercarriage in retracted position.
АвиаПарк 2010-02 / В.Кондратьев - Дальневосточные десанты

"Дуглас" C-47 из 54-й ТАД 12-й ВА, на котором был вывезен из Мукдена захваченный в плен советскими десантниками 21 августа 1945 года бывший император Маньчжурии Пу-И
Air International 1984-02 / Model enthusiast

C-47 of the Force Aerienne Beige with nose-mounted NASARR radar to train F-104G pilots.

Air Pictorial 1999-10 / R.Jackson - Airport Movements
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1944A [12], N3239W [12]
The C-47A Dakota N1944A, c/n 19677, at Newcastle on 6/8/99 after arriving from Reykjavik. The aircraft, which was on delivery to a new owner at Wycombe Air Park, flew on to Coventry the next day where its brakes were adjusted by Atlantic Aeroengineering
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-01 / G.Sands, A.Brown - Wycombe warriors /Warbird air-to-air/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1944A [12], N3239W [12]
The Dakota wears full D-Day markings over its wartime USAAF green and grey finish.
Air International 2000-02 / Talkback
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1944A [12], N3239W [12]
Captured in a wintry setting, Douglas DC-3/C-47, N1944A, seen among British Airways Flying School aircraft at Booker Air Park, High Wycombe. The aircraft has been based at Booker since its arrival there via Coventry, in September 1999. Delivered to the USAAF on December 19, 1944, as 43-15211 (c/n 19677), it subsequently saw service with the 8th Air Force, the Royal Norwegian Air Force (as 315211) and the Royal Danish Air Force (as K683/68-683). It was sold to the Valiant Air Command, USA, and reregistered as N3239W, before arriving at Cape Canaveral in May 1983. It was acquired by Doan Helicopters Inc in November 1988, then Seahorse Aviation Inc in May 1990, and was re-registered as N1944A in April 1992. It is currently being made available for film and air display work via Personal Plane Services/Tony Bianchi on behalf of Wings Venture, Connecticut, USA, its latest owners, who purchased the aircraft on May 2, 1997. Its colour scheme represents its service with the 439th Troop Carrier Group, hence the ‘J8’ code on the front fuselage.
Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / News
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N135SJ
The American Airpower Museum’s C-47B, N135SJ, seen at Republic Airport, Long Island, New York, just before its close encounter with runaway ice-cream truck in August.
Моделист-Конструктор Военно-транспортные самолеты Второй мировой войны / В.Котельников - Военно-транспортные самолеты 1939-1945 /Самолеты Второй Мировой войны/ (6)

Сохраняемый в США в летном состоянии C-47B периодически используют для съемки кинофильмов о войне. На этот раз он несет черно-белые полосы, применявшиеся во время высадки в Нормандии в июне 1944г.
Моделист-Конструктор Военно-транспортные самолеты Второй мировой войны / В.Котельников - Военно-транспортные самолеты 1939-1945 /Самолеты Второй Мировой войны/ (6)

Транспортный самолет Дуглас C-47A ВВС армии США
Air International 2019-05 / Airscene

A scene from the 2014 Daks over Normandy event.
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-10 / M.Oakey, T.Harmsworth - News
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1944A [12], N3239W [12]
Douglas C-47 Skytrain N1944A at Coventry soon after its arrival there on August 7, 1999.
Aeroplane Monthly 1994-05

Painted in USAAF D-Day markings, Douglas C-47A 42-100591 was photographed at Tico in November 1992 by MIKE VINES.
Мировая Авиация 77

Флагман VAC - Douglas C-47A "Tico Belle" - высаживал десант в Нормандии. До 1982 года эта машина служила в ВВС Дании. Попав в руки VAC, самолет был отремонтирован и снова поднялся в воздух в июле 2009 года.
Air International 2019-05 / Airscene

One of the many Dakotas that will take part in the big event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the heroic D-Day operation.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2014-09 / М.Никольский - Фарнборо-2014 /Выставки, смотры/

C-47
Мировая Авиация 163

Группа "Aces High" обеспечивает историческими самолетами киносъемочные группы. Данный самолет Dakota несет обозначения американских ВС на момент вторжения в Нормандию (День Д).
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-06

JOHN BATCHELOR'S photograph depicts a brace of Confederate Air Force Douglas C-47s, with 210058 Buzz Buggy in the foreground.
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-01 / G.Sands, A.Brown - Wycombe warriors /Warbird air-to-air/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1944A [12], N3239W [12]
AUSTIN J. BROWN photographed examples of two of the most significant aircraft of the 20th Century in formation over the High Wycombe area recently: Douglas C-47A 43-15211/N1944A and Supermarine Spitfire Mk IA AR213/G-AIST.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-01 / G.Sands, A.Brown - Wycombe warriors /Warbird air-to-air/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1944A [12], N3239W [12]
N1944A has been repainted in its original wartime camouflage and wears the code J8 on its forward fuselage. The code served to identify various Troop Carrier Groups flying over the Normandy beachhead - J8 signified that the C-47 belonged to the 439th TCG.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-01 / G.Sands, A.Brown - Wycombe warriors /Warbird air-to-air/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1944A [12], N3239W [12]
These exclusive air-to-air pictures taken by AUSTIN J. BROWN show Sheringham Aviation’s Spitfire Mk IA AR213 flying in formation with a recent arrival in the UK, Wings Venture’s C-47A N1944A. The aircraft are being flown by Jonathon Whaley and Capt Willi Timiziz respectively. Although the early-mark Spitfire saw no combat during World War Two while serving with the RAF, the Dakota is a true war veteran, having participated in Operation Overlord - the Allied invasion of Europe - and numerous air drops throughout Europe while with the USAAF.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936
Мировая Авиация 163

Ранние серийные C-47-DL Skytrain, собранные на заводе в Лонг-Бич, буксируют десантные планеры Waco Hadrian во время учебно-тренировочного полета в США.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: WACO CG-4A Hadrian - СШАUSA - 1942
Мировая Авиация 165

C-53 ВВС США, идущие в плотных порядках, сбрасывают сотни десантников (по 28 человек с самолета). За годы войны C-47 и C-53 ВВС США сбросили больше десантников, чем все остальные самолеты союзников вместе взятые.
Мировая Авиация 163
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17332
Историческая авиагруппа "Commemorative Air Force" базируется в аэропорту Мидленд-Одесса в штате Техас и располагает одной из крупнейших в мире коллекций старых или исторических самолетов, включая и несколько C-47.
Мировая Авиация 171

Код "AJ" на киле этого EC-47 указывает на его принадлежность к 360-й тактической эскадрилье РЭБ, базировавшейся в Тан Сон Нхут, Южный Вьетнам, в 1968-1971 годах.
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-01 / M.Oakey, T.Harmsworth - News

Suspended from the museum extension, C-47 45-0951 is a reminder to all of the sacrifices made during the Berlin Airlift.
Air Pictorial 1994-08 / B.Maidment - Mildenhall's Air Fete '94

We make no apologies for publishing a further view of the superb C-41A restoration which visited the UK for the D-Day anniversary.
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-12 / News
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N47FK
Dakota N47FK in early wartime colours for filming at Netheravon.
Air International 2017-09 / D.Isby - F-35s, UAVs and Sensors /Military/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N92578
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s AgilePod performed a series of flight tests aboard a Douglas DC-3 aircraft in preparation for integration on an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle later this year. Reconfigurable on the flight-line, the AgilePod enables operators to meet a variety of mission sets with multiple sensors on a single platform. The 1943-model DC-3 used, N92578, is owned and operated by Airborne Imaging Inc, based at Midlothian, Texas.
Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / G.Salerno - A Troubled Birth /Air forces/

ARS Douglas SC-47D flying over the mountains of Alaska in the 1950s.
Мировая Авиация 163

Одними из самых "долгоживущих" вариантов DC-3, поступивших на военную службу в США, оказались R4D авиации ВМС США. R4D-5 и R4D-6 входили в состав 6-й опытовой эскадрильи и обеспечивали деятельность американцев в Арктике и Антарктике (на фотографии - в самолет грузят ездовых собак). После 1962 года обозначение машин сменили на LC-47H и LC-47J.
Air Enthusiast 1999-11 / N.Gillespie - 'Deep Freeze' (1)

Senior crew of the famed R4D-5 Que Sera Sera which became the first aircraft to land at the South Pole on October 31, 1956. Rear Admiral George Dufek is in the centre
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan

Local labourers at N’Dolo mask the control surfaces of C-47D serial 44-76757 before it is repainted in the ONUC overal white scheme as ONU 204. Still just about visible on the aircraft’s fin are the blue, yellow, green and red stripes of the C-47’s previous operator, the USAF’s 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, based at Hahn in West Germany.
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan

Curious locals line the fence at N’Dolo Airport in Leopoldville in late July 1960 to take a look at the newly arrived C-47s for ONUC. One aircraft (furthest left) has already been repainted in the organisation’s overall white colour scheme, but the majority still retain the standard USAF colours they were wearing on arrival in Congo.

Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan

Another day, another mission. The sun comes up over ONUC C-47 and C-119 transports during the organisation’s four-year tenure in the Congo.
INSET The sign outside the United Nations’ C-47 Squadron office at N’Djili Airport, showing the flags of all participating nations. By the time it was put up, Yugoslavia had already left ONUC.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar - СШАUSA - 1947
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan

Officers of a joint ONUC - Katangese ceasefire commission pause for a group photo before boarding ONU 214, which has been adorned with a UN emblem on its rear fuselage. It is perhaps ironic that the four somewhat decrepit former Avianca machines that had arrived in March 1961 were used for VIP duties with their new operator.
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan

When necessary, the C-47 could transport reasonably large items, such as this Wright R-1300 engine, used by ONUC’s fleet of H-19D helicopters.
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SE-BWD [2]
In 1961 a second batch of aircraft arrived to bolster the strength of the C-47 Squadron, including two genuine DC-3s - ONU 215 (c/n 2205) and ONU 216 (c/n 1947) - without cargo doors in the rear fuselage. The former, seen here, was assembled by Fokker in the Netherlands in 1937, later serving in Sweden as SE-BWD.
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan

A detachment of Indian soldiers unloads its equipment from ONU 205 (c/n 18983), a former USAF C-47A, which was put into “active storage" from February 1964. Indian Prime Minister Nehru’s support for the UN in Congo was significant, the nation sending more troops than any other country involved in ONUC operations.
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan

Kindu in eastern central Congo was one of the regular stops for the C-47 Squadron on its scheduled flights in 1962. Seen here at Kindu, ONU 218 (c/n 19781) was one of the last batch of C-47s received from the USAF in 1961. Kindu later became the main air base for the UN’s MONUC stabilisation operation from the year 2000.
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan

One of the ONUC C-47 Squadron’s ten original aircraft at N’Dolo Airport, showing the plain standard finish of the aircraft and simple light blue “ONU" titles on the rear fuselage and serial number on the fin. By 1960 the UN had used C-47s for more than a decade, but the ONUC operation required a massive influx of additional aircraft.
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan

ONUC hired several Congolese mechanics who had been trained by the Belgians before Congo gained its independence. Here a C-47’s Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engine is being serviced in the main hangar at N’Djili in 1961.
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SE-BWD [2]
The end of the C-47 Squadron came in February 1964, when the remaining aircraft were gathered at N’Djili. Representatives of each country contingent parade in front of ONU 215, which was retained by ONUC for “special missions”. The antenna on the nose is for the SARAH receiver, used to locate aircrews’ emergency transmitters.
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan

Doing it the old-fashioned way - if one of the C-47’s starter motors failed, the crew got the engine started by winding a rope around the propeller hub and pulling it with a Jeep, as seen in this photograph of ONU 208 (c/n 26122) at a typical remote strip.
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan

The C-47 Squadron would often send detachments “up country”, one of which was based at the old airfield at Albertville (now Kalemie) on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika. Here, one of the squadron’s C-47s makes a dusty take-off run while one of ONUC’s many Sikorsky H-19D helicopters awaits its next mission.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Sikorsky UH-19 / HO4S / S-55 Chickasaw - СШАUSA - 1949
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan

The C-47 Squadron’s duties often took the unit’s aircraft to the many dirt airfields in the Congo. Here ONU 208 departs a typically primitive 1,000m (3,300ft) strip "up country”.

Мировая Авиация 163

Данный самолет Dakota принадлежал "Air Atlantique", но восстановлен как машина Транспортного командования британских ВВС на момент 1950-1960-х годов.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-10 / ??? - The Dak is 50
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-DAKS [13], KG874 [13], G-AGHY [13], LV-FYI [13], N147DC [13], TS423 [13]
Aces High's DC-3 G-DAKS photograph, taken by Y. D. PRINZEN on July 11 this year during its flight to RAF Fairford to celebrate the International Golden DC-3 Jubilee. G-DAKS is painted as Flt Lt David Lord VC's Dakota, KG874 of 271 Squadron.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-04 / B.Mosenthal - The intrepid boer
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZA947 [11], KG374 [11], KG661 [11]
An impressive study of Douglas C-47 Dakota ZA947, flying with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight in 1993 as YS-DM of 271 Sqn.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-08 / 1996 UK Aircraft Collections and Museums Guide (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZA947 [11], KG374 [11], KG661 [11]
Douglas DC-3 ZA947 of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight formates on the Flight’s Lancaster.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-07 / F.Prins - Merlin magic /Battle of Britain Memorial Flight/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZA947 [11], KG374 [11], KG661 [11]
Photographed from the Lanc, Spitfires P7350/RN-S and AB910/H escort BBMF Dakota ZA947, which represents the aircraft of Flt Lt David Lord VC.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941
Мировая Авиация 163

Исторический авиаотряд британских ВВС "Battle of Britain Memorial Flight" продолжает эксплуатировать Dakota наравне с самолетами Lancaster, Hurricane и Spitfire.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2018-10 / Е.Казеннов - Авиашоу "RIAT-2018"

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941 Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX / XVI - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942
Aeroplane Monthly 1994-04 / 1994 UK Aircraft Collections and Museums Guide
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KP208 [2]
Dakota KP208 at the Airborne Forces Museum, Aldershot.
Air Pictorial 1999-11

The almost timeless South Downs form the backdrop to this view of Shoreham’s RAFA show. For an event commemorating the Battle of Britain, RAF participation was lamentably small.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Handley Page/BAe Jetstream / H.P.137 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1967 Lockheed C-130 Hercules - СШАUSA - 1954
Aeroplane Monthly 2001-02 / L.Blackah - Where the Lancaster goes in winter /Battle of Britain Memorial Flight/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZA947 [11], KG374 [11], KG661 [11]
Corporal Arnold working on the port engine of Dakota ZA947.
Air Enthusiast 2001-01 / T.Singfield - The Free Air of Heaven
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KG740
Brilliant white of the crushed coral ramp underneath natural metal RAF Dakota III KG740 at Kindley Field. Date unknown.
Aeroplane Monthly 1994-04 / 1994 UK Aircraft Collections and Museums Guide
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZA947 [11], KG374 [11], KG661 [11]
The RAE’s Dakota ZA947 has joined the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and been repainted in a wartime scheme.
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-06 / M.Oakey - Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZA947 [11], KG374 [11], KG661 [11]
The last chance to see former Royal Aircraft Establishment Dakota ZA947 in its "raspberry ripple" colour scheme. Recently taken on charge by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight as a trainer and hack, it is currently with of Air Atlantique at Coventry undergoing a check and being repainted in the colours of KG374 YS-L of 271 Sqn, flown by David Lord VC at Arnhem.
Air International 1994-10 / P.Cooper - Forever Farnborough (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZA947 [11], KG374 [11], KG661 [11]
Dakota C.3 ZA947 was initially delivered to RAE West Freugh during 1971 as KG661 but was reallocated serial ZA947 by the MoD in June 1978 when it became known that the original KG661 had been destroyed in an accident on December 13, 1944. In addition to various support and transport duties, ZA947 also conducted parachute trials and aerial survey work. It is seen here in March 1992, flying over the DRA Headquarters facility. Following the disbandment of the Air Transport Flight, ZA947 joined the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-08 / M.Oakey - Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZA947 [11], KG374 [11], KG661 [11]
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Dakota ZA947 returning from a successful test flight following maintenance and modification work by Air Atlantique at Coventry. This was its last appearance in its Royal Aircraft Establishment “Raspberry Ripple” colour scheme, albeit with the attractive addition of silver-doped control surfaces: it is now at Marham being camouflaged.

Мировая Авиация 163

Принадлежащий авиагруппе "Commemorative Air Force" бывший флотский R4D выглядит намного лучше, чем в годы своей нелегкой службы.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-04

The Douglas C-47 tragically lost in a crash in America on December 31, 1985, when Ricky Nelson and his band were killed. Though critically injured, the pilots survived; but the Dakota was destroyed.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2012-09 / В.Бакурский - Праздник в воздухе
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 9Q-CUK
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-09 / M.Oakey, T.Harmsworth - News
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: LV-FYI [13], N147DC [13], G-AGHY [13], G-DAKS [13], KG874 [13], TS423 [13]
American-registered Douglas Dakota N147DC, temporarily repainted in the markings of Aero Argentinas as LV-FYI for an Agatha Christie “Hercule Poirot” television film being made at Shoreham Airport in West Sussex during June 1999.
Aeroplane Monthly 1998-10 / H.Levy - Return to Oshkosh
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N147DC [13], G-AGHY [13], G-DAKS [13], KG874 [13], LV-FYI [13], TS423 [13]
EDWARDS BROTHERS Aviation continues to breathe life into the nation’s Dakota population, with the overhaul of the former G-DAKS (now N147DC) and the preparation and delivery of N47FK from Elstree to North Weald .
Aviation Historian 3 / J.Pote - Anything, Anywhere, Anytime Professionally (2)

Douglas C-47B “994” at Thakhek East in 1966. The aircraft was polished bare metal with its identity repeated on the nose and “Air America” painted on the rear fuselage - this aircraft, C-47 “147” and Caribou “392” were the only Air America aircraft to bear the company name in Laos.
Aviation Historian 2 / J.Pote - Anything, Anywhere, Anytime Professionally (1)

Air America Douglas C-47B “147” prepares for one of the thrice-weekly “milk run” flights at Thakhek East in mid-1966. This aircraft went on to become one of the last to leave Saigon in April 1975 as the city fell to the North Vietnamese.
История Авиации 39 / В.Антипин, А.Булах, Д.Кондратков - Небо Вьетнама /Авиация в локальных войнах/ (2)

C-46 (C-47 ???) и PC-6 авиакомпании «Эйр Америка», выполняющей задания ЦРУ, в столичном аэропорту Лаоса. На ВВП виден американский лёгкий военно-транспортный самолёт «Карибу».

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou - КанадаCanada - 1958 Pilatus PC-6 Porter / Turbo Porter - ШвейцарияSwitzerland - 1959
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-04 / Douglas Dakota G-AMPO /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMPO [7]
G-AMPO in the markings of Air Atlantique.
Aeroplane Monthly 1994-05
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMPZ [4]
Air Atlantique DC-3 G-AMPZ.
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-06 / S.Piercey - Dakota's Rest
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VP-LVK
VP-LVK is one of a fleet of five DC-3s operated by Air BVI from Tortola Island
Air International 2019-05 / Airscene

Four Dakotas during the 2014 Daks over Normandy event.
Air Pictorial 2000-05 / UK & Irish airlines since 1945 (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-APUC
Air Links, run by Transglobe and reviewed alphabetically in the series under that name, operated a number of piston-engined types, including DC-3s (shown).
Air Pictorial 1992-01 / P.Clarke - Carribean Islander

An Air Puerto Rico DC3 pictured at Montserrat.
Aeroplane Monthly 2002-01 / News
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMPZ [4]
AIR ATLANTIQUE at Coventry has recently sold a couple of its large fleet of Douglas DC-3s fleet of Douglas DC-3s, and the first to find an overseas buyer is G-AMPZ, which is now with Air Service at Berlin's Tempelhof airport. The aeroplane, shown, which had been painted in a post-war RAF Transport Command scheme for the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift in 1998, was stripped down and put into an overall-silver scheme at Coventry before the ferry flight to Germany.
Aviation Historian 39 / L.Hellstrom - Air Sud Kasai. The National Airline That Never Was
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-AWN [2], NAF307 [2]
Douglas C-47 OO-AWN with the South Kasai flag painted on the fin. The “V” stood for victoire (victory).
Aviation Historian 3 / D.Stringer - Fly America! (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N91228
Allegheny Airlines DC-3 N91228 arrives on the ramp at the airport serving Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Marietta, Ohio. Allegheny was originally known as All American Airways, changing its name in 1953, the airline going on to become USAir in 1979 and US Airways in 1996. The merger of the latter with American Airlines in 2013 will see the last direct decendant of the original Local Service Airlines disappear.
Air International 2012-10 / C.Kjelgaard - Flying on Flagship Detroit /Commercial/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17334 [5]
Formally handed over to American Airlines on March 2, 1937, NC17334 was the 45th DC-3 off the production line and the 24th in American's 'Flagship' fleet.
Air International 2012-10 / C.Kjelgaard - Flying on Flagship Detroit /Commercial/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17334 [5]
DC-3 NC17334 on the flight line at John F Kennedy Airport on July 18, 2012.
Air International 2012-10 / C.Kjelgaard - Flying on Flagship Detroit /Commercial/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17334 [5]
NC17334 wears original style American Airlines Flagship markings.
Air International 2012-10 / C.Kjelgaard - Flying on Flagship Detroit /Commercial/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17334 [5]
DC-3 NC17334 Flagship Detroit is the world's oldest DC-3 still flying.
Air International 2012-10 / C.Kjelgaard - Flying on Flagship Detroit /Commercial/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17334 [5]
Flagship Detroit over Manhattan on July 18, 2012 during Al Blackman's 70th anniversary flight.
Air International 1996-07 / I.Goold - Heathrow (1)

BEA Viscount 701C G-ANHF Mathew Flinders heads a line-up of the company’s Dakotas at a very basic Heathrow around the mid-to-late 1950s.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Vickers Viscount - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1948
Air International 2006-10 / B.Hales-Dutton - Buffalo Airways /Commercial/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: C-GWIR
This DC-3 is one of ten operated by Buffalo Airways, used to carry passengers and cargo. It wears a non-standard company livery. Some of the more recently-acquired Dakotas were painted in this scheme, though it is not planned to apply it across the whole fleet. The engine cowling has been removed as the aircraft had just emerged following maintenance and was about to undergo an engine test.
Air International 1996-02 / G.Endres - Cathay Pacific
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VR-HDB [3]
Douglas DC-3 VR-HDB Betsy, overflying Hong Kong harbour on September 24,1983, on arrival from Australia. It was originally proposed to exhibit Betsy in the planned Hong Kong Science and Technology museum, however, the building was delayed and for many years the aircraft was stored in a hangar at Kai Так until finally taking up residence in the museum.
Air International 2013-05 / D.Armstrong - Cathay Confronts Challenges /Commercial/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VR-HDA
Cathay was founded in 1946 and started operations with a single DC-3 called Betsy, on charter and freight flights.
Aviation Historian 4 / D.Stringer - Fly America! (2)

“Ready to board!” - Douglas DC-3s of three of the USA’s local service airlines (Central, Ozark and Frontier) await their passengers at Kansas City’s Municipal Airport circa 1959. The Local Service Carriers (LSCs) transported passengers from big city terminals like Kansas City, served by major airlines, to smaller cities within their individual areas of operation, in many cases offering a level of service which has been unmatched since.
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-12 / Douglas DC-3 HB-ISC /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-ISC [3], N88YA [3]
The air-to-air view of HB-ISC was taken on March 20, 1993 by ERICH GANDET. The DC-3 is available for charter for flights to exhibitions or for corporate entertainment trips.
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-12 / Douglas DC-3 HB-ISC /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-ISC [3], N88YA [3]
Мировая Авиация 218

"Continental Airlines" вложила деньги, полученные от модернизации самолетов ВВС США, в покупку авиалайнеров. Некоторые DC-3 компании "Continental" ранее были военными C-47.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-08 / M.Oakey - Vintage news
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: LN-WND
Dakota Norway’s C-53D LN-WND in Atlantic Aero Engineering’s Coventry hangar on April 13, 1996.
Air Enthusiast 2003-05 / F.Mormillo - Up close and personal

John Pappas taxies out DC-3 'Rose' - complete with a load of passengers on board - during the 2003 Bluewater Resort and Casino Air Expo.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-12 / M.Oakey - Vintage news
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-DDA [9]
Happier times: Dutch Dakota Association DC-3 PH-DDA in the air over distinctly un-Dutch countryside.
Мировая Авиация 218
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-DDA [9]
Авиакомпания "Dutch Dakota Association" является типичным примером коммерческого эксплуатанта DC-3, демонстрируя самолет на различных авиашоу Европы. Данный самолет, PH-DDA, потерпел катастрофу в 1996 году; погибли все 32 находившихся на борту человека.
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-04 / J.Stroud - A million miles flown /A lifetime of flying/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OH-LCK
Finnair’s Douglas DC-3 OH-LCK at Ivalo in Arctic Finland on April 7, 1962.
Aviation Historian 4 / D.Stringer - Fly America! (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N65276
Frontier and Central DC-3s at Kansas City in June 1962. Note that both aircraft are converted C-47s, with the large cargo door adjoining the squared-off boarding door. Frontier absorbed Central through merger in 1967.
Air Enthusiast 2007-07 / F.Mormillo - Model Performer /History on the wing/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N143D [4]
Dan Gryder making an incredibly low pass over the Lakeland Linder Airport runway in the Herpa DC-3A.
Air Enthusiast 2007-07 / F.Mormillo - Model Performer /History on the wing/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N143D [4]
Air Enthusiast 2007-07 / F.Mormillo - Model Performer /History on the wing/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N143D [4]
Air Enthusiast 2007-07 / F.Mormillo - Model Performer /History on the wing/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N143D [4]
Aviation Historian 6 / A.Waller - A Flying Safari

In February 1955 a subsidiary, Hunting-Clan African Airways, was formed to operate freight and passenger flights from Salisbury to various points in Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Two Douglas Dakotas were used on the tourist flights between Salisbury, where this photo was taken, and Vilanculos (in Mozambique) and Johannesburg.
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-02 / J.Stroud - A million miles flown /A lifetime of flying/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VT-CJC
Indian Airlines’ Douglas C-47A VT-CJC at Trivandrum in South India on December 28, 1959.
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-11 / J.Stroud - A million miles flown /A lifetime of flying/

Indian Airlines Corporation’s air hostess S.R. Bhargavi with one of the airline’s Douglas C-47s at Madras (now Chennai) on May 8, 1958. When the new IAC took over the operations of eight private airlines on August 1, 1953, it inherited 74 C-47s out of a fleet of about one hundred aeroplanes.
Air International 2008-06 / I.Bozinovski - Jat Airways. 80 Years of Service /Commercial/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: YU-ABK
DC-3/C-47s remained in service with JAT for 29 years - from the airline's formation in 1947 until the type was retired in 1976. The elliptical logo on the tail was nicknamed 'JAT's egg'.
Aviation Historian 4 / D.Stringer - Fly America! (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N14967
Lake Central Airlines DC-3 N14967, with a company Convair 340 in the background, in December 1963. Lake Central struggled through the 1950s, but was rewarded with a huge route expansion in 1961, after which it acquired Convairliners.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Convair CV-240 Convair-Liner / C-131 / C-340 / C-440 - СШАUSA - 1946
Aviation Historian 14
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-MML [4], G-ANMA [4], KN470 [4], VH-BPN [4]
Pristine DC-3 VH-MML, newly delivered and still wearing its bull logo and the name Gascoyne, taxies in for refuelling at Wyndham in 1954. Built by Douglas at Oklahoma City in March 1945 as a C-47B-30-DK, with USAAF serial 44-76613, it was immediately passed to the RAF as a Dakota IV, KN470, and saw service in Egypt, India and Burma. Following its career with MMA it passed through many further ownerships, before being re-registered as VH-BPN in 1977. It was still operating, on pleasure-flying duties, in the early-to-mid 2000s, and is believed to survive in storage in New South Wales.
Aviation Historian 14
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-MML [4], G-ANMA [4], KN470 [4], VH-BPN [4]
Inspired perhaps by the logo of the processed-cheese brand The Laughing Cow, this benevolent-bull-in-helmet-and-goggles emblem adorned MMA’s Douglas DC-3 VH-MML RMA Gascoyne (later RMA Lyndon) - but not, apparently, for long. Fred Niven, who kindly forwarded Ray Webster’s recollections to TAH, writes, ‘‘Prior to [VH-MML] entering Air Beef service, an Air Beef characterisation of a bull’s head, the words ‘Air Beef’ and the name Gascoyne were painted on its nose by Ray Clapham, but only remained there long enough for photos to be taken. It never operated with the logo on the nose. Its name was later changed to RMA Lyndon to bring it into line with the company’s policy of aligning aircraft names with the last letter of their registrations.”
Aviation Historian 14

The monorail gantry for loading beef from the chiller room at Air Beef Pty Ltd’s abattoir and base at Glenroy, Kimberley.
Aviation Historian 14

Changing plugs at Glenroy in 1954. Colin Hayes’s note on the original slide says, “We lost a motor on take-off with three tons of beef aboard, and only just made it back”.
Aviation Historian 14

What a job. Unloading raw beef from an MMA DC-3 at Wyndham - Western Australia’s northernmost town - for road transport to Wyndham Meatworks, the mainstay of the town’s economy.
Aviation Historian 3 / D.Stringer - Fly America! (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N64424
The ubiquitous Douglas DC-3 became standard equipment for all of the successful local service carriers. Here, a Monarch Air Lines example awaits its passengers. Monarch merged with Challenger Airlines and acquired the certificate of Arizona Airways to form Frontier Airlines in 1950.
Aeroplane Monthly 2001-04 / News
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AWP
The three DC-3s all carried South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand logos for the commemoration, ZK-AWP (in the foreground) also wearing its original National Airways Corporation livery.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CF-PWC
PWA DC-3 CF-PWC on finals at Cambridge Bay while flying an inter-site schedule.
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-01 / J.Stroud - A million miles flown /A lifetime of flying/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-EBU [3]
Qantas Douglas C-47A VH-EBU at Wau in New Guinea on November 4, 1959. The airfield was originally established in 1927 to serve the area’s goldfields.
Мировая Авиация 218

"Bush Pilots Airways" из Австралии использовала C-47A для внутренних перевозок в Квинсленде. В 1981 году BPA стала называться "Air Queensland", она эксплуатировала последний в Австралии DC-3 до апреля 1988 года.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2018-09 / В.Морозов - В желтой, жаркой Африке: Авиация Родезии и Зимбабве (1)

Один из гражданских родезийских DC-3, использовавшийся для доставки оружия и боеприпасов катангским сепаратистам М. Чомбе в период гражданской войны в Конго 1960-1964 гг.
Мировая Авиация 218
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGHY [13], G-DAKS [13], KG874 [13], LV-FYI [13], N147DC [13], TS423 [13]
Самолет DC-3 использовали в шоу-бизнесе для съемок кинофильмов и телевизионных программ. Эта бывшая летающая лаборатория "Ferranti", TS423, перекрашена в самолет с регистрацией G-AGHY для съемок британского сериала 1980-х годов "Airline".
Aeroplane Monthly 1982-04
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGHY [13], G-DAKS [13], KG874 [13], LV-FYI [13], N147DC [13], TS423 [13]
Aces High’s Dakota G-DAKS/“G-AGHY” Vera Lynn seen during location filming in Malta for the television series Airline YORKSHIRE TELEVISION
Aviation Historian 16 / K.Honey - In the Land of Black Gold

One of several Douglas DC-3/C-47s operated by Silver City in Libya sits in the shadow of the classic adventure-book fort at Sebha in the country’s central Fezzan region. Rebuilt in the 1920s during Italy’s colonisation of Libya and named Fort Elena, the imposing building was captured by Free French forces in January 1943 and renamed Fort Leclerc.
Aviation Historian 16 / K.Honey - In the Land of Black Gold

Locals crowd around a Silver City DC-3 being refuelled at Ku fra during one of the author’s visits to the remote oasis during 1957-59. The local schoolchildren were fascinated by the huge machine, none of them ever having seen an aircraft before.
Aviation Historian 16 / K.Honey - In the Land of Black Gold
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMYX [3]
Silver City’s C-47/DC-3s were more than able to cope with the lack of formal facilities in Libya, the Sahara presenting no shortage of makeshift runways for the rugged, dependable Dak. Here C-47B G-AMYX (c/n 33042), named City of Rochester in Silver City service, is greeted by a caravan of Land Rovers at the landing ground at Waw an-Namus in southern Libya.
Aviation Historian 16 / K.Honey - In the Land of Black Gold
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMYX [3]
Dakota G-AMYX on the dark sands at Waw an-Namus during a supply visit to a geological team based close to the volcano. Inside the crater lie three small salt lakes and an oasis of rich foliage, creating a startling contrast to the surrounding Sahara. INSET The author in the right-hand seat of a Silver City Dakota over Libya.
Aviation Historian 17 / B.Turpin - Out on a Lympne (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMWW [7], KN492 [7]
Built as a C-47B and operated by the RAF as KN492 during 1945-49, Dakota G-AMWW was delivered to Skyways in early 1955 and was one of the first to operate on the company’s coach-air services from Lympne, where it is seen here before the formation of Skyways Coach-Air as a separate venture in 1958.
Aviation Historian 17 / B.Turpin - Out on a Lympne (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMWW [7], KN492 [7]
With the airfield’s trademark abundant planting and white picket fence in the foreground, Skyways aircraft ancient and modern share the ramp at Lympne. Skyways Coach-Air went on to operate a total of eight 748s, an example of which is seen here behind the Dakota, during 1962-71; the author will relate his experiences of the 748 in the next part of the series.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker-Siddeley Andover / HS.748 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1960
Aviation Historian 17 / B.Turpin - Out on a Lympne (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMWW [7], KN492 [7]
Another magnificent view of Skyways’ stalwart Dakota G-AMWW, this time at Beauvais in June 1959.’’Whiskey Whiskey” was incorporated into the Skyways Coach-Air fleet when the latter subsidiary was formed on October 9, 1958, although it continued to fly in its “Skyways of London” colours for some time afterwards.
Aviation Historian 17 / B.Turpin - Out on a Lympne (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMWW [7], KN492 [7]
By the spring of 1966 G-AMWW had been painted in the definitive Skyways Coach-Air colour scheme, which used the same signature colours of pale blue, burgundy and white, but with a revised legend above the cabin windows. The steadfast ’MWW is seen here at Biggin Hill during a charter operation to provide flights between Beauvais and Biggin Hill for the Air Fair in May 1966.
Aviation Historian 17 / B.Turpin - Out on a Lympne (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMWW [7], KN492 [7]
A rare colour photograph of a Skyways Dakota over Otterpool Lane on final approach into Lympne. Until the late 1960s Lympne was a grass-only airfield, which suited the rugged Dakotas, but less so the more refined 748. As a result, a hard runway was built at Lympne in 1967 and opened in 1968.
Air International 1996-07 / Airscene
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-DAKK [4], F-GEOM [4], G-OFON [4], OK-WDU [4]
A new UK operator with the ubiquitous Dak is South Coast Airways (SCA) which has acquired C-47A Dakota 3 G-DAKK, luxuriously refurbished with a 32-seat interior. The company is the brainchild of husband and wife team Andrew and Geraldine Dixon, who fly as pilot and stewardess respectively. Based at Bournemouth, SCA will be operating charters in true 1940’s style with period crew uniforms and in flight catering reminiscent of the period.
Air Enthusiast 1998-05 / R.Stitt - High-Flying Exotica

This typically barren northern scene includes several examples from Spartan’s eclectic fleet, from left to right: DC-3, Ventura, Lightning and Anson

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Anson / Type 652 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935 Lockheed B-34 Lexington / PV Ventura / PV-2 Harpoon - СШАUSA - 1941 Lockheed P-38 Lightning - СШАUSA - 1939
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / ??? - Swissair's last Dak /Archive colour/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-IRC, HB-IRN [5], HB-IRX
The three Swissair Flying School DC-3s, HB-IRC, ’IRN and ’IRX, at their Zurich base in May 1968. The Dayglo bands were added after their retirement from the airline.
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / ??? - Swissair's last Dak /Archive colour/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-IRN [5]
The Swissair Flying School's HB-IRN at Zurich in April 1967.
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / ??? - Swissair's last Dak /Archive colour/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-IRN [5]
HB-IRN at its resting place, Lucerne’s Swiss Transport Museum, in August 1979, with Dayglo paint removed and original Swiss Air Lines titling.
My photos 2010-03 / Switzerland - Luzern - Verkehrshaus der Schweiz
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-IRN [5]
My photos 2010-03 / Switzerland - Luzern - Verkehrshaus der Schweiz
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-IRN [5]
My photos 2010-03 / Switzerland - Luzern - Verkehrshaus der Schweiz
Aviation Historian 29 / J.Proctor - TWA's Skyliners
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N86544
The introduction of the Martinliners saw the progressive replacement of the DC-3 in TWA service, the latter finally being withdrawn from scheduled service in early 1953. Nevertheless, N86544, used mainly for pilot instrument checks, was pressed into action on July 21, 1954, to replace a 4-0-4 on a Los Angeles-San Francisco-Los Angeles service.
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-03 / M.Oakey - Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N22RB
Vintage Airways, an offshoot of Richard Branson’s Virgin empire, is operating DC-3s N12RB and N22RB on pleasure flight day trips from Orlando in Florida to the Keys, the Bahamas and the Caribbean.
Air International 1994-10 / G.Jones - Branson's Beauty - Virgin Atlantic Airways
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N12RB
Vintage Airways Douglas DC-3 N12RB at Key West, Florida, with the distinctive Virgin-style tail logo.
Aviation Historian 3 / D.Stringer - Fly America! (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N12978, N26214
A glorious colour photograph of Wisconsin Central DC-3s N12978 (nearest) and N26214 on the busy ramp at Chicago’s Midway Airport in 1952. In the background, trunk carrier airliners are prepared for another flight, including a pair of American Airlines DC-6s, beyond which is a Capital Airlines DC-4. The local airlines were initially called feeders as their objective was to “feed” small-town traffic to the trunk airlines.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-4 / C-54 / R5D Skymaster - СШАUSA - 1942 Douglas DC-6 / C-118 Liftmaster - СШАUSA - 1946
Air International 2011-12 / News

More than 60 years ago the DC-3 became the first airliner to fly fare-paying customers on a package holiday, when it took 11 passengers from Gatwick to Corsica.
Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / P.Howard, B.Hickox - Mercy Angels of Angkor /Airliners and air services/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: B-1553
Air Cambodge leased DC-3 B-1553 from CAL, but the aircraft was abandoned at Pochentong in Apr 1975, following damage incurred in a mid-air.
Air Enthusiast 2006-03 / Round-Out
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: XW-TFL
View of DC-3 XW-TFL about to start up at Kompong Chnang. It was operated by Kang Chan with obvious Thai connections.
Air Enthusiast 2002-09 / D.Darbyshire - Bobby's 'Aunties'
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VT-ARH
Paul Raasch with VH-BUV, VH-BUW and a ubiquitous DC-3 at Bahrain.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931
Air Enthusiast 2000-11 / Round-Out

Following the 'Young Guns' feature in AE89, Robert Stitt has sent in these photos, taken in April 1977, showing the former scattered remains of the Mitsubishi A6M2 ‘Zero’ restored at the Australian War Memorial Museum. They were being stored in the Papua New Guinea Defence Force compound at Jackson's Field, Port Moresby, prior to transportation to Australia for restoration. The Douglas C-47 Skytrain is P2-

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Mitsubishi A6M Reisen - ЯпонияJapan - 1939
Мировая Авиация 163

Довоенный C-47 (военный вариант DC-3), принадлежащий Отису Шпункмайеру, сфотографирован на фоне взлетающего Boeing C-17 Globemaster III.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: McDonnell Douglas C-17A Globemaster III - СШАUSA - 1991
Aeroplane Monthly 2001-02 / News
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N97H [2]
Bud Field's DC-3 has been painted in his house colours, and bears the legend of his proposed museum.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2015-10 / А.Юргенсон - МАКС-2015
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N12BA [2]
C-47
Air International 2017-10 / P.Butowski - Summer in Kubinka /Military/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N12BA [2]
Douglas DC-3A s/n 10035, made in 1943, flew from the United States to Russia via Alaska and Siberia in 2015, and was sold to a Russian private owner. At Kubinka, the aircraft was piloted by Valentin Lavrentyev and Pyotr Deynekin, the first CinC of the post-Soviet Russian Air Force.
Aeroplane Monthly 1998-09 / M.Oakey, T.Harmsworth - Vintage news
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N33VW
A new addition to Louisiana’s Vintage Wings is Douglas DC-3C N33VW, photographed over the Gulf of Mexico during April 1996. This aircraft had been obtained from Richard Branson’s ill-fated Florida DC-3 pleasure-flying operation. The aircraft had been sitting idle for a couple of years before being acquired by Vintage Wings. Seen here after emerging from the polish and paint shop, the Gooney Bird still retains its pristine Virgin interior.
Air Pictorial 1991-10 / M.Gradidge - Gateway to Aviation
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N99FS
A general view of the Warbirds area, with the Ford 5-AT-E in military colours in the foreground and the Greenland Expedition DC-3 N99FS next to one of the three B-17Gs.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Boeing B-17E / B-17G Flying Fortress - СШАUSA - 1941 Ford Tri-Motor / 4-AT / 5-AT - СШАUSA - 1926
Мировая Авиация 227
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMPY [4], KK116 [4]
Этот Dakota G-AMPY, построенный и переданный британскими ВВС в 1944 году, позднее служил в ливерпульской "Starways", а затем доставлял грузы в Исландию и на Джерси. "Air Atlantique" приобрела его в 1981 году. В 1986 году самолет был окрашен в цвета "Northwest" в честь 60-летия этой компании.
Air Pictorial 2000-05 / M.Collett - Air Atlantique - diverse charter specialists /Airline Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMCA
A former RAF Dakota, G-AMCA is one of Atlantic’s longest-serving DC-3s.
Мировая Авиация 227
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMSV [4]
Под фюзеляжем этого Dakota G-AMSV видно распыляющее оборудование. Несмотря на надежную службу при борьбе с загрязнениями моря, DC-3 вынуждены были уступить место более современным машинам. Этот самолет несет эмблему Агентства морской безопасности и Береговой охраны.
Air Enthusiast 1999-11 / Round-Out
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ANAF [3]
AE72 presented cameos of three surviving UK Dakotas, including Air Atlantique’s G-ANAF. Alpha-Fox’s latest transformation is as a test-bed for the Racal Searchwater 2000 maritime reconnaissance and airborne early warning radars, for the ‘new generation’ Nimrod MRA.4 and the Sea King AEW upgrade.
Air International 2001-07 / Talkback
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ANAF [3]
Air Atlantique provides engineering and flight operations support for C-47B G-ANAF on behalf of Thales. Based at Coventry, the aircraft is engaged in Nimrod radar trials (hence the radome under the nose) against air and surface targets. Most of the trials are conducted off the south coast, but the aircraft has been known to deploy to the BAe Military Aircraft factory, Warton, and to RAF Lossiemouth.
Air International 2021-10 / H.Slutsken, J.Hsu - Game changer

This DC-3 at the Canadian Museum af Flight in Langley BC was used for the initial tests of the augmented-reality application.
Air International 2021-10 / H.Slutsken, J.Hsu - Game changer

Researchers from Simon Fraser University placed QR codes on the DC3 to help capture the images and positional data
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11 / M.Oakey - Vintage news

South Coast Airways' Andrew and Geraldine Dixon have launched the Gooney Bird Association for DC-3 fanciers. Call 01202 591667 for details.
Aviation Historian 15 / P.Davidson - Off the Beaten Track...

What is thought to be Douglas C-47 c/n 14797/26242 at a cafe in Glyfada, Athens. To get a bird’s-eye view of the C-47 on Google Earth, enter the co-ordinates N37.89039, E23.74714 in the "Search" panel.
Aviation Historian 15 / P.Davidson - Off the Beaten Track...
Air International 1992-12 / R.Grant - A Hawker to God's Narrows!

Seen here with combined titles shortly after Austin Airways had been merged with Air Ontario. HS.748 Srs 2A C-GSXS has since moved on to Air Creebec. The aircraft is seen here parked alongside a DC-3, a type which the HS.748 has partly replaced due to being able to carry twice the load at nearly double the speed in pressurised comfort.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker-Siddeley Andover / HS.748 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1960
Aeroplane Monthly 1992-07 / M.Oakey - Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N9050T
Nothing to do with this month’s main story, but a startling shot of the rear end of John Woodhouse’s recently-acquired ex-Maltese DC-3, formerly N9050T, mounted in Fleet Pond, Hampshire, to publicise his new American-style restaurant Dakota’s. Alarmed reports of the "crash" have come from pilots in the adjacent Blackbushe circuit, from airliners overflying to Heathrow and from train drivers on the main London line which runs past the lake. "The rest of the venerable old lady is spread around inside the restaurant", reports Melvyn Hiscock, who took the picture. “As a publicity stunt it could be considered a success. As an aeroplane it could be considered b*****ed”. Wonder if they do Bar-B-Q wing ribs, or buy food supplies for the restaurant at SPAR?
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-07 / M.Vines - Sun'n'Fun'n'Floats
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N130Q
The only amphibious DC-3 in the world, flying over Lake Parker. Flown for the first time on floats on September 4, 1990, N130Q arrived from its Greenville, Maine base. The 41ft Edo floats chop about 15 m.p.h. off the 165 m.p.h. cruising speed. The nose wheels are from a North American T-6, and PBY Catalina brakes are used.

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Израильская 122-я эскадрилья "Dakota", единственный эксплуатант C-47, сформирована в 1962 году. Ей принадлежал и один самолет радио- и радиотехнической разведки RC-47 "Barvaz".
Air Enthusiast 1971-12 / ??? - Israel - Preparing for the Next Round
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 4X-FNN
A substantial number of Douglas C-47s remains in the Israeli transport inventory as the "maids-of-all-work” of Heyl Ha’Avir, and at the present time no plans exist for a replacement for this type which is scheduled to soldier on well into the mid ’seventies.
Air Pictorial 2000-05
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N751A, 4X-FNT
One of recent first time visitors to Malta was ex-Israeli AF DC-3 029/4X-FNT c/n 12060, which subsequently flew via Nice and Wick to the USA

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-01 / P.Chinnery - The Air War over Vietnam (1)

American military aid to Laos included Douglas C-47 transport aircraft.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2019-05 / В.Морозов - Авиация во Вьетнамской войне (1)

C-47 Королевских ВВС Лаоса, конец 1950-х гг.
Aviation Historian 2 / J.Pote - Anything, Anywhere, Anytime Professionally (1)

Air America Fairchild C-123B Provider N5005X has its engines run up to full throttle in the background as Royal Lao Air Force C-47s prepare to pull troops out of Thakhek West after the successful conclusion of the Battle for Thakhek in November 1965.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fairchild C-123 Provider - СШАUSA - 1949
История Авиации 38 / В.Антипин, А.Булах, Д.Кондратков - Небо Вьетнама /Авиация в локальных войнах/ (1)

Даже по этому фото видно, что состояние матчасти ВВС Лаоса к началу 60-х годов было удручающим...

Aviation Historian 33 / A.Grandolini - On the wings of the Hansa (1)

An extremely rare colour photograph showing the various types in service with the AVRK in 1968. Lined up on the taxiway at Pochentong are a total of seven Douglas C-47s; two Ilyushin Il-14s; four MD.315 Flamants; four T-28D Trojans, ten AD-4N Skyraiders and two MiG-17Fs - an extraordinary mix of Western and Soviet aircraft types

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Dassault MD-311 / MD-315 Flamant / MD-316 - ФранцияFrance - 1947 Douglas AD / A-1 Skyraider - СШАUSA - 1946 North American T-28 Trojan - СШАUSA - 1949 Ильюшин Ил-14 - РоссияRussia - 1950 МиГ МиГ-17 / МиГ-17Ф - РоссияRussia - 1950

Авиация и Космонавтика 2019-05 / В.Морозов - Авиация во Вьетнамской войне (1)

Транспортный C-47 VNAF. Первая половина 1960-х гг.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-01 / P.Chinnery - The Air War over Vietnam (1)

By 1960 South Vietnam had received enough C-47s under the military assistance programme to equip two squadrons.
История Авиации 39 / В.Антипин, А.Булах, Д.Кондратков - Небо Вьетнама /Авиация в локальных войнах/ (2)

С конца Второй мировой войны и до начала 80-х годов практически ни один локальный вооруженный конфликт не обходился без участия C-47. Чрезвычайно прочный и очень надёжный с вместительным фюзеляжем, этот самолёт завоевал массу поклонников по всему миру, а потому не удивительно, что уже в самом начале боевых действий во Вьетнаме и в Лаосе эти машины начали активно применяться по обе стороны линии фронта. На фото южновьетнамский C-47 из состава 1-й транспортной эскадрильи (1 TS) на столичном аэродроме Таншонят.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2020-02 / В.Морозов - Авиация во Вьетнамской войне (9)

Транспортный C-47 VNAF (ВВС Южного Вьетнама) и спасательный HH-43 «Хаски» ВВС США на авиабазе Тан Шон Нят, 1966 г.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Kaman H-43B / HH-43F Huskie - СШАUSA - 1958
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C-47 VNAF на стоянке с вьетнамским A-1 Skyraider. Самолеты ранее принадлежали ВВС США и были переданы VNAF.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas AD / A-1 Skyraider - СШАUSA - 1946
Авиация и Космонавтика 2019-05 / В.Морозов - Авиация во Вьетнамской войне (1)

Будни авиабазы Тан Шон Нят начала 1960-х гг. На переднем плане слева южновьетнамский C-47, на заднем плане справа - американские C-123.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-06 / P.Chinnery - The Air War over Vietnam (6)

A line-up of VNAF C-47s at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. Nearest the camera is 1348491.

Мировая Авиация 163

Изоляция ЮАР из-за проводимой политики апартеида вынудила их ВВС эксплуатировать самолеты Dakota дольше, чем в других странах. Впрочем, машины отлично зарекомендовали себя в боевых действиях в Намибии и Анголе.
Air International 1996-05 / D.Allport - Military transport aircraft directory (3)

South African Air Force/35 Squadron C-47B 6865 from D F Malan seen off Cape Town during a sortie in March 1992. The majority of surviving SAAF Dakotas are being converted to turboprop power and seem set to continue in service well beyond the millennium.
Air International 1992-10 / L.Vosloo - South Africa's air force restructures

Most of the DC-3 fleet is being modified to Turbo-Dak standard and this should see them surviving into the next century.
Мировая Авиация 113

В 1990-х годах в Южной Африке Dakota использовалась не только как транспортный, но и как морской патрульный самолет. В 2010 году в эксплуатации продолжает оставаться только модификация C-47TP.
Мировая Авиация 163

Южноафриканские парашютисты из 44-й парашютно-десантной бригады десантируются из C-47, которые использовались ВВС ЮАР в боевых операциях вплоть до 1987 года.

Мировая Авиация 163
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FAH308
ВВС Гондураса эксплуатировали свои C-47 и их модификации даже в новом тысячелетии. Кроме того, в этом регионе самолеты находились на вооружении у ВВС Доминиканской Республики, Сальвадора, Гватемалы и Гаити.
Мировая Авиация 163
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FAH304
Центральная Америка - один из последних бастионов военных C-47. Вероятно, Гондурас списал свои самолеты (на фотографии), но C-47 и AC-47, возможно, состоят на военной службе еще где-то. Например, колумбийские самолеты получили турбовинтовые двигатели.

Air International 1974-03 / K.Isaacs - Australian air power
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: A65-118
Dakota A65-118 flies over the man-made Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra; Dakotas will remain in service until 1979.
Air International 2019-09 / N.Pittaway - Testing times 75 years of ARDU /Military/

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B Hornet - СШАUSA - 1979 Pilatus PC-9 - ШвейцарияSwitzerland - 1984
Air International 2019-09 / N.Pittaway - Testing times 75 years of ARDU /Military/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: A65-94 [3]
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Aircraft Research and Development Unit, three aircraft with a historical link to the unit and still showcasing the unit’s tail-flash took to the skies over Nowra and the Shoalhaven coastline. The formation contained a PC-9/A aircraft currently used by the unit along with a Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18B Hornet and a Douglas Dakota, owned and maintained by the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society based at Albion Park. The ADRU plans, conducts and analyses the results of ground and flight tests of existing and new Air Force aircraft and consists of four flights located at RAAF Bases Edinburgh, Amberley, Richmond and Williamtown, staffed by qualified test pilots, flight test engineers and flight test system specialists.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B Hornet - СШАUSA - 1979 Pilatus PC-9 - ШвейцарияSwitzerland - 1984
Air International 2019-09 / N.Pittaway - Testing times 75 years of ARDU /Military/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: A65-94 [3]

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Pilatus PC-9 - ШвейцарияSwitzerland - 1984
Aeroplane Monthly 1997-06 / S.Commin - Skyrace '97
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: A65-94 [3]
RAN Douglas DC-3 A65-94 makes a stately pass at Valley field.
Air International 1994-12 / A.Wooley - SAR - Eyes of the Battlefield
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: A65-86 [2]
The Australian Defence Science & Technology Organisation is currently developing a SAR, designated Ingara. Flight tests are being carried out with an installation under the fuselage of RAAF C-47 Dakota A65-86 of 'E' Flight, Aircraft Research & Development Unit.
Air International 1996-03 / D.Allport - Military transport aircraft directory (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: A65-95
Over 50 years after it first flew, this Royal Australian Air Force C-47B Dakota, A65-95 seen at Avalon on March 23,1995, is one of four which still serve with the RAAF’s Aircraft Research & Development Unit at Edinburgh, emphasising the longevity of the type - it was first delivered on April 21,1945 and has spent its entire life in RAAF service.
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-12 / J.Wilkinson, R.Fox - RAAF Heritage Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-CIN [5], A65-71 [5]
The radial-engined section of the Heritage Flight, comprising museum and privately-owned Harvards and Winjeels, formate on the Australian War Memorial’s C-47 for a photo session. The Dak is operated for the War Memorial by the RAAF, and among other duties acts as a support aircraft for the Sabre.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Commonwealth (CAC) CA-22 / CA-25 Winjeel - АвстралияAustralia - 1951 North American T-6 Texan / AT-6 Harvard - СШАUSA - 1935
Aviation Historian 8 / D.Gordon - Exercise Shiksha: sharpening India's cold war claws

Australian personnel disembark from a Douglas Dakota at Palam for a local sightseeing tour during a day off from flying attack profiles for Exercise Shiksha.

Air International 1992-10 / Preserved down Mexico way /Veteran & Vintage/

Another DC-3 is 'El Mexicano', the country's first presidential aircraft delivered to Mexico in 1947 and operated until November 1978. Sited at the International Airport, the DC-3 amassed 8,904hr 40min accident-free flying only to be dropped and damaged when being lifted onto its present plinth.
Air International 1992-10 / Preserved down Mexico way /Veteran & Vintage/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: MT-203 [2]
A full view of the DC-3 with the B-25 behind. One of five formerly operated by the Mexican Navy. MT-203 (MT-Marina Transporte) carries the current naval insignia on the fuselage and the earlier type on the fin.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: North American B-25J Mitchell / PBJ-1G - СШАUSA - 1943
Air International 1992-10 / Preserved down Mexico way /Veteran & Vintage/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: MT-203 [2]
At the Museum of Technology in Mexico City is this ex-Royal Canadian Air Force B-25J-20-NC Mitchell (44-29128); it shares the Museum frontage with the Aero Commander 680F on the left and DC-3 MT-203.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Aero Commander 680 Super Commander - СШАUSA - 1957 North American B-25J Mitchell / PBJ-1G - СШАUSA - 1943

Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service

T.3-52 ‘744-52’ from Matacan under maintenance at Getafe on August 18, 1976.
Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service

Maestranza Aerea de Madrid, Cuatro Vientos, was the C-47 ‘boneyard’. T.3-34 ‘721-7’ awaiting its fate August 1978.
Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service

T.3-52 ‘461-24’ at Villa Cisneros, Spanish Sahara, in the early 1970s, exemplifying the early coding system with the Gando-based 461 Squadron.
Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-BFPT, G-BFPV
Many of the former EdA C-47s were purchased by British dealers and collectors for onward sale. The former T.3-45 with roughly painted-out roundels and the registration G-BFPV with T.3-65 (G-BFPT) behind at Blackbushe, Hampshire, August 1978.
Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: EC-ANV, EC-ARV
The two civil registered ‘flight checkers’ (EC-ANV and EC-ARV) with fading high-visibility panels at Cuatro Vientos, August 1978.

Air Enthusiast 1998-07 / Round-Out
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: P2-003, VH-PTE
One of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force’s immaculate Douglas C-47s receiving attention at Lae in early 1978. The PNGDF received a total of six former RAAF Dakotas, this example, P2-003, being sold off in Australia in mid-1993 as VH-PTE.
Air International 1976-06 / ??? - The "Bird-of-Paradise" Air Arm
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: P65-002
Мировая Авиация 173
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-PWN
ВС Папуа-Новой Гвинеи эксплуатировали шесть C-47B-DK, которые ранее принадлежали австралийским ВВС. Изображенный самолет позже летал в Австралии как VH-PWN.

Air International 2012-01 / News
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KK156 [2]
Douglas C-47B-15-DK Dakota IV KK156 (c/n 15295/26740, ex 43-49479) is believed to be the last of its kind in service with the Hellenic Air Force. It is operated by 355/1 Sminos Taktikon Metaforon (Tactical Transport Flight) 'Atlas' based at Thessaloniki-Mikra. It was flown alongside C-47 92622 (c/n 20474, ex 49-2622), although that aircraft is believed to have been withdrawn in late 2008. KK156 was equipped for target-towing but is currently used for ceremonial duties. It is seen at the Hellenic Air Force's 50th anniversary airshow held at Tanagra on November 6, 2011.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-08 / A.Balch - Greek Gooney graveyard

Dakota 92635 has just been re-engined at Sedes and is seen being prepared for return to service in the target-tug role.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-08 / A.Balch - Greek Gooney graveyard
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KN575
Dakota KN575 in pristine condition after being overhauled and repainted. It is seen about to leave Sedes on an airtest before returning for duty at Larissa as the personal aircraft of the Commander of the Hellenic Air Force’s Tactical Air Force.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-08 / A.Balch - Greek Gooney graveyard
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KK156 [2]
Hellenic Air Force C-47 KK156, due to be retired at Sedes shortly. Note the target-tug fitting beneath the tailplane.
История Авиации 30 / Д.Кондратков - Натовский междусобойчик на Кипре /Авиация в локальных войнах/
Air Enthusiast 1992-12 / R.Shaw - Greek Guardians

C-47 92626 is preserved within the base at Elefsina.

Мировая Авиация 113
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HJ209
В британских ВВС Dakota широко использовались во время и после Второй мировой войны, многие из них в дальнейшем попали и в другие страны Британского Содружества. Этот индийский самолет имеет цвет натурального металла, с белой окраской над кабиной, во избежание нагрева солнечными лучами.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2024-06 / М.Лисов - История ВВС Индии в экспонатах Музея авиации на авиабазе Палам
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: IJ302
C-47 «Дакота» - герои крупнейшей после Второй мировой войны десантной операции

Мировая Авиация 173

C-47 ждала длительная карьера в португальских ВВС. Первые самолеты поступили в 1944 году, а два десятка лет спустя они приняли активное участие в войне в Мозамбике. Данный C-47A из 801-й эскадрильи передан португальским ВВС из запасов ВВС США.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-12 / M.Oakey - Vintage news
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N49AG
Dakota Air C-53 N49AG at Brussels Airport on September 27, 1996.
АвиаМастер 2003-02 / М.Жирохов, А.Котлобовский - Небесные войны Индонезии /Горячая точка/ (1)

Транспортно-пассажирские "Дугласы" DC-3 активно использовались голландскими колониальными войсками в период войны в Индонезии. При этом самолеты носили различные варианты окрасок.
Мировая Авиация 173

Четыре C-47 до 1984 года использовались в качестве служебных машин в Центре радиокалибровки (Centro Radiomisure) ВВС Италии, расположенном в Практика-ди-Маре, недалеко от Рима.
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / M.Oakey, T.Harmsworth - News

This Douglas C-47A Dakota is immaculately finished and carries the markings of BW-L of 335 Skv, RNoAF. The C-47 served in Norway from 1950 until 1973.
Мировая Авиация 173

Последние пять учебных C-47 сняты с вооружения тайваньских ВВС в 1996 году - они принадлежали Воздушной академии в Кангшане. Им на смену пришли Beech 1900C.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2018-09 / В.Морозов - В желтой, жаркой Африке: Авиация Родезии и Зимбабве (1)
Авиация и Космонавтика 2018-09 / В.Морозов - В желтой, жаркой Африке: Авиация Родезии и Зимбабве (1)

"Дакоты" 3-й АЭ ВВС Родезии во время тренировок парашютистов. Середина 1970-х гг.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2015-03 / В.Морозов - Над песками Огадена

C-47 ВВС Эфиопии, 1960–1970-е гг.
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 9T-PDX
Two ONUC C-47s were temporarily leased to the Congolese Air Force in mid-1964 and given temporary registrations; 9T-PDX, seen here, was the former ONU 204. The men facing the camera are exiled Cubans hired by the CIA for its Congo air operations, the exiles flying missions against rebels supported by communist countries.
Aviation Historian 23 / B.Turpin - 748 into Africa

A typical bird’s-eye-view of the apron at Douala Airport, the French influence being much in evidence with the presence of a Nord Noratlas, Dassault Flamant and Max Holste Broussard, alongside a pair of Cameroonian Air Force Douglas DC-3s.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Dassault MD-311 / MD-315 Flamant / MD-316 - ФранцияFrance - 1947 Max Holste MH.152 / MH.1521 Broussard - ФранцияFrance - 1951 Nord Nord 2500 Noratlas - ФранцияFrance - 1949
Мировая Авиация 168

Три канадских CC-129 были оснащены в 1962 году бомбардировочной РЛС NASARR и СУО от CF-104, они использовались для подготовки пилотов Starfighter.
Мировая Авиация 173

С 1954 года ВВС Доминиканской Республики получили 12 самолетов C-47 от ВВС США, часть из них летает до сих пор. Данная машина хранится в Санто-Доминго.
Air International 1984-10 / ??? - Colombia's Air Arm
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FAC681 [2]
This C-47 of the Escuadron de Transporte photographed earlier this year at Bogota is one of two, which, together with a single DHC-2 Beaver, have received a new low-visibility camouflage scheme. At the lime of closing for press, a decision concerning the repainting of the entire transport fleet had still to be taken.
Мировая Авиация 173

ВВС Уругвая эксплуатировали минимум 21 самолет C-47, включая эти C-47A-DL - ближайший из них ранее летал в гражданской авиакомпании. ВВС также получили C-47B и VC-47D.
Aeroplane Monthly 2001-11 / News

Мировая Авиация 179

MD-87 оснащался двигателями JT8D-217C тягой по 90 кН и стал первым самолетом семейства, оборудованным электронным пилотажным индикатором, пилотажно-навигационным комплексом и индикатором на лобовом стекле в качестве стандартной комплектации.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: McDonnell Douglas MD-80 - СШАUSA - 1979
Мировая Авиация 89
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N67578
С середины 1930-х и до конца 1950-х годов фирма "Douglas" была самым известным производителем авиалайнеров в США. Своим успехом она обязана лайнерам, представленным на этом снимке: DC-3, -4, -6, -7 и -8. В конце 1950-х годов доминированию "Douglas" положила конец фирма "Boeing", создавшая лайнер Model 707, которая вот уже четыре десятилетия продолжает оставаться на вершине успеха.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-4 / C-54 / R5D Skymaster - СШАUSA - 1942 Douglas DC-6 / C-118 Liftmaster - СШАUSA - 1946 Douglas DC-7 - СШАUSA - 1953 Douglas DC-8 - СШАUSA - 1958
Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / Round-Out

Fantastic view of Bangkok on May 10,1971. Visible are five C-47s/DC-3s in various states of ‘health'; Carvair LN-NAA; seven Pilatus Turbo-Porters; a Volpar Beech 18; seven dismantled T-28 Trojans and what could be a Skyraider in the hangar.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Aviation Traders ATL.98 Carvair - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1961 Beechcraft Model 18 / C-45 Expeditor - СШАUSA - 1937 Douglas AD / A-1 Skyraider - СШАUSA - 1946 North American T-28 Trojan - СШАUSA - 1949 Pilatus PC-6 Porter / Turbo Porter - ШвейцарияSwitzerland - 1959
Мировая Авиация 178

Грязно-оливковые и цвета натурального металла Commando сфотографированы в одном ряду с C-47 и B-24. Подобно Skytrain и Liberator, серию Commando выпускали на нескольких заводах.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Consolidated B-24H / B-24J Liberator - СШАUSA - 1943 Curtiss-Wright C-46 / CW-20 Commando - СШАUSA - 1940
Мировая Авиация 20

Эта впечатляющая фотография была сделана в 1966 году в ангаре 4802 NASA на авиабазе Эдвардс. На снимке можно увидеть летательные аппараты Northrop HL-10, M2-F2 и M2-F1, а также самолеты McDonnell Douglas F-4A Phantom II, Douglas F5D-1 Skyraider, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, Douglas C-47 и все три X-15.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas F5D Skylancer - СШАUSA - 1956 Lockheed F-104G Starfighter - СШАUSA - 1959 McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II - СШАUSA - 1958 NASA/Dryden M2-F1 - СШАUSA - 1963 NASA/Northrop HL-10 - СШАUSA - 1966 NASA/Northrop M2-F2 - СШАUSA - 1966 North American X-15 - СШАUSA - 1959
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-04 / M.Oakey, T.Harmsworth - News

This DC-3 has served for 35 years as a cafe in Greece.
Aviation Historian 31 / P.Davidson - Off the Beaten Track...
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-CAW [5], VH-ANM [5], VQ-FAI [5]
The perfect place to order “wings to go” - Douglas C-47A c/n 18923 (formerly 42-100460, VH-ANM, ZK-CAW and VQ-FAI) was converted into a McDonald’s restaurant in Taupo on New Zealand’s North Island in November 1990 and remains a major tourist attraction today - it was photographed by the author in May 2014.
Aviation Historian 31 / P.Davidson - Off the Beaten Track...
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-CAW [5], VH-ANM [5], VQ-FAI [5]
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-11 / M.Oakey, T.Harmsworth - News
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-CAW [5], VH-ANM [5], VQ-FAI [5]
C-47 ZK-CAW at Taupo was once a crop-sprayer.
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-11 / M.Oakey, T.Harmsworth - News
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AOK
You can also eat in C-47 ZK-AOK at Mangaweka.
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-04 / 2000 Airshows & Museums Guide

The noses of a Douglas Dakota, Fairey Jet Gyrodyne and Miles Student at the Museum of Berkshire Aviation.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fairey Gyrodyne - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1947 Miles Student / M.100 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1957

Мировая Авиация 64
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: X14988
Праздничный первый полет первого DC-3. 17 декабря 1935г.: в очередную годовщину первого полета самолета братьев Райт в 1903 году прототип Douglas DST (Douglas Sleeper Transport) совершил свой первый полет из Кловер Филд, Санта Моника, пилотом был Карл А. Ковер. DST, переделанный в пассажирский самолет, получил обозначение DC-3 и выпускался во время Второй мировой войны в большом количестве.
Aviation Historian 1 / M.O'Leary - The tragedy of Flight Three

In his distinctive white overalls, a TWA groundcrew member marshals a Douglas DST (note the upper cabin windows) into position, probably just before the entry of America into the Second World War. The airline introduced the DST and its 21-seat non-sleeper variant, the DC-3, into service in the summer of 1937.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

Один из первых экземпляров пассажирского самолета Douglas DST
The Douglas D.S.T. Commercial Transport (two 850 h.p. Pratt & Whitney "Twin-Wasp" engines).
Авиация и Время 2010-06

Пассажирский самолет Douglas DST
Flight 1938-07 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC18145
A Douglas DC3 with one of its Twin Wasps stopped and the Hydromatic airscrew fully feathered.
Мировая Авиация 33
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC14988 [3]
Первый прототип семейства DST/DC-3 поступил в авиакомпанию "American Airlines". Он имел номер NC14988.
Flight 1936-01 / Flight

SLEEPER TRANSPORT: The new Douglas D.S.T., which will carry sixteen passengers as a "sleeper transport" and twenty-four in the ordinary way, on test at Santa Monica, California. With two 930 h.p. engines - presumably the latest Wright Cyclones - the D.S.T. has a maximum speed of approximately 215 m.p.h.

Мировая Авиация 33
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC30000 [2]
Плавные обводы, высокое качество и полностью металлическая конструкция были одними из многих факторов, сделавших DC-3 феноменально успешным самолетом.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2015-12 / Знаменательные даты декабря в истории авиации
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC30000 [2]
Flight 1939-03 / Flight

THE GOLDEN GATE: A distinctly striking picture of one of United Airways Douglas D.C. is flying over San Francisco Bay and the Treasure Island Exposition ground, which will be seen behind the fuselage of the machine. The Exposition has actually been laid out on an artificial island and this will afterwards be a civil landplane and flying boat base. P.A.A. are already operating therefrom.
Flight 1939-08 / Flight

An American Airlines D.C.3 over Niagara, with the American falls on the left and the real Niagara on the right.
Flight 1938-09 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC16008
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY appears to wave a greeting to an American Airlines Douglas DC3 as it flies past Bedloe's Island, outside New York Harbour. The famous figure is to have an extensive overhaul, inside and out, in preparation for the World’s Fair.
Flight 1940-02 / Flight

MANHATTAN'S SKYLINE: The air traveller to New York's new municipal airport obtains a totally different view from that seen at ground level.
Flight 1936-08 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC14988 [3]
FOR TRUNK ROUTES. Douglas DC-3 monoplanes have been ordered by American Airlines, United Airlines, K.L.M. and T.W.A. For night operation, when the machine is usually known as the D.S.T. (Douglas Sleeper Transport), sleeping accommodation for up to fourteen passengers is provided. By day there are seats for twenty-four. The new Wright Cyclone Model G or the Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp engines are variously specified. With Cyclone G2s, which are supercharged to give 850 h.p. at 5,800 feet the maximum speed is 213 m.p.h. The cruising speed at 10,000 ft. is 180 m.p.h. Structurally the machine is similar to the well-established D.C.2. Externally it may be distinguished from that machine by forward continuation of the fin.
Flight 1939-04 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC16030
COMING IN: The machine shown about to land with flaps and wheels lowered is Douglas D.C.3.
Мировая Авиация 33
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC16009
Этот новый самолет, принадлежавший авиакомпании "American Airlines", был из первой партии DC-3 (1936 год). DC-3 использовались для перевозки пассажиров и почты.
Aviation Historian 33 / M.Wickstead - Italy's forgotten airlines (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: I-BOLO, I-GENO
Aerea Teseo acquired a fleet of nine C-47s from January 1947, using them until operations were suspended in February 1948, when Salpanavi took the airline over.
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-07 / Whitchurch /Gone but not forgotten/ (10)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: EI-ACH
Regular visitor to Whitchurch was Aer Lingus Dakota EI-ACH.
Air Pictorial 1976-10 / G.Endres - Air Afrique
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TU-TCL
Air Afrique's sole Douglas DC-3. TU-TCL, seen at Abidjan in 1970, was purchased in 1966 and is still in service.
Air Pictorial 1977-08
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ANAF [3]
Dakota 3 G-ANAF (until recently mothballed at Duxford), f/f at Exeter 28/6/77 after complete rebuild by Westcountry Aircraft Servicing Ltd., was d/d to Air Atlantique, Jersey, on the same day
Air Pictorial 1994-08 / World Airliners
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMPZ [4]
Douglas DC-3
Aeroplane Monthly 1982-08
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMPO [7]
Douglas DC-3 G-AMPO is one of two passenger-carrying examples flying with Air Atlantique
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-11 / S.Piercey - The great warbirds display
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMPL, G-AMPO [7], KG374 [11], KG661 [11], ZA947 [11]
A rare sight these days; a formation of three Dakotas, comprising Air Atlantique's G-AMPO, ex Martin Baker DC-3 G-APML and Aces High's KG374.
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-11 / S.Piercey - The great warbirds display

Two Dakotas disgorging parafoils.
Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / P.Howard, B.Hickox - Mercy Angels of Angkor /Airliners and air services/ (2)

The section of road at Kompong Thom used as an airstrip, awaits the an Air Cambodge DC-3. Note the unserviceable CAC example awaiting assistance and parked off-road.
Air Pictorial 1976-03
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N300ZZ
Concorde 02 F-WTSA meets Air Charter West Douglas DC-3 N300ZZ at San Francisco during a demonstration tour in October 1974

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: SNIAC, BAC Concorde - InternationalInternational - 1969
Air Pictorial 1961-10 / Spotter's Notebook
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 9O-CUK
The nationality mark 90 has been allotted to the Congo and is seen here on Air-Congo's Dakota 3 9O-CUK in Katanga.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-BAXD
A Douglas DC-3 Commercial Airliner (two Pratt & Whitney Twin-Wasp engines).
Мировая Авиация 33

После Второй мировой войны в авиакомпании "Air France" было много бывших военных самолетов C-47, переданных в гражданскую эксплуатацию. Из самолетов гражданских модификаций был один DC-3A, полученный еще до войны, и три DC-3D. Модель 3D была новой гражданской моделью, созданной на базе военных C-47.
Мировая Авиация 230

Авиакомпания «Air France» давно занимается доставкой почты, купив еще в августе 1933 года французскую почтовую авиакомпанию «Aeropostale». После войны «Air France» использовала для доставки почтовых грузов самолеты Douglas DC-3.
Aviation Historian 14 / J.Stroud - Beirut: Lebanon's Propliner Paradise /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: JY-ABW
DC-3 JY-ABW was one of five used by Air Jordan, formed in 1950 with Airspeed Consuls to operate services from the Jordanian capital Amman to Jerusalem and Cairo.
Flight 1938-01 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-UZH
WHAT AUSTRALIA BUYS: The first Douglas D.C.3 to be put into Australian service flying over the city of Melbourne. The machine is named Kurana and is used by Airlines of Australia on the Brisbane-Sydney service.
Air Pictorial 1995-01 / T.Walker - Air Malawi - 30 years of African service /Airline Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VP-YKM
Douglas DC-3 VP-YKM (later prefixed 7Q), one of two operated by Air Malawi when it was formed.
Aviation Historian 39 / L.Hellstrom - Air Sud Kasai. The National Airline That Never Was
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-AWN [2], NAF307 [2]
Douglas C-47A OO-AWN at N’Djili Airport, Leopoldville, in 1961. The aircraft was acquired by Belgian national airline Sabena in November 1950; it operated Belgian Congo services until 1960, when it went to Air Congo on the African nation’s independence (Sabena had a 30 per cent holding in the new airline). During April-May 1961 OO-AWN was operated by Air Sud Kasai, before being returned to Sabena that June. After a brief spell in Spain, it went to the Nigerian Air Force as NAF-307 in 1969.
Aviation Historian 10 / B.Taghvaee, G.-R.Rahbaryan - The Shah's Skyhooks

Hamid Bayat (right) was the IIGAU chief mechanic and is seen here with one of the UH-41As at Shiraz Airport in 1967. In the background is a Douglas C-47 of Iranian airline Air Taxi Co, which began operations in 1958, becoming part of Pars Air in 1970 before the company’s name was changed to Iran-Aseman Airlines in 1980.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Cessna CH-1 / YH-41 Seneca - СШАUSA - 1953
Aeroplane Monthly 1994-12 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMWV, EI-APB
Formerly Emerald Airways Dakota 4 EI-APB Ulster Maid, G-AMWV is seen here at Speke on July 28, 1968, in the livery of the short-lived Air Ulster. Delivered to the airline in December 1967, it was withdrawn from use in July 1969.
Air Pictorial 1988-02 / N.Mercer - USAir - Stretching across the Continent
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N91221, N141A
All American Airways' first Douglas DC-3, N91221, in the airline's original livery. The aircraft was later re-registered N141A before being sold in 1958
Air International 1992-09 / T.Todd - Frankfurt Airport: Born again, but for how long?

First landing of American Overseas Airlines at Frankfurt, still under US control, May 18. 1946.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2018-03 / В.Морозов - Принцессы пятого океана

Типичные американские стюардессы в униформе конца 1930-х - начала 1940-х гг. На заднем плане виден самый распространенный пассажирский самолет того периода - Дуглас DC-3
Aviation Historian 14 / J.Stroud - Beirut: Lebanon's Propliner Paradise /The John Stroud Archive/

Aryana Afghan Airlines was formed in 1955 by the Afghan government with assistance from the Indamer Company of India, which was bought out by Pan Am in 1957. Behind the DC-3 is Avro Tudor 4B “Super Trader” G-AHNI Trade Wind of Trans Arabia Airways, lost over the Turkish-Soviet border in 1959.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Tudor / Type 688/689 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1946
Aviation Historian 3 / D.Stringer - Fly America! (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N491
Bonanza Air Lines DC-3 N491 at San Diego, California, in May 1959. The airline’s distinctive livery of this period incorporated a vivid orange fuselage band and fin.
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-02 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 9M-ANF
DC-3 9M-ANF of Borneo Airways about to land at Kuching on April 24, 1965.
Aviation Historian 29 / R.Lezon - Southern Exposure

Mosquito VL613 at Moron after its arrival in Argentina on October 2, the local newspapers reporting it as “the end of a misadventurous flight”. Partly obscured by the Mosquito’s fin is a Braniff Airways Douglas DC-3 sent from the USA to demonstrate Sperry autopilot equipment to the Argentinians during the Buenos Aires exhibition.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Mosquito PR - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-04 / Douglas Dakota G-AMPO /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMPO [7]
G-AMPO in service as a commuter airbus with BAC;
Aeroplane Monthly 1995-12 / T.Spooner - A Speedbird's story (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGJZ
BEA Dakota III G-AGJZ, later named John Stringfellow, was sold to Ghana in April 1960.
Air International 1983-06 / Model enthusiast
Air Pictorial 1955-12 / Air Pictorial's photo-review
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMOZ
B.E.A. is experimenting with different styles of fuselage and tail markings. This Pionair, G-AMDZ "Frank Barnwell", has the usual fin-sited Union Jack removed to above the freight hatch and a large red band with white B.E.A. across the fin and rudder. Viscount G-AMOZ also has a new B.E.A. tail marking.
Air-Britain Archive 1982-02 / U.K. C of A Applications (10)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGHL
'Pionair' days - several of the wartime BOAC Dakotas later saw service with BEA in the Pionair class. Here G-AGHL "Lanoe Hawker" takes on baggage at Ronaldsway for a mainland route in the mid fifties.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-03 / U.K. C of A Applications (26)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AJIA, TZ-ABC
Another BEA 'Pionair' class Dakota was G-AJIA "Sir John Alcock" seen at Ringway on 14.4.57. This aircraft was donated to Air Mali by the British Government 3.61 and became TZ-ABC.
Мировая Авиация 236
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ALXN
DC-3/C-47 стали основой парка транспортных самолетов союзников в годы войны и активно использовались для грузоперевозок после ее окончания, но не отличались удобством погрузки/выгрузки. Грузовая дверь была неудобной, а пол кабины на земле находился в наклоненном положении.
Air International 1996-07 / I.Goold - Heathrow (1)

By the 1950s, air cargo had become an important part of BEA’s activities. Pepsi-Cola vending machines are seen here being loaded onto a DC-3 for transporting from London to Jersey.
Air Pictorial 1999-07
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGHS
The picture of BEA Dakota G-AGHS in circa 1949-50
Aeroplane Monthly 1995-12 / T.Spooner - A Speedbird's story (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGHU [2], VR-HDQ [2]
Refuelling BEA’s Dakota III G-AGHU, later sold in Hong Kong as VR-HDQ.
Aeroplane Monthly 1995-12 / T.Spooner - A Speedbird's story (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHCY
Delivered to BEA in late 1946, Dakota III G-AHCY was destroyed in a crash at Saddleworth, Yorkshire, on August 19, 1949.
Air Enthusiast 2003-03 / Round-Out
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHCX
Also at Heathrow, Overseas Aviation's G-ALHP, in August 1961. Among the aircraft behind are BEA 'Pionair'-class Douglas Dakota G-AHCX and an Air Safaris Vickers Viking.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Canadair CL-2 / CL-4 Argonaut - КанадаCanada - 1946 Vickers Viking / Valetta - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-07 / 1996 UK Aircraft Collections and Museums Guide (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMRA [2]
Air Atlantique’s C-47B Dakota 4 G-AMRA as it appeared some years ago, in the livery of British Island Airways.
Мировая Авиация 218

"British Midland" (позже "Derby Airways") получила свой первый DC-3 в 1955 году и эксплуатировала эти самолеты на протяжении 1960-х годов. Самолеты часто использовались для доставки двигателей Rolls-Royce по всему миру - один из заводов "Rolls-Royce" находился в Дерби.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v3

Douglas DC-3.
Aeroplane Monthly 1995-12 / T.Spooner - A Speedbird's story (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGIU
BOAC’s Dakota III G-AGIU readied for the service to Lisbon. When transferred to BEA the Dak was named Edward Busk.
Aeroplane Monthly 1995-12 / T.Spooner - A Speedbird's story (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGKA, KJ802
Formerly KJ802 in the RAF, this Dakota TV served with BOAC from early 1945. In February 1950 it was sold to Aden.
Air Enthusiast 1998-01 / A.Wood - Back to the Farm
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGKE
BOAC Dakota IV G-AGKE.
Aeroplane Monthly 1995-12 / T.Spooner - A Speedbird's story (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGHF, FD824
BOAC Dakota III G-AGHF, formerly FD824 in the RAF, joined the airline in 1943. In March 1951 it returned home to the USA.
Air International 1996-07 / I.Goold - Heathrow (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGNG [2], KK216 [2]
Dakota G-AGNG of BOAC, seen flying over the huge ‘cement factory’ during the final construction phase of the Heathrow complex. G-AGNG was a Lend-Lease transport,formerly KK216, which was transferred to the company on January 21, 1945.
Aviation Historian 19 / E.Wild - The graveyard shift
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMZF [2], CF-RTY [2], C-GCUW [2], KN212 [2], XF749 [2]
Built as a C-47B and operated by the RAF as KN212 (and later XF749), DC-3 G-AMZF was acquired by Jersey Airlines in 1960, and was absorbed into the British United Airways fleet in August 1963, the same year it is seen here at Gatwick.
Aviation Historian 19 / E.Wild - The graveyard shift
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMZF [2], CF-RTY [2], C-GCUW [2], KN212 [2], XF749 [2]
The author photographed G-AMZF over the distinctive Fort de Querqueville to the west of Cherbourg Harbour from his own DC-3 during an (extremely) unofficial photo-sortie in May 1964. In 1966 the aircraft was sold to a new owner in Canada as CF-RTY (later C-GCUW), its long career finally coming to an end in the early 1980s.
Мировая Авиация 218

В авиакомпании "Canada Air Lines" самолеты DC-3/C-47 заменили Lockheed Model 14. DC-3 эксплуатировали многие компании из Канады.
Flight 1939-11 / Flight

CIVIC PRIDE: A corner of the huge crowd which attended the official opening of New York’s Municipal Airport at North Beach, Long Island. The cost of constructing the airport is said to have been 40 million dollars
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-12 / P.Jarrett - Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VR-HDB [3]
Sunday, September 18, 1983 marked the last flight of Douglas DC-3 VR-HDB Betsy from Sydney, Australia, to Hong Kong, where it has joined the Hong Kong Museum of Science and Technology.
Air Pictorial 1956-03
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17318
N17318, a C.C.A. DC-3 is spotlighted in the accompanying letter from reader Powell in Kenya .
Aeroplane Monthly 1977-01 / G.Endres - Czechoslovakian Air Transport since 1920 (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OK-AIE
Fokker-assembled Douglas DC-3 OK-AIE of CLS was one of four used on the “Blue Danube” service.
Aviation Historian 34 / M.Wickstead - Czechoslovakia's "Carefully Serving Airline"
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OK-WDU [4], F-GEOM [4], G-DAKK [4], G-OFON [4]
Seen here at Copenhagen in the late 1940s or early 1950s, OK-WDU (c/n 9798) was one of CSA’s many ex-USAAF C-47As, joining the airline’s fleet in September 1947. This aircraft went on to have a remarkably long career, later serving in France as F-GEOM and operating as G-OFON and G-DAKK in the UK until the early 2000s.
Aeroplane Monthly 1977-02 / G.Endres - Czechoslovakian Air Transport since 1920 (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OK-XDH
Douglas DC-3 OK-XDH of CSA under tow by tractor.
Aviation Historian 39

Pan Am Lockheed L-049 Constellation N88860 Clipper Courier at Prague on June 16, 1946. A Douglas C-47A of CSA is in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Lockheed Constellation C-69 / C-121 - СШАUSA - 1943
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-07 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMDZ, G-ALWD, KG507
Channel Airways' Dakota III G-AMDZ seen at Rochester, Kent on July 17, 1966. Formerly RAF Dakota KG507, this aircraft was first registered G-ALWD to BEA and named Frank Barnwell, after the Bristol aircraft designer, in December 1950. Following service with Channel Airways, 'DZ was withdrawn from use at Southend in March 1970.
Air-Britain Archive 1983-03 / U.K. C of A Applications (15)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHCU
The last operators of the Dakota G-AHCU were Channel Airways who took it out of service in 1966. It was photographed engineless and rudderless at Southend on 24.3.68.
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-07 / J.McHard - Far East assignment (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N8421C
In an effort to prevent the CAT aircraft from falling into Communist hands, the company was wholly re-registered in the USA. All Nationalist flags were overpainted with the Stars and Stripes and the Chinese XT numbers were replaced with N----C registrations.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-01 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (19)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AXS
The Civil Aviation Administration's ZK-AXS
Air-Britain Archive 1985-03 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (17)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AUJ
The C-47B ZK-AUJ wearing Civil Aviation Administration titles.
Air Pictorial 1992-01 / G.Jones - Zurich - Swiss airport excellence
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-ISB
The classic lines of DC-3 HB-ISB, one of the pair operated on nostalgia flights from Zurich by Classic Air.
Air-Britain Archive 1990-02 / N9999F: Americans overseas (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N9989F
Douglas C-47A N9989F wearing Cornell Dubilier insignia at Teterboro 24.10.56.
Air-Britain Archive 1994-04 / 10 - Cyprus (VQ-C 5B-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (6)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AKGX
Three of the Cyprus Airways Douglas C-47s which were operated, in British registration marks, until the late fifties. G-AKGX "Curium" in front of the terminal building at Beirut Airport on 21.11.55.
Air-Britain Archive 1994-04 / 10 - Cyprus (VQ-C 5B-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (6)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGND
Three of the Cyprus Airways Douglas C-47s which were operated, in British registration marks, until the late fifties. G-AGND "Alasia" seen by the terminal building at Beirut Airport in March 1956
Air-Britain Archive 1994-04 / 10 - Cyprus (VQ-C 5B-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (6)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AKIJ
Three of the Cyprus Airways Douglas C-47s which were operated, in British registration marks, until the late fifties. G-AKIJ "Amathus" also at Beirut with a backdrop of Lebanese mountains on 26.7.56.
Air International 1992-10 / G.Endres - Cyprus Airways: From regional carrier to international operator
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AKII
One of six DC-3s that flew all Cyprus Airways services in the airline's first four years.
Aeroplane Monthly 1994-12 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMPP, G-AMSU
In 1968 Dakota 4 G-AMPP was being used on Dan-Air’s weekday Cardiff-Bristol-Liverpool-Newcastle service, and is seen here at Speke on July 5 of that year. Delivered to the airline in 1961, this Dak was withdrawn from use in September 1970 but is currently preserved as G-AMSU.
Air-Britain Archive 1983-01 / 1 - Belgium (OO-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (13)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-VDF
Delta Air Transport's first Dakota OO-VDF (1763) still in basic Schreiner colours and KLM stickers.
Air-Britain Archive 1983-04 / 1 - Belgium (OO-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (16)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-AVG
Delta's OO-AVG (2020) with KLM Cargo stickers
Air-Britain Archive 1981-02 / 1 - Belgium (OO-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (6)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-CBU
OO-CBU (903) at East Midlands after delivery to Kestrel Aviation. It languished for nearly two years before finally being scrapped.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-01 / 1 - Belgium (OO-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (17)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-GVG
Delta C-47 OO-GVG "Round Table" (2096) at Schiphol on 30.10.72.
Air Enthusiast 2001-01 / R.Stitt - Midland Memories (1)

Derby Airways crews taking in the flying show at Nottingham Airport, 1964.
Air Enthusiast 2001-01 / R.Stitt - Midland Memories (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ANTD
Derby Aviation's first Dakota G-ANTD on the apron in front of the Municipal Hangar in April 1955, fresh from conversion to civilian standards at Exeter. To the rear are Messenger G-AKKO, an Auster and a former Royal Navy Anson I.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Auster J/1 - J/5 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945 Avro Anson / Type 652 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935 Miles Messenger M.38 / M.48 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-06 / M.Oakey - Fifty not out!
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-DDA [9]
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-06 / M.Oakey - Fifty not out!
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-DDA [9]
PH-DDA's crew includes two delicious stewardesses in period-style uniform. Members of the Flight Operations department take turns at manning the aircraft, on a sort of Dakota rota.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-06 / M.Oakey - Fifty not out!
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-DDA [9]
PH-DDA is painted silver with dark blue cheatlines. The words "50 Golden DC-3 Years” appear in gold above the windows on the port fuselage side, with "Dutch Dakota Association” in white on the starboard.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-06 / M.Oakey - Fifty not out!
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-DDA [9]
PH-DDA's engines roar into life at Eindhoven Airport on April 23, 1985 as a cabinload of journalists prepare for a flip.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-10 / ??? - The Dak is 50
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-DDA [9]
A DDA stewardess and PH-DDA's reflection at Eindhoven on July 1985
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-10 / ??? - The Dak is 50
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-DDA [9]
PH-DDA bearing an appropriate slogan.
Air Enthusiast 1998-03 / N.Lees - Birds of Passage
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGNG [2], KK216 [2]
C-47B G-AGNG served Eagle Aviation from August 1949 until January 1951 when it joined Britavia. It crashed in Canada in January 1956 while serving with Quebecair.
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-03 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VP-KHK
Douglas C-47B Dakota VP-KHK of East African Airways, before it was named Kongwa Pioneer. It is seen at Nachingwea circa 1950.
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-09 / J.Stroud - A million miles flown /A lifetime of flying/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VP-KJU
East African Airways’ Douglas C-47 VP-KJU RMA Sagana II at the opening of the new Dar-es-Salaam Airport.
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-03 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VP-KHN
This view of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanganyika, was taken from C-47B Dakota VP-KHN of East African Airways in December 1952 during a flight from Nairobi to Dar-es-Salaam.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-04 / Douglas Dakota G-AMPO /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMPO [7]
G-AMPO in the red, white and blue of Norwich-based Eastern Airways.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-02 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-T-2
ET-T-2 in the first colour scheme with small registration and high cheatline.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-02 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-T-3
ET-T-3 with only the national flag on the tail and large registration. The Empress descends as Haile Selassie waits.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-02 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-T-4
ET-T-4 in the second colour scheme with lower cheat line.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-03 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-T-14
C-47A ET-T-14 at Prestwick in July 1947 after conversion by Scottish Aviation.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-03 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-T-15 [4], ET-AAT [4], HB-IRH [4], KG666 [4]
Also at Prestwick after conversion, ET-T-15. Both these C-47s have the original high cheat-line combined with very large registration letters.
Aviation Historian 37 / M.Wickstead - Bringing Africa together (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-T-15 [4], ET-AAT [4], HB-IRH [4], KG666 [4]
Douglas C-47A ET-T-15 (c/n 13483) originally served with the RAF as KG666, and was delivered to EAL in June 1947. In August 1951 it was leased by Swissair and operated as HB-IRH, after which it was put back into EAL colours at Zurich-Kloten, where it is seen here after repainting, and was returned to EAL service in September 1952.
Aviation Historian 37 / M.Wickstead - Bringing Africa together (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-T-15 [4], ET-AAT [4], HB-IRH [4], KG666 [4]
Seen here in a later iteration of the EAL colour scheme, with a white upper cabin but still carrying the airline’s colourful tail markings and Lion of Judah emblem, ET-T-15 went on to be re-registered ET-AAT during the reorganisation of Ethiopia’s civil register in 1962. It was written off in a take-off accident at Lideta in November 1963.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-03 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-T-18
ET-T-18 while operated by Sultan Airways Ltd.
Air-Britain Archive 1987-01 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-AAP
The ultimate fate of ET-AAP is still in doubt. It is shown here at Addis Ababa in January 1967 with another EAL C-47 and a DC-6B in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-6 / C-118 Liftmaster - СШАUSA - 1946
Air-Britain Archive 1987-01 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-AAR
Douglas C-47 ET-AAR which was written off in 1974.
Air-Britain Archive 1987-01 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-AAS
This view of ET-AAS clearly shows the large cargo door referred to elsewhere in the text.
Air-Britain Archive 1987-01 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-ABE
ET-ABE after overshooting the runway at Mota on 5.8.74.
Air-Britain Archive 1987-01 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-ABI
Seven years of Archive have now gone by without a DC-3 appearing on the cover. We remedy the omission with a view of Ethiopian Airlines C-47A ET-ABI on the apron at Addis Ababa Airport in 1964 or 1965.
Air-Britain Archive 1987-01 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-ABR, I-LORO
C-47 ET-ABR still showing signs of previous marks I-LORO under the wing.
Aviation Historian 38 / M.Wickstead - Bringing Africa together (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-ABX
Douglas C-47 ET-ABX disembarks passengers at Addis Ababa in 1969; EA used the type for more than 40 years
Air-Britain Archive 1987-02 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-ABY
ET-ABY with freight door clearly outlined
Air-Britain Archive 1987-04 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (6)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-ADC
Douglas C-47B ET-ADC operating from an airstrip at Mekane Salem in Wollo Province, April 1974.
Air-Britain Archive 1988-02 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (7)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-AEJ
Ethiopian Airlines C-47B ET-AEJ hangared in front of an Egypt Air Boeing 707.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Boeing Boeing 707/720 - СШАUSA - 1954
Air-Britain Archive 1986-04 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (3)

The only photo we have seen so far of Gemini ET-P-14 (left) and Beech D18S ET-P-8 (right). An EAL C-47 and a Norseman are also visible.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Beechcraft Model 18 / C-45 Expeditor - СШАUSA - 1937 Miles Gemini M.65 / Aries M.75 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945 Noorduyn C-64 Norseman - КанадаCanada - 1935
Air-Britain Archive 1988-03 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (8)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-AFW
Douglas C-47B ET-AFW in a somewhat embarrassing 'nose-down' attitude. Although this appears to be a take-off incident, we are not certain whether it illustrates the accident at Elborle referred to in the text or whether it is another, unrecorded event.
Air-Britain Archive 1988-04 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (9)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-AGI
Douglas C-47A ET-AGI taxies past a Yugoslav Govt Falcon 50 at Addis Ababa in January 1988.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Dassault Falcon 50 - ФранцияFrance - 1976
Air-Britain Archive 1988-04 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (9)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-AGT
C-47A ET-AGT of EAL apparently in immaculate condition at Bahar Dar on 23.1.88. Unfortunately it too was destroyed by air attack later this year at Axum airfield.
Air-Britain Archive 1988-04 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (9)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-AHG
Another active EAL C-47 is ET-AHG, photographed at Gondar on 24.1.88.
Air-Britain Archive 1989-01 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (10)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-AIB
DC-3D ET-AIB seen about to depart from Addis Ababa on 32.1.88.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-04 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (3)

Apparently we have here two views of the same aircraft but in different colour schemes. However, a mystery surrounds them, since the owner Carl Gustav von Rosen assured the compiler that his Bonanza was never repainted and that the lower photograph shows the correct version. Note the mispainting of Ethiopian marks as ETP-12. This aircraft returned to Sweden with von Rosen and as SE-CDW has been confirmed as c/n D-1866. The light-coloured aircraft is therefore something of a problem. It is clearly marked as ET-P-12 on the upper V-tail surface and there is an EAL C-47 in the background, so the likely location would be in Ethiopia. Note however the presence of yet another Bonanza on the right, this one with a two- colour tailplane. Perhaps several aircraft ex-stock in India were available simultaneously and this one, earmarked for von Rosen, was eventually replaced? Could the location thus be Aden, or even in India?

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Beechcraft Model 33/35 Bonanza - СШАUSA - 1945
Air-Britain Archive 1986-02 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-T-5
ET-T-5 still in camouflage and marked ET-T5 under the wing.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-02 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-T-8
An incomplete view of ET-T-8, earmarked for the Emperor and probably a C-47B-11.
Aeroplane Monthly 1994-12 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHCT [2]
Seen at Gatwick's general aviation terminal in May 1967 is Fairey Surveys’ Dakota 4 G-AHCT. It was withdrawn from use in January 1972.
Air-Britain Archive 1983-03 / U.K. C of A Applications (15)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AHCT [2]
The well-known Fairey Surveys Dakota G-AHCT at White Waltham 11.7.69 was eventually retired in 1972 and ended its days on the fire dump at Ringway Airport.
Aviation Historian 36 / M.Wickstead - "Faucett"
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OB-R-200, KN368, OB-PAT-200
Douglas C-47B c/n 32737 served with the RAF as KN368 before being one of the first examples of the type acquired by Faucett in late 1946, with which it was registered OB-PAT-200. When Peruvian civil markings were reorganised in 1964, it was re-registered OB-R-200 before being taken on strength with the Peruvian Navy in 1967.
Air-Britain Archive 1981-01
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VQ-FBF [3], ZK-AZA [3]
Replacing VQ-FAH on lease in October 1967 was ZK-AZA which became VQ-FBF and is seen here wearing the final version of livery with Fiji titles and the sunfish on the tail. On some aircraft (chiefly Herons?) the dots above the 'i's were outlined rather than solid.
Air-Britain Archive 1980-04 / 2 - Fiji (VQ-F DQ-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VQ-FBF [3], ZK-AZA [3]
VQ-FBF in original colours at Nandi 3.68
Air-Britain Archive 1980-04 / 2 - Fiji (VQ-F DQ-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VQ-FBJ
VQ-FBJ in 1970 colours
Air-Britain Archive 1981-01
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VQ-FAH, ZK-APK
From M.W.Prime's collection comes this shot of VQ-FAH undergoing a major check, presumably on return to NZNAC 10.67 and before reverting to ZK-APK since the Fiji regn is partly removed and the airline titles masked for spraying out.
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Даже сегодня DC-3 выглядит настоящим авиалайнером. Комфорт пассажиров, безопасность и цельнометаллическая конструкция - вот ключевые аспекты его популярности.
Aviation Historian 3 / D.Stringer - Fly America! (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC62375
Strike up the band! - the inauguration of air services to smaller cities in the USA with the DC-3s of the local feeder airlines was cause for celebration. Empire Air Lines DC-3 NC62375, City of La Grande, was one of several used by the Boise, Idaho-based airline, which received its feeder certificate from the CAB in 1946.
Aviation Historian 18 / J.Stroud - Arctic Assignment: Propliner proliferation in Finland /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OH-LCC [3]
Bearing neither Aero O/Y nor Finnair titles, only the legend “Finnish Airlines” along its fuselage, Douglas DC-3 OH-LCC Tiira stops for refuelling at Kemi during John and Patricia’s flight “up-country” from Helsinki-Vantaa to Rovaniemi on April 26, 1956.
Aviation Historian 18 / J.Stroud - Arctic Assignment: Propliner proliferation in Finland /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OH-LCC [3]
Finnair crew from DC-3 OH-LCC deliver the mail to Rovaniemi (the "official home of Santa Claus").
Aviation Historian 18 / J.Stroud - Arctic Assignment: Propliner proliferation in Finland /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OH-LCC [3]
The Finnish Post Office bus is loaded from Finnair DC-3 OH-LCC, named Tiira, at Rovaniemi in northern Finland, on April 24, 1956. The bus, which provided airport-to-town transport, crossed the Arctic Circle on each run.
Aviation Historian 18 / J.Stroud - Arctic Assignment: Propliner proliferation in Finland /The John Stroud Archive/

Ten DC-3s were operated by Aero O/Y and Finnair from 1946, nine of them ultimately going on to serve with the Finnish military.
Air-Britain Archive 1992-02 / 8 - Greece (SX-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (11)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SX-ECF
The former Helenic CAA Douglas C-47B SX-ECF has been restored as a static exhibit outside the CAA headquarters building at Athens Airport where it was photographed by Terry Smith in June 1988.
Air-Britain Archive 1989-04 / 8 - Greece (SX-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SX-BBC
ELL.A.S. used the title Hellenic Airlines as shown on C-47A SX-BBC at Corfu (Kerkyra) Airport 25.9.50. The design of the airline's colour scheme is not unlike that of Scottish Aviation's own aircraft.
Aeroplane Monthly 1984-07 / P.Jarrett - Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-DDA [9]
The 41-year-old Douglas DC-3 acquired from the Finnish Air Force last August by the Dutch Dakota Association flew into its new home at Schiphol Airport on April 18, 1984, leading a formation of four Fokker S-11 Instructors and a North American Harvard.
Aviation Historian 29 / S.Sumbodo - Garuda's 'Hamble Boys'
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PK-GDW
By 1957 Garuda’s Hamble Boys were becoming Hamble Men, gaining full captaincy on Garuda’s fleet of Dakotas and Convairliners. Seen here at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak airport in May 1957 is C-47A PK-GDW, one of the 22 acquired from KNILM in December 1949. It later served with Garuda subsidiary Merpati Nusantara.
Air-Britain Archive 1996-01 / 12 - Ghana (VP-A 9G-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 9G-AAC
Ghana Airways' first C-47 was 9G-AAC which remained in service for over fifteen years.
Air-Britain Archive 1996-01 / 12 - Ghana (VP-A 9G-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 9G-AAD
9G-AAD, seen at Dakar wearing non-standard tail colours, was lost during the Nigeria/Biafra conflict.
Air Pictorial 2000-05 / UK & Irish airlines since 1945 (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AKJH
C-47A G-AKJH, utilised during the early years of Gregory Air Services.
Air Pictorial 1977-05 / J.Cook, M.Hooks - Gulf Air /Airline History/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMVA
Dakota G-AMVA at Abu Dhabi, its livery revealing that it then belonged to one of BOAC's associated companies
Aviation Historian 29 / E.Wild - Say Cheese! (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMHJ
Hunting operated a total of nine DC-3s throughout the 1950s, including G-AMHJ, acquired by the company in April 1957. Presumably the organisation’s DC-3s were in use on other tasks in May 1959, hence the charter of G-AMSV, not a Hunting-owned machine, for the author’s Iranian survey trip.
Aviation Historian 29 / E.Wild - Say Cheese! (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMSJ
Another of Hunting’s own DC-3s was G-AMSJ, which joined the company in late 1953, but spent regular periods in the Middle East operating with the Iraq Petroleum Company. It is seen here at Heathrow in 1959.
Aviation Historian 30 / E.Wild - Say Cheese! (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMYW [8], KN497 [8]
Built as a C-47B-30-DK at the Douglas factory at Oklahoma, G-AMYW initially entered RAF service as KN497 with No 525 Sqn at Montreal in April 1945. After serving with Nos 238 and 10 Sqns in the UK, it received its civil registration and joined Silver City Airways in early April 1953, but was acquired by the Hunting organisation that August. It is seen here at Croydon in November 1954.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-04 / Douglas Dakota G-AMPO /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMPO [7]
G-AMPO in the colours of Jersey-based Intra;
Air International 2001-07 / A.Wright - Independed Survivor /Commercial/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMPY [4], KK116 [4]
Douglas C-47B, G-AMPY, was operated by Jersey-based Intra Airways in the 1970s.
Air Pictorial 1957-03
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: EP-ACK
Like T.W.A, in Ethiopia, Transocean Airlines are withdrawing their older equipment from Iranian Airways . Dakota 4, EP-ACK, which together with EP-ADI, was reported homeward bound, is shown here after exchanging the heat of Persia for the snows of Goose Bay, Labrador. They have been replaced by Convairs EP-ADX and 'ADY.
Aviation Historian 10 / D.Stringer - Against All Odds /The Story of America's Supplemental Airlines/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N24320
The list of successful supplemental airlines included Johnson Flying Service of Missoula, Montana, where DC-3 N24320 is seen here in 1965. In addition to regular charter operations, Johnson was famous for providing firefighting support for the US Forest Service; its fleet included two Ford Tri-Motors and a DC-2 for “smoke jumper” operations.
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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-ALI [5]
DC-3 (на переднем плане) и DC-2 принадлежат компании KLM - первой компании за пределами США, эксплуатирующей DC-3.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2 / C-32 / C-39 - СШАUSA - 1933
Flight 1936-11 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-ALI [5]
MODERN TRANSPORT: K.L.M.'s first D.C.3 at Croydon last Saturday. So far as this view is concerned the only really noticeable difference between this machine and its predecessor is in the fin form. The fin now extends along the fuselage in order to give better directional stability.
Flight 1936-11 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-ALI [5]
SHADOW AND SYMMETRY: The smooth lines of the Douglas D.C.3 are well shown in this Flight photograph of K.L.M.'s Ibis taken at Croydon last Saturday.
Air-Britain Archive 1998-03 / Croydon Watch Log 1937-8 (14)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-ALO
KLM DC-3 PH-ALO alongside DLH Ju 52/3m D-AGAK on the Croydon apron.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-03 / M.Fife - The Great Air Race
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-AJU [5], VH-ANR [5]
The start at Mildenhall, actually RAAF Laverton. From left to right. Comet replica “G-ACSP", Bruce Dwyer's Stearman (representing Fairey Fox G-ACXO), “DC-2" PH-AJU, Comet replica “G-ACSS" and Miles Falcon “G-ACTM".

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Comet / D.H.88 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934 Miles Falcon M.3 / Hawcon M.6 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934 Stearman PT-13 / PT-17 Kaydet / Model 73 (Boeing-Stearman) - СШАUSA - 1934
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-03 / M.Fife - The Great Air Race
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-AJU [5], VH-ANR [5]
The non-flying replica Comet G-ACSS with the “KLM DC-2" in the background, at RAAF Laverton. Flown in the 1934 race by Charles W. A. Scott and Tom Campbell Black, and sponsored by A. O. Edwards, the Comet left Mildenhall at 0634hr on October 20, 1934, and arrived at Melbourne 70hr 54min later, winning the speed prize.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Comet / D.H.88 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-03 / M.Fife - The Great Air Race
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-AJU [5], VH-ANR [5]
“DC-2” PH-AJU, actually Australian Airlines’ restored DC-3 VH-ANR, at RAAF Laverton.
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-03 / M.Fife - The Great Air Race
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-AJU [5], VH-ANR [5]
A reconstruction of the start of the race. Seen here at Laverton are the taxying replica of D.H.88 Comet G-ACSS, “DC-2" PH-AJU, the static replica Comet “G-ACSP" and a Stinson Reliant doubling as Lockheed Vega G-ABGK. Nearest the camera are another Reliant and Airworld's Cessna 195 VH-AVZ.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Cessna 190 / 195 Businessliner - СШАUSA - 1947 De Havilland Comet / D.H.88 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934 Stinson Reliant - СШАUSA - 1933
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-08 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-ALH
A gaggle of DC-2s with KLM’s PH-ALH in the foreground. Junkers-Ju 52 HA-JUA carries the new company logo MALERT. German Fw 200-V2 Condor D-AETA Westfalen was the second prototype aircraft and was fitted with three 720 h.p. BMW 132G-1 engines.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Focke-Wulf FW.200 Condor - ГерманияGermany - 1937 Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931
Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / K.Wixey - Incidental Combatant (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-ARZ
Ramp scene at Amsterdam-Schiphol June 25, 1938, dominated by Fw 200 V2 D-AETA ‘ Westfalen ’ of DLH. Alongside it is Fokker-assembled Douglas DC-3 PH-ARZ ‘Ijsvogel' of KLM. To the left is Curtiss T-32 Condor G-AEZE of International Air Freight and to its right KLM Lockheed Super Electra PH-APE ‘Ekster’.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Curtiss Condor 18 - СШАUSA - 1929 Focke-Wulf FW.200 Condor - ГерманияGermany - 1937 Lockheed Super Electra 14 - СШАUSA - 1937
Flight 1938-03 / Flight

OFFICIALLY READY. The terminal building and hotel of the Basra land-water airport at Margil, with a K.L.M. Douglas D.C.3 on the tarmac and an Imperial Airways Short Empire boat at her moorings in the Shatt-al-Arab River

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Short Empire / S.23 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936
Flight 1939-06 / Flight

SUMMER AT SCHIPHOL: This aerial view of Amsterdam's airport gives an idea of the tremendous number of people who are encouraged to come out during the weekend and on fine evenings in the summer. On the tarmac axe half a dozen assorted Douglas while on the right are F.22’s and F-36’s, which are now used for joy riding. The Schiphol runway extensions to the north are now complete.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fokker F.XXXVI / F.XXII - НидерландыNetherlands - 1934
Flight 1938-02 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-ALV
A photograph of the general maintenance shops, one of many devoted to different items of equipment. The machine on the left of the picture will be recognised as one of the D.C.3s used by K.L.M. on their Batavia service

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2 / C-32 / C-39 - СШАUSA - 1933
Flight 1939-11 / Flight

TEMPORARILY IMMOBILISED: Douglas DC.3s and DC.2s of the K.L.M. in a hangar “somewhere in Holland.” It is hoped that most of these machines will soon be able once more to go about on their lawful occasions.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2 / C-32 / C-39 - СШАUSA - 1933
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-10 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-AST
Two detail photographs of the KLM Douglas DC-3 PH-AST Tapuit. The last of KLM's DC-3 fleet, 'ST went into service after March 1939. On May 10, 1940 this DC-3 was destroyed by German bombs at Schiphol Airport.
Flight 1938-06 / Flight

A DIFFERENT D.C.3; The first of K.L.M.’s Douglas D.C.3 twenty-one seaters with G.100 Wright Cyclones and Curtiss fully-feathering variable-pitch airscrews. The engines are rated at 1,100 h.p. for take-off and use 90-octane fuel.
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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGBB
В годы войны этот самолет "Ibis" компании KLM летал в британской BOAC с регистрацией G-AGBB. Самолет 1 июня 1943 года был сбит над Бискайским заливом германским Ju 88; погибли все находившиеся на борту 17 человек, среди которых был и актер Лесли Ховард.
Aviation Historian 33 / M.Wickstead - Italy's forgotten airlines (3)

The sheer post-war ubiquity and availability of the C-47 in Europe meant that much of the workload of Italy’s post-war airlines was undertaken by the type. LAI operated some 26 examples from 1947 until 1957, when it was put into liquidation and its assets acquired by the government for redistribution to the state-owned Alitalia.
Air Pictorial 1988-02 / N.Mercer - USAir - Stretching across the Continent
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N18667
Earlier, in 1968, Allegheny took over Lake Central Airlines which had begun operations with DC-3s (N18667 illus.) before moving up to turboprop Convair CV-580s and Nord 262As
Air International 1994-12 / R.Shaw - Sojourn to the Land of the Midnight Sun
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TF-NPK
Landgraedslan’s DC-3C TF-NPK seen coming ‘over the fence’ at Reykjavik airport. Icelandair pilots happily fly the aircraft free of charge.
Air-Britain Archive 1981-02 / 1 - Belgium (OO-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (6)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-CBX
OO-CBX (917) wearing Linair titles at Brussels.
Aviation Historian 33 / M.Wickstead - Italy's forgotten airlines (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: I-LINC
Having arrived in Italy with the USAAF’s 47th Troop Carrier Squadron, with which it participated in Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, C-47 c/n 9101 was acquired by Linee Aeree Italiane (LAI) in late November 1947 and given the Italian civil registration I-LINC. Sadly, it crashed near Trento in December 1956.
Aviation Historian 20 / N.Stroud - Heathrow. The Roaring Forties /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SP-LCE
Delivered to the USAAF in December 1943 as 42-100826, C-47A c/n 19289 participated in Operation Market Garden with the 92nd Troop Carrier Squadron in September 1944. After the war it became one of a batch of surplus C-47As supplied to Polish national airline Polskie Linie Lotnicze (LOT), with which it served as SP-LCE.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-04 / Douglas Dakota G-AMPO /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMPO [7]
G-AMPO in the Macedonian Aviation livery which it wore from November 1972 until August 1975;
Aviation Historian 14 / J.Stroud - Beirut: Lebanon's Propliner Paradise /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OD-AAM, OD-ABD
With the Lebanon Mountains rising to the east in the background, Middle East Airlines DC-3 OD-ABD has its engines run up on the ramp before departing the newly-completed airport at Khalde, south of the capital’s centre. Parked in the distance are DC-3 OD-AAM and Languedoc OD-ABJ of Air Liban and a USAF C-54 Skymaster.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Bloch MB.160 Languedoc - ФранцияFrance - 1937 Douglas DC-4 / C-54 / R5D Skymaster - СШАUSA - 1942
Aviation Historian 4 / J.Forsgren - Keeping the Peace

Nine Cessna Bird Dogs and one Bell OH-13 of the Air Service component of the United Nations Observation Group In Lebanon (Unogil) share the ramp with a Middle East Airlines Douglas DC-3 (and one other DC-3) at Beirut International Airport during the Lebanon crisis of 1958.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Bell H-13 Sioux / Model 47 - СШАUSA - 1945 Cessna L-19 / O-1 Bird dog / Model 305 - СШАUSA - 1950
Aviation Historian 11 / N.Stroud - Kill 'em, Chill 'em & Fly 'em Out!
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-MMK
A line-up of MMA DC-3s at Perth in 1968, including VH-MMK (middle aircraft), which was used briefly for Air Beef operations. The Air Beef DC-3s underwent a radical weight-reduction programme; auxiliary fuel tanks, de-icing equipment and other items were removed to make them the world’s lightest DC-3s, as confirmed by Douglas.
Aviation Historian 11 / N.Stroud - Kill 'em, Chill 'em & Fly 'em Out!
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-MML [4], G-ANMA [4], KN470 [4], VH-BPN [4]
The proprietors of Fossil Downs cattle station in Western Australia show off a pair of prize bulls beside Douglas DC-3 VH-MML of MacRobertson-Miller Airlines in October 1957. Built as C-47B serial number 44-76613 before serving with the RAF as KN470 during World War Two, the aircraft was one of three used by the airline on the joint Air Beef venture with Australian National Airways during 1946-62.
Aviation Historian 11 / N.Stroud - Kill 'em, Chill 'em & Fly 'em Out!
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-MML [4], G-ANMA [4], KN470 [4], VH-BPN [4]
DC-3 VH-MML at Wyndham on an early Air Beef run. The aircraft had an adventurous career; after its RAF wartime service it was returned to the USAAF in 1947, going on to serve with the Pakistan Air Force as H-717 during 1947-54. It was sold to Field Air Services at Karachi and registered G-ANMA, MMA acquiring it in April 1954.
Aviation Historian 29 / E.Wild - Say Cheese! (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMSV [4]
Morton Air Services was part of British United and G-AMSV joined the Morton fleet in 1962, operating in a variety of roles, from pure cargo to ferrying Ford Motor Company executives to and from the Continent until 1968, when Morton was absorbed into British United Island Airways; 'MSV was acquired by Air Atlantique in March 1982.
Aeroplane Monthly 1994-12 / Personal album. Civil
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AOUD [2], I-TRES [2], I-LILI [2], N4848 [2]
Douglas Dakota IV G-AOUD in the livery of Morton Air Services at Gatwick on July 8, 1967. In January 1969 'UD was sold in the USA and became N4848.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-02 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (13)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AOD
ZK-AOD in Mount Cook colours on a rather wet Christchurch apron on 18.6.71.
Air-Britain Archive 1989-02 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (29)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-BKD
C-47A ZK-BKD wearing in full the titles of Mt Cook & Southern Lakes Tourist Co Ltd and with the Mt Cook Lily on the fin during the sixties at Christchurch. After its passenger carrying days ended it too became a topdresser with Fieldair.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-04 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (15)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AQS
Also at Whenuapui, NZNAC's ZK-AQS after conversion to freighter status in the sixties.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-04 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (22)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-BBJ
ZK-BBJ "Skyliner Gisborne" at Whenuapai.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-04 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (15)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AQU
An early photo of NZNAC C-47 ZK-AQU "Pihoihoi" at Whenuapui.
Air-Britain Archive 1987-03 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (25)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-BEU
C-47 ZK-BEU after conversion to passenger configuration and named "Kohihi" at Whenuapui.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-03 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (14)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-APB
NZNAC's C-47 ZK-APB as "Popotea".
Air-Britain Archive 1986-01 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (19)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AYK
ZK-AYK in Skyliner configuration during the sixties.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-03 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (14)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AOJ
On a wet day at Hamilton, NZNAC's C-47 ZK-AOJ "Piopio" takes on fuel.
Aviation Historian 3 / D.Stringer - Fly America! (1)

A pair of DC-3s of Minneapolis-based North Central Airlines, the more appropriate moniker for Wisconsin Central Airlines, which was renamed in late 1952 .
Aviation Historian 26 / D.Stringer - The Viscount comes to America (3)

Paul Collins was a highly experienced aviator, having served with the Allied Expeditionary Force in France during the First World War, later flying for motion pictures and the US Air Mail Service. He was also instrumental in establishing Northeast’s transatlantic ferry route during the Second World War, as seen here.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-06 / Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMPY [4], KK116 [4]
Air Atlantique’s Dakota IV G-AMPY at Coventry on April 10, 1986. The aircraft is being sponsored by American airline Northwest Orient for the 1986 display season, and has been resprayed in the red, white, black and silver scheme of a Northwest DC-3 of about 1936. With its cabin in passenger-carrying configuration G-AMPY will take part in a special anniversary flypast, in company with a Northwest Orient Boeing 747, at the North Weald Fighter Meet on the weekend of June 28-29.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-12
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMPV
ERICH GANDET’S plate shows another Dakota, G-AMPV, painted in Northwest colours, landing at Basle, in Switzerland on May 8, 1986.
Air-Britain Archive 1989-04 / 8 - Greece (SX-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SX-BAG
C-47B SX-BAG at Athens in April 1970. Note that the Olympic titles are in Greek script on the port side.
Air-Britain Archive 1992-01 / 8 - Greece (SX-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (10)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SX-BAK [2]
C-47 SX-BAK wearing Olympiakos titles at Athens 4.70.
Air-Britain Archive 1989-04 / 8 - Greece (SX-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SX-BBF
SX-BBF was a C-53 model, seen at Corfu Town (Kerkyra) Airport on 3.1.65 with a powered model Zaunkonig in the foreground.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Brunswick LF-1 Zaunkonig - ГерманияGermany - 1939
Air-Britain Archive 1989-04 / 8 - Greece (SX-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SX-BAL
Olympic C-47B SX-BAL at Athens 3.72 with engines removed and spare rudder fitted, possibly from SX-BBE.
Air-Britain Archive 1989-04 / 8 - Greece (SX-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SX-BBE
Cancelled 12.77 but already clearly withdrawn from use by 3.72, SX-BBE had engines, rear control surfaces and all titles removed. The rudder may have been donated to SX-BAL.
Air-Britain Archive 1989-04 / 8 - Greece (SX-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SX-BAH, N98392
After withdrawal from Olympic service in 1971, C-47B SX-BAH was sold as N98392 but had not taken up those marks when seen at Athens on 9.3.72.
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-10 / J.Meadows - Flying for fun (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N97H [2]
Otis Spunkmeyer Air, a division of a chocolate biscuit company, operates this beautiful DC-3 on sightseeing tours over the San Francisco Bay area. Based at Oakland, California, the DC-3 flies one-hour tours with fine wine and various titbits for eating (cookies included, presumably). N97H is flown regularly by Timothy Braidy and Dale Collier, with hostess Melody Smith looking after the passengers.
Aviation Historian 3 / D.Stringer - Fly America! (1)

An Ozark Air Lines DC-3 over Springfield, Illinois, in 1951. Ozark owed its existence to the failure of another feeder, Parks Air Lines (Parks Air Transport). The CAB cancelled the Parks certificate and awarded the bulk of its routes to Ozark, the last of the 13 permanently-certificated locals to receive its certificate.
Aviation Historian 12 / J.Stroud - Over the Pass and Down the Valley... /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: AJ-APT [2], AP-AEI [2], AP-AJT [2], EP-AGZ [2], KK177 [2]
The arrival of Douglas C-47B AJ-APT causes a sensation among the locals at the remote airstrip at Chitral on February 18, 1962. The aircraft was built at Douglas’s Oklahoma City factory with the USAAF serial 43-49607, but was delivered to the RAF in December 1944 to serve as Dakota IV KK177 in India with Nos 194 and 76 Sqns. It remained in India after the war, becoming AP-AEI with Orient Airways in 1949 before being transferred to PIA in March 1955 to become AP-AJT and named City of Rawalpindi.
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-12 / J.Stroud - A million miles flown /A lifetime of flying/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: AP-AAC
Pakistan International Airlines’ Douglas C-47 AP-AAC arriving at Rawalpindi on January 20, 1959.
Aviation Historian 12 / J.Stroud - Over the Pass and Down the Valley... /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: AP-AEI [2], AP-AJT [2], AJ-APT [2], EP-AGZ [2], KK177 [2]
The 20th Century meets the Middle Ages - the DC-3 is inspected by the local population at Chitral. Reportedly, the aircraft’s registration had been changed from AP-AEI to AP-AJT as the “I” in the former would have meant referring to it with the phonetic-alphabet word “India”, which the Pakistani authorities deemed unacceptable, relations between the two nations being very poor. The DC-3 ultimately went to Air Taxi of Iran as EP-AGZ in 1968 but was written off in a non-fatal take-off accident at Ahwaz in southern Iran in April 1970.
Aviation Historian 12 / J.Stroud - Over the Pass and Down the Valley... /The John Stroud Archive/

Chitralis greet the DC-3 after its landing at the remote valley airstrip. To provide perspective, the terrain in the background was virtually the same on the facing side of the valley.
Aviation Historian 12 / J.Stroud - Over the Pass and Down the Valley... /The John Stroud Archive/

One of the magnificent - and previously unpublished - photographs taken by John Stroud in Pakistan in February 1962.
Aviation Historian 12 / J.Stroud - Over the Pass and Down the Valley... /The John Stroud Archive/

John’s photograph taken from the cabin while the DC-3 threaded its way through the 12,100ft (3,690m) high Lawarai Pass shows how little margin for error there was during this crucial part of the flight. It was strictly enforced that the route, which took less than an hour to complete, could be flown only in fine weather conditions.
Aviation Historian 12 / J.Stroud - Over the Pass and Down the Valley... /The John Stroud Archive/

A magnificent photograph of the majestic Hindu Kush taken as the DC-3 headed into the Chitral Valley from the Lawarai Pass.
Aviation Historian 4 / D.Stringer - Fly America! (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N78021
Pioneer Air Lines Douglas DC-3 N78021 on the ramp at Dallas Love Field in August 1950. Two years later, in a move that irritated the CAB, the airline replaced its entire DC-3 fleet with larger Martin 2-0-2s, but was forced to return to a predominantly DC-3 service. Pioneer merged with Continental in 1955.
Air International 1987-12 / Talkback
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PH-DDZ [2], SU-BFY [2]
Photographs from John Visanich showing the DC-3, ex SU-BFY of Pyramid Airlines and re-registered PH-DDZ for the Dutch Dakota Association. The photographs were taken at Luqa on 7 May 1987, on which day it was flown for the first time with its Dutch registration.
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-05 / M.Oakey - Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SU-BFY [2], PH-DDZ [2]
Douglas DC-3 SU-BFY, recently bought by the Dutch Dakota Association for long-term preservation, at Malta awaiting preparation for its flight to the Netherlands.
Air Pictorial 1986-01 / J.Stroud - Air Affairs
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-EBU [3]
Qantas Douglas DC-3 VH-EBU and de Havilland Canada Otter VH-EAZ parked sideways-on at Wau. The level floor of the traffic office gives some idea of the aerodrome's slope

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter - КанадаCanada - 1951
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-06 / S.Piercey - Dakota's Rest
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGZA [5], KG420 [5]
Dakota G-AGZA before the accident. Formerly serving in the RAF as KG420 the aircraft had been in service less than nine months at the time of the crash.
Air-Britain Archive 1988-04 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (9)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-AGV
RRC Air Dakotas seem to come in a variety of colours, ET-AGV at Addis Ababa on 18.4.84 having a green/yellow/green cheat line and red lettering. The port engine had been removed.
Air-Britain Archive 1988-04 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (9)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-AGX
ET-AGX on the other hand had its EAL colours replaced by a plain red line at Addis Ababa 4.81.
Air-Britain Archive 1989-01 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (10)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-AHS, SE-GUL
Formerly operated by C.G.Von Rosen in Ethiopia as SE-GUL, C-47B ET-AHS retained its lion's head insignia and name "The Helping Lion" below the cockpit when seen in RRC Air Service markings at Addis Ababa on 18.4.84.
Air-Britain Archive 1989-01 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (10)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-AIJ
Ex-EAF C-47B ET-AIJ at Addis in June 1984.
Air-Britain Archive 1989-01 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (10)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-AJG
One of RRC Air's most recent acquisitions is this ex-EAF C-47A ET-AJG in bare metal with a white top and a new RRC emblem and Ethiopian flag on the fin at Addis Ababa on 23.1.88.
Aeroplane Monthly 1982-03 / Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGHY [13], G-DAKS [13], KG874 [13], LV-FYI [13], N147DC [13], TS423 [13]
The Aces High Dakota "G-AGHY" / G-DAKS seen landing at Yeovilton last year.
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-02 / Personal album
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-AUW
Sabena Dakota OO-AUW taxies out from the Croydon apron on March 15, 1947.
Air-Britain Archive 1980-04 / 1 - Belgium (OO-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-AUY
DC-3C OO-AUY (C of R no.647) seems to have had a relatively uncomplicated history with SABENA for almost twenty years. It is shown in the colour scheme adopted in 1956 at Turnhouse on 6.4.57
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Бельгийская "Sabena" до начала войны успела получить только два DC-3.
Air-Britain Archive 1980-04 / 1 - Belgium (OO-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-AWK
A line-up of four SABENA Dakotas at Brussels in the mid-60s including in the foreground OO-AWK (684).
Flight 1940-04 / Flight

THE NEWSPAPER SERVICE. A Belgian aeroplane loading up at an aerodrome "Somewhere in the South of England."
Flight 1939-08 / Flight

Three Redhill V.R. Fairey Battles with the Sabena Douglas D.C.3 and the good Imperial “E” class ship Eddystone making the foreground.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Armstrong Whitworth Ensign / A.W.27 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1938 Fairey Battle - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936
Air Pictorial 1976-03 / J.Wegg - Saudia - Saudi Arabian Airlines /Airline History/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HZ-AAP
Dakota HZ-AAP in early green/white scheme at Bahrein, 28/2/60
Air Pictorial 1976-03 / J.Wegg - Saudia - Saudi Arabian Airlines /Airline History/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HZ-AAX
Resplendent in the current livery, Dakota HZ-AAX, seen at Jeddah in December 1974, is believed to be the first aircraft ever delivered to Saudia
Flight 1938-04 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SE-BAB
Overweather: One of A.B.<...>transport's Douglas D.C.3s.
Aviation Historian 16 / K.Honey - In the Land of Black Gold
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZS-DDC [2], CR-LDK [2], G-AIRH [2]
Former Africa ir Douglas C-47A ZS-DDC is prepared for another flight in Libya. The author explains: “I found out several years later that DDC had been operated by Silver City in 1946 with the British registration G-AIRH, but we certainly had no idea of that at the time”.
Aviation Historian 16 / K.Honey - In the Land of Black Gold
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMZB
Named City of Guildford in Silver City service, C-47B G-AMZB (c/n 26980) was acquired by the company in October 1957 and is seen here on change-over day at one of the many oil camps.
Aviation Historian 16 / K.Honey - In the Land of Black Gold
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMYX [3]
A joyful photograph showing the reaction of the local schoolchildren at Kufra to the arrival of G-AMYX. Note the wrecked pre-war Nissen-style hangar in the background, by 1958 one of the few mementoes of the original Buma airfield, built by the Italians after the nation’s capture of the strategically important Kufra in 1931.
Aviation Historian 33 / M.Wickstead - Italy's forgotten airlines (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: I-SOLE, ALI-FR, I-LOTT
Trieste-based SISA operated a total of six C-47s - I-COSA, I-LUNA, I-NAVE, I-SOLE, I-VARO and I-VELE - during its brief post-war existence, four of which are seen here. Nearest the camera is I-SOLE, which joined SISA in May 1947 and later served with ALI-FR and LAI (as I-LOTT) before joining the Italian Air Force in 1955.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-12 / N.Lees - You can't keep a good man down
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGNK
Sivewright Airways C-47B Dakota G-AGNK ‘Lancastria’ was operated by the Manchester-based airline from July 1949 until March 1951. It went on to serve with BEA until withdrawn from use in 1964.
Visiting Sivewright Airways Dakota Lancastria and Air Malta Airspeed Consul G-AIKZ at Luqa, Malta.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Airspeed Consul / AS.65 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1949
Aviation Historian 17 / B.Turpin - Out on a Lympne (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMWW [7], KN492 [7]
The starboard mainwheel hauls itself into the engine nacelle, its port-side companion already nestled away, as G-AMWW clatters away from Lympne in May 1959. By the time the author joined the Skyways company in late 1965 it was operating four Dakotas - G-AGYZ, G-AMSM, G-AMWW and G-AMWX (written off that December) - on coach-air services.
Air Pictorial 1999-10 / M.Wickstead - Sobelair /Airline Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-SBC, KG645
Like many post-war fledgling airlines, war-surplus C-47s formed the backbone of Sobelair’s operations. In the photo, crews pose for a group picture in front of OO-SBC, previously KG645 with the RAF and registered to the Belgian operator in May 1947.
Air Pictorial 1999-10 / M.Wickstead - Sobelair /Airline Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-SBB
Like many post-war fledgling airlines, war-surplus C-47s formed the backbone of Sobelair’s operations. In the photo, founders (l to r) Jean Creteur, Robert Kegeleirs, Gaby Creteur and engineer M Teirlinck, with the company’s second DC-3 in December 1946.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-03 / U.K. C of A Applications (26)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AJHZ [3]
Several faces of one Dakota. After two years in Spain returned to Trans World Leasing serving with South Coast Air Services from 3.65.
Aviation Historian 23 / B.Turpin - 748 into Africa
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZS-DJZ
Southwest Airways DC-3 ZS-DJZ clatters overhead at the airstrip at Rosh Pinah before landing. The 748 took off from Windhoek before the Dakota, but overtook it en route and had landed, shut down its engines and disgorged its passengers by the time the DC-3 arrived.
INSET Probably the most remote airstrip of the whole African tour was Rosh Pinah in South West Africa, an important settlement for the mining of zinc, lead, copper and diamonds.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker-Siddeley Andover / HS.748 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1960
Air-Britain Archive 1989-03 / 9 - The Sudan (SN- ST-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SN-AAG [2], ST-AAG [2]
Sudan Airways first two C-47s were acquired from Airwork, the second pair from Fields and the fifth from Eagle. Here SN-AAG is shown on a visit to Blackbushe on 5.11.55
Air-Britain Archive 1990-03 / 9 - The Sudan (SN- ST-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ST-AAG [2], SN-AAG [2]
C-47B ST-AAG seen at Khartoum on 10.8.60
Air-Britain Archive 1989-03 / 9 - The Sudan (SN- ST-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SN-AAH [2], ST-AAH [2]
SN-AAH receives the pre-flight checks at Khartoum on 19.4.56. The airline insignia is on the nose, replaced on the fin by the national flag
Air-Britain Archive 1989-03 / 9 - The Sudan (SN- ST-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ST-AAH [2], SN-AAH [2]
ST-AAH was a Blackbushe visitor on 2.4.58
Air-Britain Archive 1989-03 / 9 - The Sudan (SN- ST-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SN-AAI [2], ST-AAI [2]
SN-AAI was another Blackbushe visitor on 30.8.56
Air-Britain Archive 1989-03 / 9 - The Sudan (SN- ST-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ST-AAI [2], SN-AAI [2]
Dove ST-AAB had been repainted with a broad cheat line like the Dakota ST-AAI alongside, at Khartoum 27.2.60.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Dove / D.H.104 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945
Air-Britain Archive 1989-03 / 9 - The Sudan (SN- ST-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SN-AAJ [2], ST-AAJ [2]
SN-AAJ in the Khartoum sunlight on 5.11.56
Air-Britain Archive 1989-04 / 9 - The Sudan (SN- ST-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ST-AAJ [2], SN-AAJ [2]
ST-AAJ C-47B at Khartoum, 10.7.60.
Air-Britain Archive 1989-04 / 9 - The Sudan (SN- ST-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ST-AAK
ST-AAK C-47B at East Midlands 28.5.71 after returning to the UK for an abortive sale to Nigerian Trade Wings.
Air-Britain Archive 1989-04 / 9 - The Sudan (SN- ST-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ST-AAL
ST-AAL C-47B probably on a visit to Prestwick, date unknown.
Air-Britain Archive 1989-04 / 9 - The Sudan (SN- ST-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ST-AAM
ST-AAM C-47B at Khartoum on 5.9.62 with engines and various other parts removed continued to serve Sudan Airways for several years.
Air-Britain Archive 1990-02 / 9 - The Sudan (SN- ST-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ST-AHL
Cherokee Challenger ST-AFE in Air Taxi titles which seem to have been carried by most of the N.A.O. fleet. The C-47 behind may be ST-AHL (note the L on the nose) which would date the photograph in early 1979 at Khartoum.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Piper Cherokee PA-28 - СШАUSA - 1960
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-02 / Personal album
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZS-BCY
Douglas C-47A Dakota 3 ZS-BCY of Suidair International Airways at Croydon on May 26, 1947.
Flight 1939-12 / Flight

GUNNING THE DC 3: This time only with paint guns. One of the Swedish Air Lines’ machines being given its coat of orange paint.
Flight 1940-02 / Flight

WINTER IN SWEDEN: Passengers disemplaning from A. B. Aerotransport's new D.C.3 "Gladan" (the kite). The machine operates the Stockholm-Amsterdam route, and among its first passengers were twelve members of the French Red Cross, en route for Finland.
Flight 1937-08 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-IRA [3]
One of Swissair's two Douglas D.C.3s with the Dubendorf terminal building in the background. Behind the tail of the machine is the open-air public restaurant.
Flight 1937-10 / Flight
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-IRA [3]
SOMETHING DIFFERENT: Last Sunday a Swissair Douglas D.C.3 put into Hatfield for a few minutes. The crew had not come to inspect fhe Albatross but merely to look at Hatfield as a possible reserve when Croydon is impossible.
Flight 1938-01 / Flight

A Douglas DC-3 - actually the first to be delivered to Swissair.
Air International 1992-09 / T.Todd - Frankfurt Airport: Born again, but for how long?

General view of Frankfurt apron in the 1950s with a Swissair DC-3 in the foreground and one of their DC-4s behind.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-4 / C-54 / R5D Skymaster - СШАUSA - 1942
Air Pictorial 1992-01 / G.Jones - Zurich - Swiss airport excellence
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-IRI
Swissair's DC-3s and DC-4s pack the apron at Kloten in the late 1940's, before the first terminal was opened.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-4 / C-54 / R5D Skymaster - СШАUSA - 1942
Air International 1992-09 / T.Todd - Frankfurt Airport: Born again, but for how long?

Another view of the airport in the 1950s with Pan American, Argentine and Swiss aircraft on the apron.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Boeing C-97 / Model 377 Stratocruiser - СШАUSA - 1944 Douglas DC-4 / C-54 / R5D Skymaster - СШАUSA - 1942
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-11 / J.Stroud - A million miles flown /A lifetime of flying/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: YK-AAO
Syrian Airways’ Douglas DC-3 YK-AAO at Beirut International Airport in the late 1950s.
Air-Britain Archive 1989-04 / 8 - Greece (SX-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SX-BAA
C-47A SX-BAA of TAE at Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport on 21 or 22.4.51 after arriving from Belgrade.
Air-Britain Archive 1989-04 / 8 - Greece (SX-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SX-BBB
A clear view of the TAE colour scheme in this shot of C-47A SX-BBB.
Air-Britain Archive 1989-04 / 8 - Greece (SX-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SX-BAK [2]
TAE C-47B SX-BAK in late 1949/early 1950 at Hellenikon Airport, Athens.
Air-Britain Archive 1990-02 / 9 - The Sudan (SN- ST-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ST-AHH
Clearly marked as operated by TASA, C-47B ST-AHH also wears faint Air Taxi titles.
Aviation Historian 33 / M.Wickstead - Italy's forgotten airlines (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: I-TRES [2], G-AOUD [2], I-LILI [2], N4848 [2]
One of six C-47s operated by Transadriatica, I-TRES (c/n 25573) joined the fleet in February 1947. It later joined ALI in September 1949 and LAI (as I-LILI) in 1952. It served in Italy for another four years before becoming G-AOUD with Transair in the UK in 1956.
Air Enthusiast 1972-10 / ??? - The 40-year-old newcomer: British Caledonian Airways
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ANEG
A Douglas DC-3, G-ANEG, in the markings of Transair.
Мировая Авиация 218
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMZD
Британская "Transair" эксплуатировала DC-3 с 1947 года. В 1959 году один из ее DC-3 (G-AMZD) разбился; погибли все 32 человека, находившиеся на борту.
История Авиации 28 / А.Андреев - Итальянское деревянное чудо /Долгожители/ (1)

Восприняв и творчески переработав европейский опыт создания пассажирских самолетов во второй половине 20-х и начале 30-х годов, американская авиаиндустрия смогла уже во второй половине 30-х годов создать семейство легендарных "Дугласов", таких как DC-3 (на фото) и DC-4, ответить на которые ни итальянской, ни европейской авиаиндустрии в целом накануне начала Второй Мировой войны было фактически нечем...
Flight 1939-04 / Flight

An impressive line-up of part of the transcontinental and Western Air Fleet at Newark Airport, New Jersey; this sort of picture brings air transport into its true perspective.
Мировая Авиация 33

Чарльз Линдберг из компании TWA, разработавший требования и заказавший первые DC-2, очень быстро оценил потенциал DC-3. Компания немедленно сделала на них заказ.
Aviation Historian 1 / M.O'Leary - The tragedy of Flight Three

A pre-war line-up of TWA hardware at Burbank, California. Nearest the camera is a Douglas DC-3, beyond which is a DST with a DC-2 behind it. All sport the legend “The Lindbergh Line”, the famous aviator having joined one of TWA’s predecessors, Transcontinental Air Transport, in 1928.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2 / C-32 / C-39 - СШАUSA - 1933
Flight 1939-08 / Flight

Manhattan skyline: One of the Transcontinental and Western Air Douglas D.S.T.s, or Sleeper Transports, flying over the Normandie, with the skyscraper forest of New York in the background and Brooklyn Bridge in the distance on the right.
A pair of Art Deco classics depart New York City - A TWA DC-3 flies over the French ocean liner SS Normandie, which made 139 westbound transatlantic voyages between 1935 and 1941.
Aviation Historian 1 / M.O'Leary - The tragedy of Flight Three
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC1946, NC1951
With the USA’s entry into the war TWA repainted the fuselages of its DC-3s, replacing the Lindbergh Line legend with exhortations to buy war bonds. The DC-3-362 Lombard was travelling in, c/n 3295, was built as NC1951 but the registration was cancelled on February 7, 1941, the machine becoming NC1946/“387” in TWA service.
Aviation Historian 1 / M.O'Leary - The tragedy of Flight Three

This extraordinary photograph of a DC-3 dwarfed by Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, California, gives an impression of the sheer scale of the scenery through which aircraft had to pass in the pioneering days of the early American airlines.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-03 / U.K. C of A Applications (26)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AJHZ [3]
Several faces of one Dakota. The independent career of the former BEA 'Pionair' G-AJHZ began with Jersey Airlines in 1961. It was then based at Newcastle from 24.3.62 with Tyne Tees Air Charter.
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-12 / J.Stroud - A million miles flown /A lifetime of flying/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: XY-ACT
Union of Burma Airways’ Douglas C-47 XY-ACT at Chittagong, then in East Pakistan, on January 22, 1959.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Douglas DC-3 Commercial Airliner, the progenitor of the most widely-used military transport of the war, - the C-47 Skytrain or Dakota.
Мировая Авиация 55
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC16070
Когда в 1930-х годах коммерческая авиация стремительно развивалась, авиакомпания "United" эксплуатировала два самых надежных самолета того времени: Douglas DC-3 (на заднем плане) и Boeing 247D. Но в конечном итоге Douglas вытеснил Boeing.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Boeing Model 247 - СШАUSA - 1933
Aviation Historian 1 / M.O'Leary - The tragedy of Flight Three
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC19964
With the arrival in Hollywood of the tragic news, Gable chartered a Western Air Lines DC-3 and flew to Las Vegas with a group of the couple’s close friends and studio executives.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-03 / U.K. C of A Applications (26)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AJHZ [3]
Several faces of one Dakota. It was then leased to British Westpoint, shown again at Luton with titles removed on 5.66 and was finally wfu at Lisbon in April 1967.
Aviation Historian 29 / S.Sumbodo - Garuda's 'Hamble Boys'

Two of AST’s three Dakotas - G-AMSV, ’MSW and MSX - await another training sortie at Hamble. All three arrived at AST in the spring of 1952 and served until late 1954,when they moved on to new owners.
Aviation Historian 31 / T.Culbert - The Hump pioneers
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC19971
Former Pacific Alaska DC-3 NC19971 (c/n 2261) is seen here in CNAC service (as #47) at Li Kiang, China, during one of the first flights across the Hump, on November 23, 1941. PAA-Africa’s Chief Pilot Dallas Sherman stated that “surrounded by the ‘fog of war’, our operations in the Assam-Burma-China combat zone were to a large degree hidden, uncertain and confusing to both the participants and the directors. To accomplish results under actual combat conditions, many methods and means were employed, which of necessity appear abnormal and unusual. They were. ”
Aviation Historian 29 / S.Sumbodo - Garuda's 'Hamble Boys'

Indonesia’s “Hamble Group” pose in front of one of Air Service Training’s Douglas Dakotas at Hamble in 1952.
Aviation Historian 9 / D.Stringer - Non-Skeds! /The Story of America's Supplemental Airlines/ (1)

Large irregular carriers proliferated during the late 1940s, one such example being the Reverend Chris Bachman’s 20th Century Airlines, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, which operated a fleet of DC-3s, one of which is seen here operating a charter flight to Miami in 1947.
Aviation Historian 29 / E.Wild - Say Cheese! (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMSV [4]
The Dakota used by the author in Iran in 1959, G-AMSV, was formerly operated by Air Service Training during 1952-54 at Hamble, where it is seen here, before moving on to Transair (briefly) and Lancashire Aircraft Corp Ltd during 1954-59. It was then apparently used for charter work until its acquisition by British United Airways in July 1960.
Air-Britain Archive 1984-02 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (13)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AOH
ZK-AOH without titles, possibly on delivery to NZNAC ?
Aviation Historian 29 / S.Sumbodo - Garuda's 'Hamble Boys'
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMSW
Marking progressive steps of training at AST, three examples of the organisation’s standard training aircraft fly in formation while up from Hamble circa 1952-53. Leading from the front is Chipmunk G-AMUC, one of more than 40 operated by AST, followed by Airspeed Oxford G-AITF (formerly ED290, one of four acquired by the organisation during 1947-50) and bringing up the rear is Douglas C-47B G-AMSW, acquired by AST in May 1952.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Airspeed Oxford / AS.10 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937 De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk - КанадаCanada - 1946
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-10 / M.Oakey - Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: C-FGXW
Odyssey 86 Douglas DC-3 C-FGXW over the UK during its world tour. The Dak arrived at North Weald on July 27, 1986, and departed via Stansted on July 30 en route for Iceland and Canada.
Aeroplane Monthly 1984-06
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N711Y
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-10 / ??? - The Dak is 50
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SE-CFP
The Swedish Flygande veteraner DC-3 SE-CFP attended Eindhoven but could not go to Fairford
Aeroplane Monthly 1980-02

A DC-3 used by Parris Valley Sky Divers takes off from Parris, California, with a load of parachutists.
Flight 1940-04 / Flight

TELEVISION IN THE AIR. An American airliner photographed from a television screen at the same time that it was being seen by ground viewers and by passengers on board. The horizontal lines from the scanning device should be noted.
Air Enthusiast 1997-05 / K.Conboy - From Flying Club to Front Line

A civilian C-47 attempts to land at Pochentong airbase on March 16, 1975, as an ammunition dump burns in the background.
Air-Britain Archive 1998-01 / The Japanese Civil Register 1919-45 (10)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: J-BDOI
J-BDOI, one of the earliest of 22 DC-3s assembled by Nakajima, seen unpainted in natural metal finish.
Air-Britain Archive 1998-02 / The Japanese Civil Register 1919-45 (11)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: J-BHOW
J-BHOW was a Nakajima-built Douglas DC-3 with Mitsubishi Kinsei two-row radials in close-fitting nacelles and an extra window behind the cockpit. The DC-3 was given the Allied code-name 'Tabby'.
Air Pictorial 1958-03
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VR-TBT, EI-AFB
Williamsons have also acquired the former Aer Lingus Dakota 3, EI-AFB, now re-registered VR-TBT, marks originally earmarked for a Dornier Do 27B.
Air-Britain Archive 1993-03 / 10 - Cyprus (VQ-C 5B-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 5B-CAV
Dakota 5B-CAV parked out at Jeddah 14.12.74, probably about the time it was wfu.
Air-Britain Archive 1993-03 / 10 - Cyprus (VQ-C 5B-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 5B-CAZ
Evidence that marks 5B-CAZ were actually worn, if not used, shown in this shot at Bahrain 9.72.
Air-Britain Archive 1993-03 / 10 - Cyprus (VQ-C 5B-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 5B-CBD [2], FD901 [2], G-AGHM [2], VP-KGI [2]
5B-CBD with registration, starboard engine and aileron removed at Jeddah 14.12.74 with "Auxeraf" painted on the roof.
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-12 / Douglas DC-3 HB-ISC /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N88YA [3], HB-ISC [3]
HB-ISC pictured in 1982 as N88YA, before its acquisition by Classic Air.
Air Pictorial 1977-05
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N9985Q [2], F-OCKX [2], G-ANAD [2], KN279 [2], VR-AAI [2]
Dakota 3 N9985Q, which was G-ANAD back in 1954 and has since been VR-AAI and F-OCKX, parked at Hum 8/2/77;
Air Pictorial 1992-01 / R.Jackson - Airport Movements
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: A2-ADL, G-AMNV, KP279, ZS-ASN
C-47B Dakota A2-ADL, which has been used for aerial surveys for the last decade, passed through Luton on 3/11/91 on its way to the USA by way of Lisbon and the Azores. The machine was formerly Autair's G-AMNV, a Luton resident in the '60s.
Мировая Авиация 227
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMPZ [4]
Самолет G-AMPZ нес в 1999 году окраску Транспортного командования британских ВВС в честь 50-й годовщины Берлинского воздушного моста. Ранее, после службы в ВВС США, самолет летал в британских ВВС как Dakota IV и был куплен "Air Atlantique" в 1986 году. На стабилизаторе самолета были установлены штанги опрыскивателя (на врезке) для распыления дисперсантов над нефтяными пятнами.
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-07 / J.McHard - Far East assignment (2)
История Авиации 29 / Д.Кондратков - Берлинский воздушный мост /Спецоперации/

Разгрузка C-47 в аэропорту Темпельхоф 2 июня 1947г. На этом аэродроме также базировались и разведчики погоды B-17
Мировая Авиация 168

Во время операции "Vittles" (Берлинский воздушный мост) авиабаза Рейн-Майн была на острие активности. На фотографии - C-47 и C-54.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-4 / C-54 / R5D Skymaster - СШАUSA - 1942
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-02 / Skywriters

In the foreground is Gladiator K7960, in the background a D.H.86, DC-2, D.H.84 Dragon, DC-3 and an S.73, all diverted to Kenley because of bad weather.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Dragon / D.H.84 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932 De Havilland Express Air Liner / D.H.86 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934 Douglas DC-1 / DC-2 / C-32 / C-39 - СШАUSA - 1933 Gloster Gladiator - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934 Savoia-Marchetti / SIAI S.73 - ИталияItaly - 1934
Aeroplane Monthly 2001-09 / I.Davies - A Casualty of War & Fate /Accident analysis/

An exceptionally fine aerial photograph of Prestwick Airport, just along the coast from Heathfield, during the war years. Among the numerous aircraft visible in front of the hangars and on the hardstandings in this and other views taken at the same time are Liberators, Fortresses, Dakotas, Mosquitoes and Lancasters.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941 Boeing B-17E / B-17G Flying Fortress - СШАUSA - 1941 Consolidated B-24 Liberator - СШАUSA - 1939 De Havilland Mosquito B / D.H.98 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940
Air-Britain Archive 1987-04

An Auster, three Magisters, the Desford and a Dakota all in one line-up - but Bernard Martin asks where were they, when and why?

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Auster J/1 - J/5 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945 Miles Magister / M.14 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937 Reid and Sigrist R.S.3 Desford / R.S.4 Bobsleigh - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945
Flight 1938-06 / Flight

D.C.4 EMERGES: After successfully passing some remarkable static tests, the Douglas D.C.4 appears in the open. The huge proportions of this latest tricycle transport can be gauged from the familiar Douglas types in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-4E - СШАUSA - 1938
Мировая Авиация 163

C-47 активно работали и в ходе Берлинского кризиса 1948-1949 годов. На фотографии - американские Skytrain получают груз на авиабазе в Висбадене, вскоре они отправятся с ними на помощь "осажденному" Западному Берлину. Берлинский воздушный мост стал одной из грандиозных воздушных операций того времени.
Flight 1939-09 / Flight

Calling-in at Buffalo Airport for a visit to the Curtiss Wright Airplane Division. Picture taken by the author from a D.C.3.
Aeroplane Monthly 1988-01 / J.Ramsden - Seattle's crystal palace

A frozen flypast, suspended in the airy Great Gallery, includes a Douglas DC-3, a Stearman C-3B, and a replica of the first Boeing of all, the B&W of 1916. On the floor is a Boeing 80A-1.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Boeing B & W / Model 1 - СШАUSA - 1916 Boeing Model 80 - СШАUSA - 1928 Stearman C1 / C2 / C3 / 4E / 6 Cloudboy - СШАUSA - 1927

Мировая Авиация 165

До получения специализированных военных вариантов C-47, ВВС США использовали различные модификации гражданских авиалайнеров DC-2 и DC-3, получивших обозначения C-32/33/34/38/39/40/41.
Aviation Historian 31 / T.Culbert - The Hump pioneers

The workhorse of the four units that pioneered flying “the Hump” from India over the Himalayas to China during April-May 1942 was Douglas’s ubiquitous C-47 transport. A USAAF ABCFC example is seen here at a dispersal site near Dinjan in the Assam province of north-eastern India.
Авиация и Время 2015-06
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

The Douglas C-117A (DC-3D) Military or Commercial Transport (two 1,200 h.p. Pratt & Whitney Twin-Wasp engines).
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-07 / Personal album. Military

A Douglas C-47D of the USAF serving as a VIP transport. in which role the type was designated VC-47D.
Мировая Авиация 168

C-117 Skytrooper был транспортным вариантом C-47 с салоном на 24 человека. Изображен C-117C - один из 11 нестандартных VC-47, получивших новое обозначение в 1953 году.
Авиация и Космонавтика 1997-10 / И.Кудишин - Кладовка для самолетов

C-47 "Дакота" - когда-то их тут были сотни, отсюда они отправлялись на организацию воздушного моста на Берлин в 1947г., в Корею, Вьетнам, а это второй (!) серийный экземпляр C-47
Aeroplane Monthly 1976-03 / S.Howe - The Confederate Air Force
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N491P
Douglas C-47 Skytrain N491P Buzz Buggy was donated in 1973.
Aeroplane Monthly 1980-03 / Personal album

Another USAAF type, Douglas C-47A Skytrain 292718, displays its large rear door. This was yet another Digby visitor, and came from a batch of 171 with constructor's numbers 12328-12498.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2008-12 / Н.Таликов - Транспортники мира - гонка продолжается

Транспортный Дуглас C-47 "Скайтрейн"
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

A Standardised version of the Douglas Skytrain which carries both U.S. Army C-47B and U.S. Navy R4D-6 designations.
Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / G.Salerno - A Troubled Birth /Air forces/

A C-47 of the 803rd Air Evacuation Squadron in the CBI theatre.
Aviation Historian 31 / T.Culbert - The Hump pioneers

Captains Ziegler and Eveland (third and fourth from left facing camera) take a break from offloading their precious cargo - civilian refugees fleeing the Imperial Japanese Army in Burma - for a photograph at Dinjan in April 1942. The work of the four units was arduous, dangerous and vital in establishing the ‘‘Aerial Burma Road”.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-10 / ??? - The Dak is 50
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N151ZE
The flamboyant nose of CAF R4D-6S N151ZE, photographed by AUSTIN J. BROWN.
Aeroplane Monthly 1984-02 / B.Service - Ghost squadron

Douglas R4D-6S originally equipped for air-sea warfare training w US Navy.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-10 / ??? - The Dak is 50

CAF R4D
Мировая Авиация 165

Оснащенный бортовыми сиденьями для 28 военнослужащих и дверью по левому борту, C-53 Skytrooper являлся военно-транспортным вариантом C-47. Для ВВС США было построено относительно немного самолетов этой модификации - всего 404 машины
Мировая Авиация 163

По большому счету C-47 стал воздушным эквивалентом армейского джипа - неприхотлив, долетит куда угодно и выполнит любое задание. Этот Skytrain из 316-й транспортно-десантной авиагруппы распыляет пестициды над пораженными малярией районами Окинавы, июль 1945 года.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Douglas C-47A Skytrain Military Transport (two Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 engines).
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Douglas C-53 Skytrooper Troop-carrier and Glider-tug (two Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 engines).
Aeroplane Monthly 1978-01

A brace of Confederate Air Force Douglas C-47s, with 210058 Buzz Buggy nearest
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-10 / ??? - The Dak is 50
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMSV [4], N53ST
The CAF R4D and Col Tom Thomas' C-53 N53ST, seen from Air Atlantique’s DC-3 G-AMSV
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Douglas C-47B Skytrain Military Transport (two Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C engines).
Мировая Авиация 163

В годы Второй мировой войны C-47 оказывался в тех местах, куда направлялись союзники. Самолеты эксплуатировались очень интенсивно - перевозили грузы и личный состав. Данный C-47 из 6-й транспортно-десантной эскадрильи ВВС Армии США следует над горным массивом Новой Гвинеи, 1943 год. В качестве эскорта привлечены Bell P-39 Airacobra - японские истребители могли атаковать в любой момент. Количество P-39 в Европе и Африке было незначительным, в то время как на тихоокеанском театре военных действий Airacobra и P-40 доминировали до 1944 года.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Bell P-39 Airacobra - СШАUSA - 1939
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v3

Douglas C-47s towing gliders on D-Day.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-10 / ??? - The Dak is 50

A flypast at Eindhoven at July 6, 1984
Мировая Авиация 129

Фотография немецкого очевидца - 440 самолетов и планеров из 38-й и 46-й групп вместе с 243 Douglas C-47 американского 52-го транспортного авиакрыла высадили первую волну десанта над Дирсфордтер-Вальд примерно в 10 часов утра.
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-12 / F.Adkin - Memoirs of Aircraftsman (12)

The US Army Air Force Troop Carrier Command Squadron drops British and Canadian paratroops during an invasion exercise in 1944.
Aeroplane Monthly 1984-08 / J.Golley - Paratrooper

A parachute exercise being carried out by the Ninth USAAF Troop Carrier Command. The 750 paratroopers of the 9th Battalion the Parachute Regiment dropped into Normandy under cover of darkness a year after this photograph was taken. They also jumped from Dakotas.
Мировая Авиация 129

Окно в облаках дало возможность сбросить грузы с транспортных самолетов обескровленной под Бастонью американской 101-й воздушно-десантной дивизии.
Мировая Авиация 167

C-47/Dakota был основным транспортным самолетом союзников, особенно активно он привлекался к выброске парашютных десантов - в первый день операции "Market Garden" самолеты выбросили 15 тысяч десантников.
Мировая Авиация 75

В ходе войны, наряду с поисково-спасательными SC-47D (позднее HC-47D), ВВС США стали использовать для спасения сбитых пилотов OA-10). Спасательный плот подвешивался под крылом и мог быть сброшен рядом с пострадавшим самолетом. Операции по спасению часто проводились совместно с ВМС и Береговой охраной США. Оснащенные OA-10 поисково-спасательные эскадрильи (Emergency Rescue Squadrons - ERS) базировались no всему миру, от Гренландии до острова Вознесения.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Consolidated PBY Catalina / ГСТ / МП-7 - СШАUSA - 1935
Мировая Авиация 168

Часть C-47 была переоборудована в поисково-спасательные машины. SC-47D могли нести под фюзеляжем спасательную шлюпку.
Мировая Авиация 171

"SPEAKER BIRD" и "SISTER GABBY" были позывными Helio U-10 и C-47 из 5-й эскадрильи спецопераций (SOS), задействованных для сброса листовок и пропагандистского вещания.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Helio Courier - СШАUSA - 1949
Мировая Авиация 171

Попытки американцев вести психологическую войну дали весьма сомнительные результаты. На снимке "bullshit bomber" из 5-й SOS разбрасывает листовки над вьетнамскими джунглями.
Air International 1986-03 / M.Hirst - Piston Engines (6)

Pratt & Whitney, still in business today as one of the world’s "big three" gas turbine makers, vied with Wright in the piston engine era. More than 10,000 Douglas DC-3 variants were P&W powered
Air Pictorial 1957-01 / The journal of a roving spotter

The only camouflaged C-47 in Europe, this aircraft is the personal transport of General R. M. Lee, Commander, U.S. 12th A.F. The colours are brown and green.
Моделист-Конструктор Военно-транспортные самолеты Второй мировой войны / В.Котельников - Военно-транспортные самолеты 1939-1945 /Самолеты Второй Мировой войны/ (6)

Группа C-47 ВВС армии США на аэродроме, 1944 г.
Авиация и Время 2004-03 / А.Котлобовский, И.Солодянкин - Забытая кампания (2)

"Кобры" и "Дакоты" на авиабазе Колд-Бей. Аляска, 1942г.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Bell P-39 Airacobra - СШАUSA - 1939
Мировая Авиация 165

Прицеп для джипа грузится на борт C-47A из 9-го транспортно-десантного авиакомандования в день высадки в Нормандии 6 июня 1944 года. Загрузка такого оборудования через дверь в фюзеляже была крайне трудоемкой и продолжительной - один из самых серьезных недостатков C-47. Менее чем через сутки 1600 транспортных самолетов и планеров союзников высадили в Нормандии три полнокровные воздушно-десантные дивизии.
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-12 / D.Middleton - Airspeed's Silent Warhorse (3)

Horsas and Dakotas in Italy ready for the Allied landings in southern France, 1944.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Airspeed Horsa / AS.51 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941
АвиаМастер 2005-03 / К.Кузнецов - Крылатый пехотинец дяди Сэма /Монография/

C-47 готовится взлететь с планером "Вако" на буксире.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: WACO CG-4A Hadrian - СШАUSA - 1942
Air Enthusiast 2007-03 / B.Norton - Ready for the Silent Assault /World War Two/ (1)

Acquiring tugs to tow the CG-4s up for training was almost as difficult as getting the gliders. One method of getting the most from each C-47 sortie was to haul two WACOs under double tow.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: WACO CG-4A Hadrian - СШАUSA - 1942
Aeroplane Monthly 1995-08 / P.Chinnery - Operation Thursday (2)

A Douglas C-47 tows off a Waco CG-4A. The glider could carry 15 troops, and each C-47 could tow two CG-4As.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: WACO CG-4A Hadrian - СШАUSA - 1942
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-06 / Personal album. Military

A Dakota tow aircraft seen from the cockpit of a Hadrian in India, June 1945. Note the position of the towrope relative to the pilot s field of view.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: WACO CG-4A Hadrian - СШАUSA - 1942
Air Enthusiast 2007-05 / B.Norton - Ready for the Silent Assault /World War Two/ (2)

"Just follow the rope!" View from the cockpit of a CG-4A in high tow above a C-47.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: WACO CG-4A Hadrian - СШАUSA - 1942
История Авиации 33 / В.Чистов - Дух Бури Индостана /Рывок аутсайдера/

"Дакота" с прототипом "Марута" набирает высоту

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: HAL HF-24 Marut - ИндияIndia - 1961
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-06 / Personal album. Military

Another view of the Hadrian that overshot on landing. Note the lack of wing dihedral and the wheel undercarriage. Some Hadrians jettisoned their wheels on take-off and landed on plywood skids. The strut-braced wings had wooden spars and ribs, were sheathed with thin ply and covered in fabric. All control surfaces were fabric covered.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: WACO CG-4A Hadrian - СШАUSA - 1942
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-06 / Personal album. Military

This Waco Hadrian overshot while landing at Basal in June 1945. Note the Dakota in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: WACO CG-4A Hadrian - СШАUSA - 1942
Изд-во Schiffer / S.Markman & B.Holder - One-of-a-kind research aircraft

The use of production aircraft for simulation and testbed missions has been carried out for many years. Here, a C-47 assigned to the Air Force Medical Research Laboratory was used in the 1950s for human engineering experiments.
Aviation Historian 31 / T.Culbert - The Hump pioneers

Desperate times call for desperate measures - wounded British soldiers on stretchers are placed in the shade of a C-47’s wing while awaiting evacuation from Myitkyina to Dinjan in April 1942. Pilots also had to contend with ferrying refugees suffering from tuberculosis, dysentery, cholera, smallpox and malaria.
Aeroplane Monthly 1994-12 / H.Morgan, I.Baur - Whatson's whizzers (1)

Col Watson called this dilapidated C-47 “my office” and used it for transporting spare Jumo 004 turbojets and other equipment.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Messerschmitt Me.262 Schwalbe - ГерманияGermany - 1941
Aviation Historian 30

Supplies - apparently including boxes of photographic glass plates - being unloaded from a USAAF Douglas C-47 on Vis.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2014-06 / Знаменательные даты июня в истории авиации

Мировая Авиация 165

Британские военнослужащие из 7-й авиадесантной армии грузятся на борт C-47A ВВС США в ходе операции "Market Garden" - высадки воздушного десанта на Эйндховен, Неймеген и Арнем (17 сентября 1944 года). В тот день в операции было задействовано свыше 1500 самолетов.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 01 - A review of the world's air power during the years 1944-45

R.A.F. and U.S.A.A.F. Dakota transports on an airfield in Southern Greece after bringing in men and supplies for the liberation of the Country.
Моделист-Конструктор Военно-транспортные самолеты Второй мировой войны / В.Котельников - Военно-транспортные самолеты 1939-1945 /Самолеты Второй Мировой войны/ (6)

Британские парашютисты грузятся в "Дакоту" 512-й эскадрильи перед высадкой в Нормандии, 1944г.
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-05 / J.Moss - Air Op Austers: eyes for the Army (5)

Auster V RT538 of 656 Sqn being loaded into a C-47 “Dunibo” for Padang.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Taylorcraft Auster - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-07 / P.Skinner - Back to Berlin
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KN496
German labourers load Dakota KN496 with coal at RAF Fassberg, Germany.
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-07 / P.Skinner - Back to Berlin
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGIZ, KN419
Diversions from Buckeburg to Wunstorf on July 2, 1950: Dakota C Mk IV KN419 with BEA Dakota Freighter G-AGIZ in the background.
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1986-04 / R.A.F. Sharjah. The Early Years

Personnel of No.44 SP with transit Dakotas
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1986-04 / R.A.F. Sharjah. The Early Years

Field Marshal B.L.Montgomery with station staff July 1946
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-07 / P.Skinner - Back to Berlin

Presentations at Gatow. Senator Wagner and Gp Capt Eustace both hold 30 Sq memorabilia; Wg Cdr Andrew Johnstone, standing next to Wg Cdr David Guest, carries the symbolic lump of coal.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-12 / A.Smith - Monty's Dak
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KN628 [3]
Field Marshal Montgomery, third from left, with KN628 and crew at Blackbushe in 1945.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-04 / B.Mosenthal - The intrepid boer

Ground fitters, riggers and an MT driver pose for an A Flight, 271 Sqn, group photo at Down Ampney in May 1941.
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-09 / J.King - From Little Acorns

General view of Gatwick taken in November 1947 with the camouflaged Beehive on the left of the picture.
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-09 / J.King - From Little Acorns

Taken at the same time was this view of an assortment of Dakotas with two BEA aircraft in the foreground.
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1994-04 / Picture pages

A line-up of Dakotas of No.1315 Flight at Iwakuni, Japan. This Flight formed a vital link in the communications chain to the Commonwealth Occupation Forces.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-12 / N.Lees - You can't keep a good man down

The second production Avro Tudor, VX202, at Luqa en route to tropical trials in Nairobi. In the background are an RAF Dakota and Lancaster.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941 Avro Tudor / Type 688/689 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1946
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-10 / Croydon /Gone but not forgotten/ (5)

Two RAF Dakotas flank an Air France Bloch 221 in April 1946.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Bloch MB.220 - ФранцияFrance - 1936
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1986-02
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KK205 [2]
Two close-ups of KK205 which was with the Netherlands East Indies Communications Squadron early in 1946 when Allan was in the crew. The nose was painted in 15 Corps colours with the badge of Allied Land Forces, SE Asia aft of the roundel. There were three stars on the outside of the rear door.
The nose art showed the head of Hermes (if our Greek holds out after forty years his name is round his collar) and the title 'Hermes' is in English below the painting.
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1986-02
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KK205 [2]
Dakota KK205
Aeroplane Monthly 1997-12 / G.Tuff - A life in service
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KN645 [2]
A fine study of Dakota KN645 as it runs up its starboard Pratt & Whitney against the chocks.
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-02 / M.Bunn - Daks out East
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KN603
Dakota IV KN603 in India shortly after the war.
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-03
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KN649
Dakota IV KN649 at Miho in 1947. It was on the strength of the BC Air Comms Sqn but was the personal aircraft of the AOC, hence the nose markings.
Aeroplane Monthly 1974-05 / Personal album
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KJ900
Douglas Dakota IV, KJ900, about to be returned to lease lend.
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-02 / M.Bunn - Daks out East
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KP256
Dakota IV KP256 in service in India after the war.
Aeroplane Monthly 1974-06 / G.Cull - Chakeri graveyard
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KN589
Douglas Dakota IV, KN589, with tail cone missing.
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-03 / Skywriters
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KN628 [3]
Dick Lewis's photograph of one of Monty's Dakotas, in this case KN628, photographed at Hassani airfield, Greece in June 1946 during a Middle East tour.
Aeroplane Monthly 1984-08 / J.Golley - Paratrooper

A Dakota C Mk III, powered by two Twin Wasps and photographed in June 1944.
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-12 / F.Adkin - Memoirs of Aircraftsman (12)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FD903
Dakota III FD903 NQ-I of No 24 “Commonwealth” Squadron, July 1943.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-01 / 1986 UK Aircraft Collections and Museums Guide
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KP208 [2]
Douglas Dakota KP208 at Aldershot;
Air International 1984-08 / J.Fricker - Breathless Moments

One of the Douglas C-47B Dakota Mk 3s of No 1 Parachute Training School at RAF Upper Heyford in mid-1947.
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-02 / Personal album. Military
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FZ587
Dakota III FZ587 of 353 Squadron at Bahrain in February 1944. Following a period with 1334 CU, this Dakota was sold to the Indian government in January 1947.
Aeroplane Monthly 1980-03 / Personal album
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KK134
Douglas Dakota KK134 was with 247 Squadron, RAF Transport Command, when seen at RAAF Station Camden, NSW, Australia, prior to departure for the UK in April 1946.
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-05 / Personal album. Military
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KN547
Air Vice-Marshal Bouchier, BCAIR, at Haneda Airport, Tokyo in 1947. Behind may be seen his Dakota IV, KN547. This aircraft was delivered to the RAF early in 1945 and served with Nos 238, 48, 52 and 110 Sqns in addition to service with the Iwakuni Station Flight and the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces - Japan, when this photograph was probably taken. The Dakota finished its Service career with the Military Assistance Aircraft Group in September 1954.
Aeroplane Monthly 1974-05 / Personal album

Hawker Tempest II, PR668, being run-up for flight. The fitter is climbing out of the cockpit, having started the engine by means of Coffman cartridge. The scruffy condition of the paintwork is due to the original grey and green camouflage showing through the silver dope where fitters have climbed about the aircraft. The photograph was taken from the cockpit of a Dakota, and another Mk IV can be seen in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker Tempest - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-12 / B.Shilling - Mutiny!

With the effects of the mutiny blowing over in the spring of 1946, Sir Roderick Carr, by then an Air Marshal, attended a Victory Week display at Delhi. It included some spirited flying by a Hawker Tempest, seen here taking off in front of Dakotas, a Hurricane and the tomb of Safdar Jang.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935 Hawker Tempest - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943
Aeroplane Monthly 1980-03 / Personal album

The anonymous RAF Dakota was serving as a VIP transport when photographed at RAAF Station Camden, NSW, in February 1946.
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Транспортные Dakota RAF и ВВС США были незаменимы при операциях по доставке снабжения и вывозу раненых и беженцев из Югославии. На снимке Dakota Mark III из 267-й эскадрильи разгружается в Бари в Италии. К приему раненых и больных партизан и гражданских готовится санитарная группа из 31-го мобильного полевого госпиталя RAF.
Aeroplane Monthly 1976-04 / R.Baxter - A touch of the Gregory Pecks
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KG496
Самолеты Dakota Mk III из 267-й эскадрильи на авиабазе Бари, Италия, 1944 год. В ходе итальянской кампании аэродром активно использовался британскими ВВС и ВВС Армии США.
A line of RAF Transport Command Dakotas seen at Bari, Italy, a well-known staging post during the war.
Aeroplane Monthly 1976-04 / R.Baxter - A touch of the Gregory Pecks
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KN480
A line of Transport Command Dakotas at a staging post in the Middle East.
Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / The Roundels File

Preston-built Mk. VI RG814 was used mostly by Bristol on engine trials and is shown in Canada. Behind is Avro Lincoln 1 RE250 and some Douglas Dakotas. RG814 was struck off charge in May 1948.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lincoln / Type 694 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944 Handley Page Halifax / H.P.57 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-04 / B.Mosenthal - The intrepid boer

271 Sqn Dakotas on a Belgian airstrip after flying in supplies from the UK. PoWs or casualties were carried on the return flights.
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Самолеты Dakota из 271-й эскадрильи 46-й авиагруппы (авиабаза Даун-Ампни) разгружаются на аэродроме в Бельгии, 1945 год.
Aeroplane Monthly 1997-12 / G.Tuff - A life in service

RAF and civil-registered Dakotas are loaded in readiness for another trip to Berlin.
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-07 / P.Skinner - Back to Berlin

25 or so Dakotas loading and unloading, probably during operation Plainfare.
Aeroplane Monthly 1997-12 / G.Tuff - A life in service

During the Berlin Airlift, AC2 Charles Curran of Dublin gives the green Aldis light to the first Dakota in a wave, clearing it to taxy up the apron to the peri-track.
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1990-04 / Picture pages

Allan Church hung out of a Sentinel to take this photo of a corner of Mingaladon in 1945. Visible are Dakotas, Expediters, Harvards and Sentinels. At the end of the runway are what appears to derelict Daks. Could one be KN594 shown in AM.2/86?

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Beechcraft Model 18 / C-45 Expeditor - СШАUSA - 1937 North American T-6 Texan / AT-6 Harvard - СШАUSA - 1935 Stinson L-5 Sentinel - СШАUSA - 1942
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1978-04

Since this issue contains an article on Brize Norton, a photograph of that airfield seemed appropriate. This was taken in May 1946 and close scrutiny will reveal 26 Dakotas and 166 Horsas strewn around. Comparison with the plan on page 95 will reveal the major changes that have taken place during the development of the airfield to cater for long-range transports.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Airspeed Horsa / AS.51 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-12 / N.Lees - You can't keep a good man down

Spitfires and a Dakota in front of Benina’s main hangar and flying control.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX / XVI - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942
Aeroplane Monthly 1980-07 / Personal album
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KN279 [2], F-OCKX [2], G-ANAD [2], N9985Q [2], VR-AAI [2]
The fine shot of Douglas C-47B Dakota 4 KN279 is interesting because the aircraft was later to appear on the British civil register as G-ANAD. Its original US identity was 43-49954, and after operations as G-ANAD it was sold in Aden in March 1954 as VR-AAI.
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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FD857 [4]
Этот самолет Dakota Mk III принадлежал 257-й эскадрилье и запечатлен в октябре 1944 года около Миссолонги во время возвращения на свою базу в Араксосе (Греция). На носу - отличительный знак эскадрильи - пегас.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-04 / B.Mosenthal - The intrepid boer
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FD857 [4]
Dakota 'S for Sugar’ flying over the picturesque Grecian Islands near Missolonghi.
An inflight study of Dakota III FD857 of 267 Sqn. This aircraft was sold to the Indian Government on January 30, 1947.
Aeroplane Monthly 1976-05 / Personal album
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FD784
Douglas Dakota I FD784 over East Africa. Over 50 Mk Is were supplied to the RAF under lend-lease. The RAF's Dakota I corresponded to the USAAF's C-47, and No 117 Squadron was the first to use them in the Middle East.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-12 / A.Smith - Monty's Dak
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KN628 [3]
Dakota IV KN628 carrying Montgomery's Union Jack and five-star insignia on its tail.
Aeroplane Monthly 1995-12 / T.Spooner - A Speedbird's story (2)

A Douglas Dakota of BOAC, still wearing RAF camouflage. The author flew a mixture of military- and civilian-painted Daks, changing his uniform accordingly from RAF to BOAC!
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-10 / ??? - The Dak is 50
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-DAKS [13], KG874 [13], G-AGHY [13], LV-FYI [13], N147DC [13], TS423 [13]
The photograph, taken by Y. D. PRINZEN on July 11, 1985, depicts Aces High's DC-3 G-DAKS. The aircraft is painted as Flt Lt David Lord VC’s Dakota, KG874, of 271 Sqn.
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / M.O'Leary - Flight into history

Further view of specially-painted Dak 12944, airborne over Vancouver Island in mid-March during its farewell tour of Western Canada.
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / M.O'Leary - Flight into history
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FZ671 [2]
Aircraft 12944, formerly FZ671 (shown here), was repainted in the D-Day colours of 437 Sqn in Europe in 1944-45 (shame about the camouflage shades though), while its hangar-mate 12963 wore the Burma colours of 435/436 Sqn of the same period.
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-09
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-DAKS [13], KG874 [13], G-AGHY [13], LV-FYI [13], N147DC [13], TS423 [13]
Aces High C-47 Dakota G-DAKS was painted recently to represent the aircraft of Flt Lt David Lord VC, shot down at Arnhem in 1944.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-10 / ??? - The Dak is 50
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-DAKS [13], KG874 [13], G-AGHY [13], LV-FYI [13], N147DC [13], TS423 [13]
G-DAKS/KG874
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-06 / Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-DAKS [13], KG874 [13], G-AGHY [13], LV-FYI [13], N147DC [13], TS423 [13]
The world's two greatest transport aeroplanes in formation over North Weald on April 19, 1986: these examples are Douglas Dakota G-DAKS and Junkers Ju 52 (actually a licence-built CASA 352L) G-BFHG.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Junkers Ju.52/3m - ГерманияGermany - 1931
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Dakota Mk III "Kwicherbichen UK" из 233-й эскадрильи возвращается 1 августа 1944 года из Нормандии с ранеными. 13 июня 1944 года два самолета Dakota из этой эскадрильи стали первыми из Транспортного командования, севшими в День Д во Франции.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-06 / 1985 UK airshows guide

Aces High's Dakota, in full D-Day markings, flies past in the hands of "Dizzy" Addicott.
Aeroplane Monthly 1991-07 / P.Skinner - Back to Berlin
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KN645 [2]
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1985-04 / R.A.F. Dakotas

Dakota IVs of the Middle East Communications Squadron
Air International 1984-08 / J.Fricker - Breathless Moments
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KJ919
Some breathless moments for a training stick from one of the Parachute Training School's Dakotas. The first student out is carrying a 60-lb (27-kg) kitbag strapped to his leg, which is causing an uncharacteristic (and highly undesirable) somersault in the slipstream. The canopy-last deployment sequence of the X-Type Statichute is graphically shown in this photograph, in which the rigging lines have just reached their full extension and are about to pull the parachute canopy from its bag stowage. Bags and strops from two previous jumpers in the stick are trailing from the door, from which the student (an RAF nursing sister) is holding a textbook exit position.
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-12 / F.Adkin - Memoirs of Aircraftsman (12)
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-12 / P.Hearn - 50 years of parachute training

An armada of Dakotas drops paratroopers of the 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem. Britain had two divisions of Airborne troops by 1944.
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-02 / M.Bunn - Daks out East

A typical dropping zone in Malaya seen from a supply-dropping Dakota. Quarter flap has been lowered in preparation for the first drop.
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Dakota готовится подцепить планер Waco - данная техника использовалась для возвращения планеров, задействованных в 1944 году во 2-й экспедиции британских сил спецназначения, дислоцированных в Индии (они именовались "Chindits", в 1944 году включали 3-ю индийскую пехотную дивизию).

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: WACO CG-4A Hadrian - СШАUSA - 1942
Aeroplane Monthly 2001-06 / J.Fricker - A life in the Air /The Aeroplane 90th anniversary/

John Fricker was one of two or three other "guinea-pig" reporters in an RAF Waco CG-4A Hadrian glider taking part in a 4g snatch take-off during a press visit to Brize Norton in January 1949.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: WACO CG-4A Hadrian - СШАUSA - 1942
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-08 / M.Hardy - 1950 RAF Display (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KN641
Two views of the Dakota C.4/Waco CG-4A-CM Hadrian snatch pick-up combination. Dakota KN641 is about to tow the Waco from a standing start.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: WACO CG-4A Hadrian - СШАUSA - 1942
Aeroplane Monthly 1976-04 / R.Baxter - A touch of the Gregory Pecks

An RAF Dakota lands past a Lockheed Hudson at a Middle East airfield.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Lockheed Hudson A-28 / A-29 - СШАUSA - 1938
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-01 / Photographic competition. The winners
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-DAKS [13], KG874 [13], G-AGHY [13], LV-FYI [13], N147DC [13], TS423 [13]
One of two shots highly commended by the judges was by G. Frankland of London SW2, who photographed Aces High Dakota G-DAKS “KG874” at Duxford on June 8, 1984
Aeroplane Monthly 1976-04 / R.Baxter - A touch of the Gregory Pecks
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FZ554
Dakota III FZ554 landing at Camilla, Italy on July 24, 1944. Nearly 2,000 Dakotas were provided by the USA for the RAF under the lend lease agreement. Over 50 RAF Squadrons and as many other units used the aircraft during the war.
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-12 / J.Stroud - More Croydon Memories /First-hand history/

A No 110 Wing Douglas C-47 lands at Croydon. Two more C-47s are parked, and the aircraft in the background include a BOAC Avro York, some Dragon Rapides and an Airspeed Oxford.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Airspeed Oxford / AS.10 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937 Avro York / Type 685 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942 De Havilland Dragon Rapide / Dominie / D.H.89 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-11 / S.Piercey - The great warbirds display
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KG374 [11], KG661 [11], ZA947 [11]
Aces High's KG374.
Мир Авиации 2006-02 / Д.Комиссаров - RIAT 2006: праздник на любой вкус /Своими глазами/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KK116 [4], G-AMPY [4]
Посадка C-47B "Дакота" Mk 4 борта KK116 (он же G-AMPY, зав. N 26569/сер. N 15124).
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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZA947 [11], KG374 [11], KG661 [11]
Этот ZA947 (последний самолет Dakota), находившийся в эксплуатации в Великобритании, с 1983 года принадлежал авиационному научно-исследовательскому институту в Фарнборо и привлекался к испытаниям различного оборудования, включая парашютные системы. В 1993 году его передали мемориальному летному отряду "Battle of Britain Memorial Flight".

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Один C-47B с лыжным шасси входил в состав Антарктического отряда австралийских ВВС, но потерпел аварию в 1960 году. Ракетные ускорители (RATO) существенно сократили взлетную дистанцию машины.
Air Enthusiast 2003-11 / G.Salerno - Over the Poles

An R4D-5 taking off from the carrier USS 'Philippine Sea' as the beginning of High Jump.
Мировая Авиация 21

31 октября 1956г.: R4D-5 Skytrain Que Sera Sera из 6-й Антарктической исследовательской эскадрильи (VX-6) ВМС США с экипажем под командованием контр-адмирала Джорджа Дюфека стал первым самолетом, приземлившимся на Южном полюсе.
Air Enthusiast 1999-11 / N.Gillespie - 'Deep Freeze' (1)

During the long winter nights the snow could bury the aircraft of VX-6. Many man-hours were needed to ‘recover’ them
Air Enthusiast 2003-11 / G.Salerno - Over the Poles

Douglas R4D-5s at Little America IV, during Operation High Jump in 1947, with stoves connected to the engines.
Мир Авиации 2005-02 / В.Мартианов - Шестой континент, пятый океан... /Страницы истории/ (2)

Аэродром американской станции Мак-Мердо. Слева направо: B-26 "Инвейдер", UH-34, R4D (флотское обозначение C-47), P2V "Нептун", "Бивер", R4D-8 (он же LC-117, он же "Super DC-3"). На переднем плане - дом Роберта Скотта (находится внутри строения). 25 октября 1958 года.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver - КанадаCanada - 1947 Douglas A-26 / B-26 Invader - СШАUSA - 1942 Lockheed Neptune P2V - СШАUSA - 1945 Sikorsky CH-34 / S-58 Choсtaw - СШАUSA - 1954

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v3

Workers at the Douglas Long Beach plant pose by the 2,000th DC-3 from their assembly line.
Flight 1937-10 / Flight

Workers in the Douglas factory at Santa Monica well into their job on a D.C.3.
Flight 1937-11 / Flight

PROTECTIVE PULSATIONS: Installing the latest Goodrich de-icing equipment on the leading edge of a T.W.A. Douglas. It is arranged so that pulsations of air through rubber tubing under the rubber covering break off the ice as soon as it forms. The device is controlled by a master valve and pressure is obtained from the engine exhaust. The pulsations raise the covering about half an inch.
Моделист-Конструктор Военно-транспортные самолеты Второй мировой войны / В.Котельников - Военно-транспортные самолеты 1939-1945 /Самолеты Второй Мировой войны/ (6)

Сборка C-47 на заводе "Дуглас" в Лонг-Бич, 1944 г.
Мир Авиации 1999-04 / В.Котельников - От DC-3 до Ли-2 /Крупным планом/

Сборка DC-3-196 советского заказа в США.

Моделист-Конструктор Военно-транспортные самолеты Второй мировой войны / В.Котельников - Военно-транспортные самолеты 1939-1945 /Самолеты Второй Мировой войны/ (6)

C-47, предназначенный для поставки в СССР, аэродром Грейт-Фоллз, 1944г.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2011-10 / Гражданская авиация Камчатки /Фотоархив/

C-47, аэродром Марково, 5.02.1946
История Авиации 2002-06 / А.Степанов - ГВФ СССР накануне Второй Мировой войны /Статистический анализ/

Если накануне Великой Отечественной войны советским конструкторам удалось создать вполне современные боевые самолеты, то матчасть для ГВФ предполагалось переоснастить исключительно за счет лицензионного выпуска американских образцов. Ничего сопоставимого по эффективности и надежности, сравнимого с легендарными "дакотой" и "каталиной", нашим конструкторам не удалось разработать.
Мир Авиации 1999-04 / В.Котельников - От DC-3 до Ли-2 /Крупным планом/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: URSS-M138
DC-3 управления международных линий ГВФ, 1939г.
Мир Авиации 1999-04 / В.Котельников - От DC-3 до Ли-2 /Крупным планом/

Первые ПС-84 эксплуатировались в Московском управлении ГВФ. Рейсовый DC-3-196 "Аэрофлота" перед вылетом из Москвы. Зима 1940г. Коки на винты поставлены уже в СССР.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2023-04 / В.Морозов - АНТ-37 "Родина". Мифы и реальность /Женщины и авиация/ (2)

Начальник Управления международных воздушных линий ГВФ СССР В. Гризодубова (вторая слева) с коллегами на фоне одного из первых в СССР самолётов «Дуглас» DC-3. Москва, начало 1939 г.
Авиация и Время 2019-06 / М.Маслов - Магистральный пассажирский самолет ПС-35 (АНТ-35)

ПС-41 - гражданский вариант бомбардировщика СБ (на переднем плане). Среди «Дугласов» едва различим один ПС-35. Аэропорт Внуково, 1941 г.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Архангельский, Туполев ПС-35 / АНТ-35 - РоссияRussia - 1936 Архангельский, Туполев СБ бис 3 / ПС-41 - РоссияRussia - 1937
Авиация и Космонавтика 2009-04 / М.Никольский - 14-й ГвИАП

Перебазирование личного состава на аэродром Ямки с аэродрома Углово. Февраль 1944г.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2011-10 / Гражданская авиация Камчатки /Фотоархив/

C-47 и "Додж", аэродром Марково, 05.02.1946г.
Авиация и Время 2011-02 / А.Демин - Воздушные драконы Поднебесной (13)

И-16 тип 5 китайских ВВС с черным капотом мотора на промежуточной базе. При перелете группы И-16 на аэродром Гуйлинь в качестве самолета-лидировщика использовался транспортный C-47

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Поликарпов И-16 тип 5 (6) - РоссияRussia - 1934
Авиация и Космонавтика 2025-09 / А.Пидгайный - Роль военно-воздушных сил Красной армии в освобождении Китая от японских захватчиков

Пленные японские офицеры на фоне советского транспортного C-47. За ними слева виден нос японского тяжелого истребителя Ки-45

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Kawasaki Ki.45 Toryu - ЯпонияJapan - 1939
АвиаПарк 2010-02 / В.Кондратьев - Дальневосточные десанты

Самолеты и танки Квантунской армии, захваченные советскими десантниками на аэродроме Мукден. В центре транспортный "Мицубиси" Ки-57, правее пассажирский Фоккер "Универсал" маньчжурской авиакомпании, на заднем плане справа "Дугласы" и Ли-2 12-й Воздушной армии

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fokker/Atlantic F.9 Universal / F.18 / F.XI Super Universal - СШАUSA - 1926 Mitsubishi Ki.57/L4M - ЯпонияJapan - 1940 Лисунов Ли-2 / ПС-84 - РоссияRussia - 1939
АвиаПарк 2010-02 / В.Кондратьев - Дальневосточные десанты

Бывший император Маньчжурии Пу-И возле "Дугласа", который доставит его в СССР.
Авиация и Время 1997-06 / К.-Ф.Геуст - В небе над Хельсинки и Карельским перешейком, зима-лето 1944г. /Аэроархив/ (3)

Офицеры 20-го ГвАК АДД у штабного C-47. На киле самолета нарисован флаг с надписью "2-й Гвардейский Брянский"
Авиация и Космонавтика 2017-01 / В.Морозов - В степях, где течет Керулен: Авиация Монголии 1924-2016 (1)

Советский «Дуглас» ДС-3 в Улан-Баторе. Лето 1939 г. Халхин-Гол стал первой войной, где ВВС РККА применили самолеты этого типа, причем это были еще не ПС-84 советской сборки, а именно три полученных из США «эталонных» для серии ДС-3. Любопытно, что кроме замысловатого камуфляжа и бортовых номеров эти ДС-3 не несли никаких опознавательных знаков
Мир Авиации 1993-04 / К.Косминков - Самолеты особого назначения /Раритет/

C-47A (N 292853) в пассажирском варианте особого назначения. НИИ ВВС, конец 1945.
Авиация и Время 1999-05 / С.Смирнов, К.Удалов, Р.Мараев - "Дуглас" Лисунова /Монография/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: СССР-Л1201
C-47, эксплуатировавшиеся по окончании войны в СССР, после выработки ресурса "родных" двигателей оснащались советскими моторами. Этой машине достались М-88

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-03
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K-684
Air Pictorial 1977-10 / P.Thompson - The R.Danish A.F. Today
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K-683
Dakota K-683, c/n. 19677, ex-R. Norwegian A.F., serves with Esk721 and is seen in the current olive drab scheme with dayglo panels. Picture was taken at Vaerlese in 1975
Air Pictorial 1977-10 / P.Thompson - The R.Danish A.F. Today
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K-681
Close-up of nose of Dakota K-681, c/n. 19664, at Vaerlose in late 1975. Note badge of Esk721 behind cockpit window. When applied to aircraft, squadron shields, as depicted above, are incorporated into a crowned badge with wings symbolising movement

Air International 1984-06

Dakota K38 of the Force Aerienne Beige in the original unpainted metal finish
Air International 1984-06

K1 in the later white-top finish with red trim.
Air International 1984-06

The second of two NASARR-equipped Dakotas, K40.
Air-Britain Archive 1981-02 / 1 - Belgium (OO-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (6)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-SNC
Douglas C-47B-25-DK OO-SNC (883) the Belgian Government, Ministry of Works, operated this Dakota from the Melsbroek air base where it was photographed on 7.7.71 by G.Cassiman.
Air-Britain Archive 1982-01 / 1 - Belgium (OO-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (9)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-SMC
A rare shot of C-47B OO-SMC (1128) in short-lived civil marks.

Мировая Авиация 173

C-47 в турецких ВВС эксплуатировались до 1995 года как самолеты радио- и радиотехнической разведки. На снимке - самолет с обозначениями, применявшимися до 1973 года.
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1987-04

A line-up of Royal Pakistan Air Force types in the late 1940s including an Auster V, Harvard, Tempest II and Dakota.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker Tempest - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943 North American T-6 Texan / AT-6 Harvard - СШАUSA - 1935 Taylorcraft Auster - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939
Air-Britain Archive 1995-04 / The de Havilland DH.114 Heron /The Whole Truth/ (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TC-TUG
Two D.H.Y. Herons, TC-HUN c/n 14066 and TC-HAT c/n 14060, with C-47A TC-TUG c/n 20115 at Istanbul in 1955/6

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Heron / D.H.114 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1950
История Авиации 30 / Д.Кондратков - Натовский междусобойчик на Кипре /Авиация в локальных войнах/

Выброс десанта с турецких C-47

Авиация и Время 2002-01 / М.Жирохов, Д.Шевчук - ВВС Израиля, 1948-49гг. (3)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 4X-FNZ
Израильтяне применяли "Дакоты" и по их прямому назначению, и в качестве бомбардировщиков
Air Pictorial 1958-02
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 4X-FAK
Judging by the number of D.F. loops on top of the fuselage, the Israeli Dakota 3, 4X-FAK, which visited Blackbushe during the month, is a navigational trainer bent on outdoing the Valetta T.3 in the matter of dorsal impedimenta.
Aviation Historian 15 / S.Aloni - The Pick-up Artist

Douglas C-47 "1409” of 103 Squadron was used throughout Operation Yarkon for transport duties. From November 1948 all IAF aircraft types were given a four-digit serial, the first two numbers representing the aircraft type - "04” for the Piper Cub/Super Cub, “14” for the C-47 etc - and the second pair representing the individual airframe.
Aviation Historian 15 / S.Aloni - The Pick-up Artist

A Nord Noratlas and a pair of C-47s of the IAF’s 103 Squadron at Solomon Field, Sharm el-Sheikh, in November 1956, towards the end of Operation Kadesh - the Israeli occupation of Sinai, for which Yarkon had been a prelude.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Nord Nord 2500 Noratlas - ФранцияFrance - 1949

Air Enthusiast 2007-07 / D.Nicolle - Fury over Palestine /Post-war conflict/ (3)

A Dakota and a Spitfire over Tel Aviv. This photo is often said to illustrate an Israeli fighter in the process of shooting down an Egyptian bomber. In reality it almost certainly shows the REAF 'bomber' with one of the pair of escorting Spitfires.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941
Air International 1982-05 / ??? - Egypt: an air power in transition (2)

C-47 816 of the REAF in Cyprus shortly after the Palestine War. This machine is known to have flown a bombing sortie from al-Arish on July 14, 1948.
The REAF acquired a number of ex-USAAF C-47 Dakotas that had been abandoned at Paine Field, Cairo, at the end of WWII and were subsequently rebuilt. The C-47s were employed as makeshift bombers during the first Arab-lsraeli conflict.
Air Enthusiast 2007-07 / D.Nicolle - Fury over Palestine /Post-war conflict/ (3)

Dakota 815 was only used as a transport during the Palestine War and was left in its overall bare metal finish apart from a black anti-dazzle panel in front of the windscreen.
Air Enthusiast 2007-07 / D.Nicolle - Fury over Palestine /Post-war conflict/ (3)

Egyptian Dakota 818 glimpsed from behind the first Hawker Fury (702).

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker Fury / Sea Fury - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944
Air Enthusiast 2007-07 / D.Nicolle - Fury over Palestine /Post-war conflict/ (3)

Fg Off Shalabi al-Hinnawi and an unnamed colleague in front of one of the REAF's uncamouflaged transport Dakotas at al-Arish in 1948.

Air Pictorial 1977-12 / A.Heape - Aviation Africa '77
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VP-YKP
An interesting visitor to Lanseria was this Douglas DC-3 of No. 3 Squadron, Rhodesian A.F. It was formerly VP-YKP of Air Rhodesia
Авиация и Космонавтика 2018-09 / В.Морозов - В желтой, жаркой Африке: Авиация Родезии и Зимбабве (1)

Тренировки парашютистов родезийского эскадрона SAS в тренировочном центре в Нью-Саруме, 1963 г. На заднем плане видна «Дакота» RRAF в ранней, серебристо-белой окраске
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1989-01 / Royal Rhodesian Air Force 1954-1980

[Royal Rhodesian Air Force] A line-up of Dakotas of No.3 Squadron at New Sarum in 1965

Мировая Авиация 173
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 9O-AEG
ВВС Заира - так в 1971-1997 годах именовалось нынешнее государство Конго - получили свои C-47 в 1971 году и эксплуатировали наряду с экс-португальскими C-54.
Air Pictorial 1976-03 / J.Wegg - Angola - a last look?
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CR-LDK [2], G-AIRH [2], ZS-DDC [2]
CTA DC-3 CR-LDK, c/n. 12445, ex ZS-DDC, G-AIRH
Air Pictorial 1976-03 / J.Wegg - Angola - a last look?
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CR-LBL
Engineless DC-3 CR-LBL, withdrawn from use at Luanda, still carries DTA titles as well as TAAG emblem.
Авиация и Время 2007-02 / Р.Уррибаррес - Посланцы Фиделя (Кубинские авиаторы в Анголе. 1975-1976гг.) (1)

Три "Норатласа" и один DC-3 из Транспортной эскадрильи на стоянке аэропорта Луанда

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Nord Nord 2500 Noratlas - ФранцияFrance - 1949
Aviation Historian 14

Congo crisis: A line-up of ONUC (Organisation des Nations Unies au Congo) aircraft at Kamina in January 1963 - Philippine Air Force North American F-86 Sabres and Swedish Air Force (Flygvapnet) Saab J 29Bs on the right, and Imperial Iranian Air Force F-86 Sabres nearest the camera. A Douglas DC-3 and two Sikorsky UH-19 helicopters complete the group.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: North American F-86 Sabre - СШАUSA - 1947 SAAB Tunnan / J-29 - ШвецияSweden - 1948 Sikorsky UH-19 / HO4S / S-55 Chickasaw - СШАUSA - 1949
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan

ONU 218 drones across the Congolese skies in December 1962, photographed by a Flygvapnet Saab S 29C Tunnan reconnaissance jet.
АвиаМастер 2002-01 / М.Жирохов - "Инвэйдеры" охотились на "Львов" /Горячая точка/

Кроме "Тексана", в кадр попала заходящая на посадку "Дакота" и вертолет "Шони".

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: North American T-6 Texan / AT-6 Harvard - СШАUSA - 1935 Piasecki H-21 Shawnee - СШАUSA - 1952

Air-Britain Archive 1987-01 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (4)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SE-CAZ
C-47 SE-CAZ in the process of being converted into IEAF '703' in Sweden, presumably late in 1957.
Air-Britain Archive 1987-01 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (4)

Another view of C-47 '703' at Addis Ababa - but is this the same aircraft?

Air International 1976-05 / ??? - Winged springbok takes on muscle

A colourfully-marked C-47 employed by No 25 Squadron at Ysterplaat for target-towing duties.
Air Pictorial 1977-12 / A.Heape - Aviation Africa '77

C-47 Dakota 6877 of No. 25 Squadron. Ysterplaat, near Cape Town, with yellow and black stripes denoting its target-tug role
Air Enthusiast 1973-03 / ??? - Winged springbok: ... then South African Air Force today

Elderly types still operated by the SAAF in the transport role and on general duties include the Douglas C-47
Мировая Авиация 168

ЮАР использовала Dakota, поскольку других подходящих самолетов не было. Самолеты стали ветеранами войны в буше, использовались в качестве VIP-транспортов большой дальности и даже "пережили" самолеты Transall.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-06 / M.Oakey - Fifty not out!

HERMAN POTGIETER'S photograph, taken in December 1984, depicts a Douglas C-47 of 25 Sqn SAAF.
Авиация и Время 2007-02 / Р.Уррибаррес - Посланцы Фиделя (Кубинские авиаторы в Анголе. 1975-1976гг.) (1)

Для снабжения войск ЮАР по мере их продвижения на север Анголы использовались легендарные "Дакоты"
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-12 / News Spotlight

This South African Air Force Dakota flew 10,000 philatelic commemorative covers from the Air Force Base Swartkop to Sishen on October 6, 1979, to mark the 30th Anniversary of the ending of the Berlin Airlift. Costing 1 Rand plus postage, the covers are available from Cmdt B. de Wet, SAAF Museum, Air Force Headquarters, Private Bag X199, Pretoria 0001.

Air Pictorial 2000-05 / D.Nicolle - Canberra down!

A Canberra taking off from Akrotiri during the 1956 Suez War. The aircraft is probably a PR.7 of No 13 Sqn, or from the 58 Sqn flight attached to No 13 during the crisis, since these were the only Canberras based at Akrotiri at that time. It carries yellow and black ‘invasion stripes’, as do the French C-47 Dakotas in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: English Electric / BAE Canberra - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1949
Мировая Авиация 173

C-47 приняли активное участие в войне в Индокитае, после чего они оказались в ВВС Лаоса, Вьетнама и Камбоджи. На снимке - самолет из авиатранспортной группы GT II/62 "Franche Comte".
Мировая Авиация 163

C-47 в первой вьетнамской войне. Япония еще не была повержена, а французские военные уже направила в Индокитай три Douglas C-47 - передовой отряд войсковой группировки с задачей восстановить контроль над бывшей колонией. Вместе с самолетами AAC.1 Toucan (Junkers Ju 52/3m) эти самолеты составляли ядро французских ВВС. И хотя их боевая нагрузка была относительно небольшой, зато C-47 были просты и надежны в эксплуатации, поэтому идеально подходили для Юго-Восточной Азии того времени.
Мировая Авиация 163
История Авиации 2000-04 / М.Райдер - Пылающее небо Кохинхины /Неизвестная война/

Экипажи транспортных "Дакот" в ходе Индокитайского конфликта не только не зачехляли двигатели, а частенько питались и даже спали в своих кабинах...

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05

The Royal Canadian Air Force has operated the C-47 in a variety of roles. After more than 30 years they still maintain a small number in reserve for general transport duties.
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / M.O'Leary - Flight into history

April 1, 1989 marked the ceremonial retirement at CFB Winnipeg of the remaining nine Douglas Dakotas of 402 Sqn, Canadian Armed Forces - the last Nato air force to operate the type. As part of the farewell celebrations two of the Daks swapped their standard markings (seen here on aircraft 12938) for more nostalgic colour schemes.
Мировая Авиация 168

Канадские ВВС использовали самолеты в роли транспортных - машины были окрашены по характерной схеме, с "молнией" на борту. Dakota также поступили на вооружение 103-й спасательной эскадрильи (Ньюфаундленд).
Air Pictorial 1957-09 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

OXYDOL YELLOW AND BLACK. Rarely illustrated Royal Canadian Air Force air gunnery target-towing aircraft, familiarly known as "Oxydols" after the branded soap powder's yellow-and-black carton, is a Douglas Dakota TT. Mk. 3 (R.C.A.F. serial 660), at Sea Island, Vancouver, B.C.
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / M.O'Leary - Flight into history

Further view of specially-painted Dak 12963
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / M.O'Leary - Flight into history
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FZ671 [2]
Aircraft 12944, formerly FZ671, was repainted in the D-Day colours of 437 Sqn in Europe in 1944-45, while its hangar-mate 12963 (shown here) wore the Burma colours of 435/436 Sqn of the same period.

Мировая Авиация 163
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: A65-83
Поступив в начале Второй мировой войны в четыре эскадрильи, Dakota находился на вооружении австралийских ВВС более 50 лет. После войны самолеты привлекались к операциям в Малайе и Корее.
Мировая Авиация 163

Dakota австралийских ВВС следует над Малаккским проливом по направлению к авиабазе Буттерворт. Австралия поддерживала Dakota в летном состоянии вплоть до 1970-х годов, заменив их на C-130 Hercules и DHC-4 Caribou.
Air International 1994-08 / M.Wright - The Royal Australian Air Force
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: A65-86 [2]
Last RAAF operator of the venerable Dakota is the Edinburgh-based Aircraft Research & Development Unit which was scheduled to retire its last five examples in 1982 - 12 years later four of these still soldier on with the unit, including A65-86 illustrated here! The type has seen continuous RAAF operation since 1939 with some 127 examples having seen service at one time or another, together with ten DC-2s.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-02 / Douglas C-47B A65-71/43-49870 /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: A65-71 [5], VH-CIN [5]
A65-71 in the colours of the Transport Support Flight, Butterworth, Malaysia, shortly after its return to Australia.
Aeroplane Monthly 1994-02 / D.O'Brien - One flew south

Another view of the partially black-painted Avro 707A, this time on the ground at Laverton in company with an RAAF Dakota.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Type 707 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1949
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-02 / Douglas C-47B A65-71/43-49870 /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-CIN [5], A65-71 [5]
A rare flying shot of A65-71 taken towards the end of World War Two.
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-02 / Douglas C-47B A65-71/43-49870 /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-CIN [5], A65-71 [5]
Aeroplane Monthly 1985-02 / Douglas C-47B A65-71/43-49870 /Preservation Profile/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-CIN [5], A65-71 [5]
A65-71 photographed in 1981 when it was repainted in the wartime colours of 37 Squadron.

Air Pictorial 1978-01
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NZ3551 [2]
On 12th November 1977 the Douglas Dakota was officially retired from R.N.Z.A.F. service after a career spanning 34 years. One of the R.N.Z.A.F.'s last Dakotas, NZ3551, is seen at Woodbourne with Hawker Siddeley Andover C.1 NZ7628 which has replaced it as VIP aircraft in No. 42 Squadron

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker-Siddeley Andover / HS.748 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1960
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-02
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: A65-122, NZ3543 [2], NZ3546, NZ3550
John Havers submits this photograph of Dakotas (left to right) A65-122 of 86 Transport Wing, RAAF, NZ3546, ’3543 and ’3550 of the RNZAF’s No 41 Squadron. The last three were sold in 1952-53, and A65-122 was sold in 1965. Can anyone name the date and location of the photograph?
Мировая Авиация 168
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NZ3551 [2]
Новозеландские ВВС также использовали Dakota длительное время - 49 машин были получены в годы Второй мировой войны, но последние самолеты сняли с эксплуатации в 1977 году.
Air Enthusiast 2001-07 / T.Spencer - Land of the Rising Sun
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NZ3543 [2]
Support from home for the RNZAF contingent of BCOF came from the Dakotas of 41 Squadron, such as NZ3543 in 1947.

Мировая Авиация 173

413-я транспортная эскадрилья вьетнамских ВВС использовала C-47 в качестве VIP-транспортных. Данный C-47 был приписан к командующему II корпуса и базировался в Плейку.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2019-05 / В.Морозов - Авиация во Вьетнамской войне (1)

Линейка основных самолетов, которые поставлялись VNAF. Слева направо: L-19 (Helio Courier ???), T-28, B-26B, C-47, C-46 и C-123. Авиабаза Тан Шон Нят, начало 1960-х гг.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Curtiss-Wright C-46 / CW-20 Commando - СШАUSA - 1940 Douglas A-26 / B-26 Invader - СШАUSA - 1942 Fairchild C-123 Provider - СШАUSA - 1949 Helio Courier - СШАUSA - 1949 North American T-28 Trojan - СШАUSA - 1949

Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service

C-47 T.3.-43 ‘77-73’ was one of the first to join the Jerez de la Frontera-based Escuela de Polimotores in 1962. Note the owl badge under the cockpit and the 'Pedros' in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: CASA 2-111 - ИспанияSpain - 1943
Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service

T3-2 ended its life serving with the High Staff Group’s 911 Squadron at Getafe. Cuatro Vientos, August 1978.
Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service

T.3-42 serving 745 Squadron at Matacan as ‘745-42’ in August 1974.
Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service

No.744 Squadron was the companion unit of 745 Squadron, within the Multi-Engined School at Matacan during the C-47 epoch. T.3-64 ‘744-64’ at Matacan, August 1974.
Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service

Beyond use with 745 Squadron, T.3-42 joined 911 Squadron, illustrating the code change involved. Getafe, August 1974.
Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service

The Air Academy’s T.3-12 ‘792-6’ awaits overhaul at the Maestranza Aerea de Madrid, Cuatro Vientos, August 1976.
Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service

Flying training demands were such that 745 Squadron could not find the time to put their code on T.3-67 before the aircraft was finally withdrawn. Cuatro Vientos, August 1976.
Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service

In spite of the ‘461-46’ code denoting 461 Squadron, T.3-46 was flown by 721 Squadron prior to being stored at Maestranza Aerea de Madrid, Cuatro Vientos, August 1976.
Мировая Авиация 173

Первые два испанских C-47 (обозначались как T.3) были получены в 1947 году - ВВС получили два самолета от компании "Iberia". Всего было приобретено 67 самолетов, последние 11 машин были получены от "Iberia" в 1966 году.
Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service

T.3-31 served with 461 Squadron, initially coded ‘461-27’ and then ‘461-31’, from October 1970 to December 1974.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-05 / Personal album

South Arabian Air Force Douglas C-47, serial number 203, at Hum on October 17, 1967.
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-05 / Personal album

South Arabian Air Force Douglas C-47, serial number 203, photographed at Khormaksar, Aden in November 1967.
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-05 / Personal album

South Arabian Air Force fuselage markings on a Douglas C-47, Khormaksar, Aden, 1967.

Air Pictorial 1957-11
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: GA+109
Pride of place among foreign military visitors to Blackbushe undoubtedly went to the Luftwaffe Dakota 4.
Мировая Авиация 55

Авиация являлась ключевым элементом в попытке Голландии сохранить контроль над Ост-Индией. В "полицейской акции" в декабре 1947 года использовались десантники, но ее успех только усилил последующую активность партизан.
Мировая Авиация 173

Первый из восьми шведских C-47, получивших обозначение Tp 79, был получен в 1949 году. 13 июня 1952 года один самолет-разведчик Tp 79 сбит над Балтикой советским истребителем МиГ-15.
Air Pictorial 1977-11 / M.Hooks - Finland's Air Show
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: DO-10
DO-10 is one of several C-47 Dakotas still used by Ilmavoimat
Air Enthusiast 1998-01 / R.Niccoli - Atlantic Sentinels

Douglas C-47 250 (ex-USAAF 43-15037) was interned in 1943 and remained as the only Dakota in service until 1953.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 01 - A review of the world's air power during the years 1944-45

Mules being loaded into a Dakota of the Balkan Air Force for transport to Yugoslavia for the use of Partisans in mountain warfare.
Мировая Авиация 173

Греческие ВВС получили C-47 из разных источников, включая и британские ВВС. Греческие Dakota принимали участие в операции ООН в Корее.
Авиация и Время 2002-03 / А.Котлобовский, М.Жирохов - Пылающий Индостан (1)

Одна из пакистанских "Дакот" над горами в Кашмире
Air Enthusiast 1999-07 / L.Hellstrom - Air War in Paradise
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: T-442
[Indonesia] The C-47 was the most numerous operational aircraft of the AURI. T-442 was inherited from the Dutch and is seen in early post-independence markings
Aviation Historian 15 / G.Ellis - Brothers in Arms

Ground support for the RAF’s operations in Zambia was vital and President Kaunda put his small fleet of Douglas C-47s at the disposal of the British forces. Here sundry items of equipment are unloaded by RAF Regiment personnel from a Zambia Air Force C-47 at Lusaka in 1966.
Мировая Авиация 173

Армейская авиация Уганды эксплуатировала как минимум семь C-47, включая бывшие израильские машины. Считается, что многие C-47 были затем возвращены Израилю.
Air-Britain Archive 1987-01 / 6 - Uruguay (CX-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (17)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CX-BHP
[Uruguay] Douglas C-47B CX-BHP engineless and presumably withdrawn from service. In the colour original the two parallel bands on the rudder are blue, the diagonal red. Undersides are grey with a narrow black line on the fuselage and black serial T-516 on the nose.
Aeroplane Monthly 1988-10 / M.Oakey - Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 5B-CBD [2], FD901 [2], G-AGHM [2], VP-KGI [2]
Recently installed atop a traffic roundabout in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is Douglas DC-3 5B-CBD (c/n 9623). Formerly 42-23761, FD901, G-AGHM and VP-KGI, it served with BOAC, BEA, Skyways and Cambrian before being sold in Cyprus. It fell derelict at Jeddah, but was restored by Saudia to represent the airline’s first type.
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-02 / Personal album
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: PP-VBB, KN338
Dakota PP-VBB has its Brazilian markings barely visible above the wartime camouflage. The RAF serial number, KN338 can be distinguished just forward of the tailplane. The Dakota is seen at Croydon on January 4, 1947.
Мировая Авиация 173
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: T-103
После войны Аргентина получила большое количество C-47 и C-54, последние использовались в качестве связных 5-й авиабригадой до начала 1990-х годов.
Air International 1984-02 / S.Huertas - The Chilean Air Force ... an air arm with a problem

Some two dozen C-47s have been used by the FACh and several remain in service
История Авиации 2000-02 / М.Райдер - Последний бой "Мустангов" и "Корсаров" /Авиация в локальных войнах/

Из-за эмбарго на поставку оружия объявленного США сальвадорцы использовали в качестве бомбардировщиков "Дакоты", а гондурасцы в качестве перехватчиков "Трояны", причем последние оказались довольно эффективны даже в руках резервистов.
Мировая Авиация 173
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FAP-203
Панама получила от ВВС США два C-47 (FAP-203 и FAP-204), включая и этот C-47A-DL (в ВВС США - 43-15970). В 1969-1984 годах панамские ВВС располагали пятью машинами.
Мировая Авиация 173
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FAH309
Гондурас располагал транспортными C-47 и ганшипами AC-47, причем со временем часть транспортных самолетов получила турбовинтовые двигатели.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2023-12 / В.Морозов - Воздушная война во Вьетнаме (42)

Механизированное подразделение армии ДРВ в аэропорту Тан Шон Нят. Слева видна стоянка C-47. Сайгон, 9 мая 1975 г.
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-03 / J.Frazer - Powder Puff pilots (1)

Female Chinese Air Force pilots and crew at Peking airfield in March 1952 - according to the caption on the original print.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Douglas C-47C Skytrain Transport fitted with Edo amphibian float gear.
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-11 / ??? - Sea boots

In 1943 Douglas produced the sole XC-47C, 42-5671, a C-47 fitted with Edo amphibious type floats. The floats had nose wheels in addition to wheels under the steps, and each housed a 300gal fuel tank.
Aeroplane Monthly 1983-11 / ??? - Sea boots
Aviation Historian 4 / D.Stringer - Fly America! (2)

In 1958 Trans-Texas Airways modified its fleet of DC-3s to its HiPer (high-performance) standard, incorporating mainwheel-well doors, streamlined oil cooler fairings and modified engine cowlings, increasing the type’s cruising speed by some 26 m.p.h. The upgraded aircraft were given the soubriquet “Super Starliners”.
Air Pictorial 1957-12 / Air Pictorial's photo-review
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1075M
A visitor to London Airport recently an AiResearch DC-3 modified to Maximizer standard with close cowls, spinners, revised nose and fully-enclosed main wheels. This DC-3 is owned by the Richfield Oil Company of Texas. Registration N1075M.
Air Pictorial 1957-12 / Air Pictorial's photo-review
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CF-DJT
DE LUXE DC-3. More and more Douglas DC-3s are being modernised in the U.S.A., by AiResearch Aviation Service Coy. (Garrett Corpn.), Remmert-Werner Inc., and others. Photo: A modified DC-3 belonging to Avro Aircraft Ltd. (CF-DJT, c/n. 19039), Note the new, small-diameter cowlings.
Aviation Historian 30 / E.Wild - Say Cheese! (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMYW [8], KN497 [8]
DC-3 G-AMYW (c/n 33020) Joined the Hunting fleet in August 1953.
Air Pictorial 1956-06 / Air Pictorial's photo-review
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMYW [8], KN497 [8]
BIRDCAGE DAKOTA. Extraordinary things sometimes bedeck aeroplanes, but none can be stranger than this selection of geophysical detection devices on top and each side of G-AMYW, a Dakota 4 (ex-44-76688/1945). Note also the "stinger" behind tail. This Hunting Aerosurveys, Ltd. Dakota will operate in Africa. Our thanks to the many readers who sent in photographs of it.
Aviation Historian 30 / E.Wild - Say Cheese! (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMYW [8], KN497 [8]
G-AMYW fitted with the full complement of electromagnetic equipment, including the “bird”, MAD boom and “Meccano set” attached to the fuselage. The author recalls the latter: “It had a distinct ‘whistling’ airflow, Some said it could be made to produce a tune by varying the aircraft’s speed. We often got comments from air traffic control when taxying - ‘did you make it yourself?’ etc”.
Air Pictorial 1958-03 / Air Pictorial's photo-review
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMYW [8], KN497 [8]
Hunting Aerosurveys' combined-geophysics Dakota 4 (G-AMYW; ex-44-76688) is now flying in further modified form. Compare with ground view in June 1956 "Photo Review": gone are the trio of dorsal "derricks", but additionally there is a ventral D/F loop housing.
Aviation Historian 30 / E.Wild - Say Cheese! (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMYW [8], KN497 [8]
Without the "bird", but with a magnetic anomaly detector (MAD) boom protruding from the tail (unfortunately cropped from this photograph!), G-AMYW taxies out for another sortie. Hunting Surveys Ltd was formed in late 1959 with the merging of Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd and Hunting Geophysics Ltd, the names of both of which are seen beneath the Hunting legend in this photograph, dating it as taken before the merger.
Aviation Historian 30 / E.Wild - Say Cheese! (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMYW [8], KN497 [8]
Used extensively for airborne mineral survey work, G-AMYW was fitted with various configurations of electromagnetic equipment, including “the bird” - a magnetometer on an 80ft (25m) cable stowed on the underside of the fuselage just aft of the trailing edge, as seen here.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-01 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (19)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AWO
In the late sixties this ex-NZNAC C-47 ZK-AWO was converted for topdressing operations with Airland (NZ) Ltd.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-02 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (20)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AZA [3], VQ-FBF [3]
Agricultural Dakota ZK-AZA in James Aviation Ltd colours at Hamilton on 8.1.75.
Air Pictorial 1958-08 / Photo Review
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AZL [2], NZ3518 [2]
SEEING IS BELIEVING. New Zealand provide unusual conversion. This crop-duster Douglas C-47B Dakota (c/n. 33316; ZK-AZL, ex-R.N.Z.A.F. NZ3518 and formerly U.S.A.F. 44-76984) is owned by James Aviation Ltd., and is known as the "Hi Land Duster". Note huge mobile crane and unique loader.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-02 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (20)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-AZL [2], NZ3518 [2]
James Avn's ZK-AZL was the first C-47 topdresser in NZ
Air-Britain Archive 1993-04 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (44)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-CHV
Airland (NZ) Ltd SC-47D ZK-CHV converted for topdressing, being loaded from a modified Bedford truck at Paraparaumu in 1971.
Air-Britain Archive 1992-01 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (38)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-BYF
Topdressing C-47 ZK-BYF in Airland markings.
Air-Britain Archive 1992-01 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (38)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-BYD
C-47 Viewmaster conversion ZK-BYD is clearly marked "Airlines of New Zealand" and carries no name.
Air-Britain Archive 1992-01 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (38)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-BYE
Correctly attired in full South Pacific Airlines of NZ titles and named "Jean Batten", this is the second SPANZ Viewmaster ZK-BYE.
Air-Britain Archive 1992-03 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (39)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-CAW [5], VH-ANM [5], VQ-FAI [5]
ZK-CAW was a Viewmaster conversion, shown here in Mt Cook colours without engines, probably awaiting further conversion for topdressing with Fieldair.
Air-Britain Archive 1980-03 / 2 - Fiji (VQ-F DQ-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VQ-FAI [5], VH-ANM [5], ZK-CAW [5]
VQ-FAI(2) shortly after commencement of lease and still without titles. Larger Viewmaster windows are clearly visible
Мировая Авиация 168

Компания "Hayes" в 1953 году переоборудовала 26 самолетов в вариант AC-47D дли калибровки навигационной аппаратуры (в период вьетнамской войны это обозначение присвоили ганшипам).
Air Pictorial 1957-09

SHORT CIRCUITS & BUMPS. Taking the prize for the "Dak with the mostest" is this U.S. Navy Douglas R4D-6Q (Q for Electronic Devices) utilised as a flying classroom for Radar Observer training. Note the thimble-nose radome, two ventral radomes and the just-visible dorsal radome immediately behind the cockpit. Under each wing (starboard carrier shown) may be mounted an additional radar pack. Just forward of the tailplane is the coding FAETULANT.
Air-Britain Archive 1996-04 / Extracts
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N8009, N73800, N800J, N8350C
DC-3 N8009 (c/n 25638), owned by Steven Swig and regd to Victoria Forest & Scout LLC, is based at Hayward, CA where it was photographed on 20.4.96. Ex 43-48377, BuA 17263, it was first regd N8350C which puts it in the batch sold by Chenault from China to CATI 19.12.49. No Chinese history or XT- regn is known for this aircraft which became N37800, then N800J before being regd N8009 in 1959.
Air Pictorial 1956-08
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TS423 [13], G-AGHY [13], G-DAKS [13], KG874 [13], LV-FYI [13], N147DC [13]
A new nose and paint job for DC-3, TS423.
Air Enthusiast 1972-03 / In print

EC-47P, a USAF Skytrain modified for special radio and radar calibration duties and operational in the South-East Asia theatre.
Air Enthusiast 1972-08 / ??? - Fuerza Aerea facelift

A substantial number of C-47s remain in the FAeA inventory, including this EC-47 employed for airways calibration and checking.
Мировая Авиация 173

Бразилия стала основным эксплуатантом Skytrain, получив C-47-DL, C-47A, C-47B, гражданские DC-3 и пару самолетов радио- и радиотехнической разведки EC-47. На снимке - EC-47D (2088), бывший 45-1002 из ВВС США.
Мировая Авиация 173
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: XA+116
Эскадрилья воздушной топографической съемки Люфтваффе использовала C-47 для подготовки пилотов для Lockheed Starfighter. Самолеты дислоцировались в Лагерлехфельде.
Air Pictorial 1958-08 / Spotter's Notebook
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TS423 [13], G-AGHY [13], G-DAKS [13], KG874 [13], LV-FYI [13], N147DC [13]
Airpass being fitted into the nose of Dakota TS423
Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - The Rise and Demise of a Weapon (4)

The Douglas XCG-17 was a standard C-47 transport airframe with all excess weight and unnecessary fittings removed, and was intended for a towing behind a C-54.

Air International 1993-11 / B.van der Klaauw - Going Dutch - the Aviolanda story

Initial post-war activity seen here in 1948 with bus assembly on the left. North American Harvards in the centre, Fairey Fireflies on the right and a Douglas C-47 Dakota in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fairey Firefly - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941 North American T-6 Texan / AT-6 Harvard - СШАUSA - 1935

Aeroplane Monthly 2000-01 / G.Sands, A.Brown - Wycombe warriors /Warbird air-to-air/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1944A [12], N3239W [12]
This view of the main instrument panel illustrates the exceptional condition of the Dakota. The instruments have remained virtually unchanged from the time the aircraft was rolled off the production line in 1944.
Aviation Historian 17 / B.Turpin - Out on a Lympne (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMRA [2]
A composite of several photographs of the cockpit of Air Atlantique’s Dakota G-AMRA, which, as the author explains, “remains pretty much as the Skyways cockpits were - fairly tatty with a lot of old instrumentation; the artificial horizons here are new, unlike ours, which were the same as those fitted to Chipmunks - or indeed Lancasters!"
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-08 / A.Balch - Greek Gooney graveyard

The cockpit of Dakota 92613 with all the instruments stripped out.
Air Enthusiast 2007-07 / F.Mormillo - Model Performer /History on the wing/

The cockpit of 'Darla Dee'.
Air Enthusiast 2007-07 / F.Mormillo - Model Performer /History on the wing/

Don Gryder in the cockpit of his DC-3A.
Air International 2019-05 / Airscene

Event director and founder of Daks over Normandy, Peter Braun.
Aviation Historian 12 / J.Stroud - Over the Pass and Down the Valley... /The John Stroud Archive/

Approaching the Lawarai Pass as seen from the cockpit of the DC-3. A minimum altitude of 12,500ft (3,800m) had to be reached before a crossing of the pass could be attempted. The crews always used oxygen for this part of the journey, although this was not necessary when the pressurised P-27 took over flying the route.
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-12 / J.Stroud - A million miles flown /A lifetime of flying/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-EBU [3]
Mount Yule in Papua from the flight deck of QEA’s Douglas C-47A VH-EBU on November 4, 1959.
Aeroplane Monthly 1976-04 / R.Baxter - A touch of the Gregory Pecks

R.Baxter seated in the left hand seat of a Dakota.
Aviation Historian 30 / E.Wild - Say Cheese! (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMYW [8], KN497 [8]
The author in the left-hand seat of Hunting Surveys DC-3 G-AMYW at Daarin in Italian Somaliland in December 1959. Having earned his UK fixed-wing flying licence in 1951, Ed accrued more than 17,000 hours - all accident-free - in command of an aircraft over the course of his long career in commercial aviation, from DC-3 to Boeing 737.
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-01 / G.Sands, A.Brown - Wycombe warriors /Warbird air-to-air/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1944A [12], N3239W [12]
Plotting the way ahead: PPS engineer Franco Tambascia at the navigator’s desk.
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-02 / M.Bunn - Daks out East

The author photographed in a Dakota. He flew almost 1,000hr as a navigator in Daks without accident.
Flight 1936-06 / Flight

SLEEPER TRANSPORT: The interior accomodation of (left) the Douglas Sleeper Transport and (right) the D.C.3., which is the daytime flying version. Sixteen passengers are carried in the D.S.T., with four bunks in each of four compartments. At the rear are two furnished dressing-rooms, while aft of the control cabin is a steward's galley.
Aviation Historian 24 / R.Pegram - Imperial Airways. The 1930s: a cause for concern?

By the mid-1930s the level of comfort in American monoplane designs like the Douglas Sleeper Transport, forerunner of the world-beating DC-3, was light-years ahead of the spartan accommodation of Imperial’s landplanes. These two DST interior photographs show how the day configuration converted into overnight bedding.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-12 / A.Smith - Monty's Dak

The aircraft's luxurious interior, converted to incorporate many of Montgomery's own ideas.
Aviation Historian 1 / M.O'Leary - The tragedy of Flight Three

The Lombard party was flying aboard a DC-3 arranged in TWA’s Sky Club configuration, which did not have the Sky Sleeper DST’s overnight berths, but instead offered plenty of room and comfortable seating.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v3

Interior of Douglas DC-3.
Aviation Historian 17 / B.Turpin - Out on a Lympne (1)

Passengers aboard a Skyways Coach-Air Dakota in 1958. Although perhaps not the height of luxury, the accommodation in the cabin was comfortable enough, the 1 hr hop between Lympne and Beauvais being the shortest single stage of the journey. Standard crew on a coach-air service comprised two pilots and a stewardess.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-08 / M.Oakey - Vintage news
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-DAKK [4], F-GEOM [4], G-OFON [4], OK-WDU [4]
South Coast Airways’ Geraldine Dixon (left) and Vivienne Gabriel in DC-3 G-DAKK.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-12 / A.Smith - Monty's Dak

The aircraft's luxurious interior, converted to incorporate many of Montgomery's own ideas.
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-01 / G.Sands, A.Brown - Wycombe warriors /Warbird air-to-air/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1944A [12], N3239W [12]
Equipment racks behind the flight deck still house the original batteries and radio equipment.
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-01 / G.Sands, A.Brown - Wycombe warriors /Warbird air-to-air/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1944A [12], N3239W [12]
Mounted behind the left-hand seat is the battery compartment. All the instruments and gauges are original.
Aeroplane Monthly 1990-02 / M.Bunn - Daks out East

Army despatchers awaiting the green light before pushing supplies through the cargo door of a Dakota.
Aviation Historian 2 / J.Pote - Anything, Anywhere, Anytime Professionally (1)

Passengers aboard C-47B “994” during a milk run flight from Vientiane to Thakhek in February 1966. The author recalls: “The seats were extremely uncomfortable, especially on the ground with the tail down”. Note the cargo packages roped together in the centre.
История Авиации 29 / Д.Кондратков - Берлинский воздушный мост /Спецоперации/

Молоко для берлинцев. Довольно быстро от молока в бутылках отказались в пользу сухого, имевшего меньший вес
История Авиации 29 / Д.Кондратков - Берлинский воздушный мост /Спецоперации/

Мешки с мукой в грузовой кабине C-47
Aviation Historian 16 / K.Honey - In the Land of Black Gold

Some might say the only way to travel by helicopter - one of the more unusual tasks for Silver City was the transporting of helicopters to remote strips, including Bell 47 N136B, whose seats are being used to good advantage here!

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Bell H-13 Sioux / Model 47 - СШАUSA - 1945
Мировая Авиация 167

Британские парашютисты из 1-й воздушно-десантной армии готовятся к выброске с самолета Dakota около голландского города Арнем, 17 сентября 1944 года, операция "Market Garden".
Air Enthusiast 2007-07 / F.Mormillo - Model Performer /History on the wing/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AMWW [7], KN492 [7]
The starboard mainwheel hauls itself into the engine nacelle, its port-side companion already nestled away, as G-AMWW clatters away from Lympne in May 1959. By the time the author joined the company in late 1965 it was operating four Dakotas - G-AGYZ, G-AMSM, G-AMWW and G-AMWX (written off that December) - on coach-air services.
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-01 / G.Sands, A.Brown - Wycombe warriors /Warbird air-to-air/
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N1944A [12], N3239W [12]
This interior view looking aft shows the extent of work that PPS’s staff have ahead of them. The owner has requested that the rear cabin be restored to full wartime configuration. An initial inspection of some of the panels has shown there to be little corrosion within the airframe. The airline-type seats in this picture will soon be removed.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / M.Oakey, T.Harmsworth - News

The wingless Dak “flies” beneath the CH-53 en route to Fassberg on March 12, 1999.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Sikorsky CH-53 / S-65 Sea Stallion - СШАUSA - 1964
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / M.Oakey, T.Harmsworth - News

The Dak is carefully unloaded from the Airbus Beluga which flew it to Jever last June.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Airbus A300ST Beluga - InternationalInternational - 1994
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / M.Oakey, T.Harmsworth - News

The ex-Turkish Air Force Dakota after arrival at Fassberg, wearing a temporary Fassberg Flyer bannner.
Aeroplane Monthly 2000-12 / News

CLIVE AND MARK EDWARDS of Edwards Brothers Aviation at Welling, Kent, well known for the healing powers they can bring to distressed propliners, have recently rescued a Douglas C-47 from dereliction near Beale Air Force Base (AFB), California, in the USA and flown it to the Yankee Air Museum (YAM) at Chino, California.
Aeroplane Monthly 2001-06 / News
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC1945
Douglas DC-3 NC1945, seen after its move into the Airline History Museum in February 2001, is being restored to flying condition.
Aeroplane Monthly 1997-03 / M.Oakey - Vintage news

The cockpit section of former Keenair Douglas C-47 Maggie Mae (ex-wartime USAAF 42-24211, in service on D-Day) was transported to Aalsmeerderbrug near Schiphol Airport in Holland in December 1996, for permanent display at the Luchtvaart Hobby Shop.

Авиация и Время 2003-06 / А.Котлобовский, М.Жирохов - Пылающий Индостан (7)

Индийская "Дакота" расстреляна на земле пакистанским "Сейбром" (кадр ФКП)
Мировая Авиация 1

Этот самолет ВВС США C-47 потерпел катастрофу при взлете в Антарктике 25 ноября 1962 года. К счастью, повреждения оказались незначительными.
Flight 1937-11 / Flight

COINCIDENCE: In view of the comments on this page on emergency landings on one wheel, particular interest attaches to this telegraphed picture from the States, showing an American Airlines Douglas, with seven passengers on board, about to be safely landed with one wheel jammed in the "up" position. Like the R.A.F. Sergeant Pilot at Tangmere, the D.C.3 pilot circled the aerodrome for 70 minutes before coming in.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2024-03 / А.Богданов - По целям воздушным: применение средств ПВО в войне в Анголе 1975-2002 /Боевые эпизоды/ (3)

Подбитый бойцами СВАПО самолет С-47 ВВС ЮАР перед заходом на посадку. Хорошо видны повреждения в его хвостовой части
Мировая Авиация 86

Поломка шасси. Еще одной причиной аварии при посадке может стать поломка шасси, хотя на современных самолетах это уже не такое частое явление. На изображенном здесь C-47, зарегистрированном в США, произошла поломка шасси, но машину отремонтировали, и вскоре она вернулась в эксплуатацию. 5 ноября 1997 года во время посадки в аэропорту Лондон-Хитроу поломка шасси произошла на A340 компании "Virgin Atlantic" - левая основная опора шасси вышла не полностью, но экипаж сумел все же посадить авиалайнер.
Flight 1937-11 / Flight

VENTRE A TERRE: A Douglas DC3 with a temperamental undercarriage after being set down at Newark Airport at the expense of bent airscrews. The wheels of the Douglas normally protrude partly below the nacelles when the undercarriage is raised.
Aviation Historian 31 / T.Culbert - The Hump pioneers

PAA-Africa Captain Wayne Eveland and his First Officer, Millard Nasholds, stand beside C-47-DL serial 41-7729 (c/n 4208) after a Japanese air raid damaged its port tailplane at Loi Wing on April 28, 1942. It was repaired and back in service within three days. Ironically, having survived one of the harshest environments of the war, it was destroyed in a fire at Newark, New Jersey, in March 1946.
Авиация и Космонавтика 2018-10 / В.Морозов - В желтой, жаркой Африке: Авиация Родезии и Зимбабве (2)

Последние «Дакоты» ВВС Зимбабве в процессе разборки. По одним данным эти самолеты пустили в утиль, по другим - продали за рубеж в частные коллекции. Фото начала 2000-х гг.
Air-Britain Archive 1987-04 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (6)

Cessna 185A ET-AEA alongside an unidentified and wingless C-47.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Cessna 180/185 Skywagon / U-17 - СШАUSA - 1953
Air Enthusiast 1996-09 / J.Vidal - Texans in Biafra

The graveyard at Lagos-Ikeja in 1974. Left to right: former Schreiner Airways DC-7 PH-SAE, DC-3 and Whirlwind.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-7 - СШАUSA - 1953 Westland Whirlwind - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1953
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-06 / M.Oakey - Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-ANR [5], PH-AJU [5]
Douglas DC-3 VH-ANR, photographed at Camden, NSW, Australia on January 24, 1987, is now being restored to flying standard after 13yr grounded in the open. Surprisingly still complete, lacking only its ADF, VOR and manufacturers plate, ANR is possibly the only DC-3 fitted with Wright Cyclones remaining in Australia.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-02 / 6 - Uruguay (CX-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (14)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CX-BDF
PLUNA C-47-DL CX-BDF minus various vital parts after being withdrawn from use at Montevideo in 1972.
Air-Britain Archive 1990-04 / 3 - New Zealand (ZK-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (33)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ZK-BQK
C-47B "Skyliner" ZK-BQK lacking a number of vital parts such as engines and control surfaces.
Air-Britain Archive 1982-02 / U.K. C of A Applications (10)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGFZ
Another wartime casualty was BOAC Dakota G-AGFZ which was not repaired following this accident at Bromma near Stockholm on 21.4.44.
Aeroplane Monthly 1978-04 / Personal album

On May 22, 1948, Egyptian Spitfire IXs attacked Ramat David airfield three times. The first attack received no opposition, but the Egyptian pilots met fierce resistance during the successive attacks. Four Egyptian Spitfires were shot down, and four British airmen were killed. In photograph a Dakota full of kit has just received a direct hit.
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1989-02 / Air raid 1.1.45

A Dakota burns out at Evere
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan

Luckily the C-47 was tough! Although former USAF C-47A ONU 203 (c/n 20010) was badly damaged during a forced landing as a result of engine failure after take-off from Tshikapa in June 1961, as seen here, nobody aboard was injured. A later summary of ONUC accidents drew a discreet veil over this incident’s rather odd circumstances.
Air-Britain Archive 1988-04 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (9)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-AHP
EAL Douglas C-47A ET-AHP lying in a dry gully after its take-off accident at Makele on 24.8.82.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-08 / A.Balch - Greek Gooney graveyard

Еhe only uncamouflaged Greek Dakota on the damp at Sedes is 12351, painted in a VIP scheme.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-08 / A.Balch - Greek Gooney graveyard

Another view of rudderless Dakota 92627.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-08 / A.Balch - Greek Gooney graveyard

Another view of engineless Dakotas on the Sedes dump, with the VIP-painted 12351 in the background.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-08 / A.Balch - Greek Gooney graveyard

A sad sight at Sedes in April this year. Behind the rudderless Dakota in the foreground is 92627, one of the few dumped Daks still retaining its engines.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-08 / A.Balch - Greek Gooney graveyard

92623 heads a line-up of Hellenic Air Force Dakotas on the Sedes scrap dump in April 1996.
Aeroplane Monthly 1996-08 / A.Balch - Greek Gooney graveyard

Another view of Dakota 92623 on its belly, awaiting its fate.
Air-Britain Archive 1986-03 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-T-32
The former ET-T-32, C-47 "702" in IEAF markings, presumably after its takeoff accident at Bishoftu.
Air-Britain Archive 1992-04 / Casualty Compendium (47)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC58121
Dramatic shot of the New England Air Express C-47B NC58121 after its night emergency landing on the beach at Haines Bay, Bahamas without injury to the occupants who can be seen to the top right. Further details may be found in the entry for 4.10.48.
4.10.48 New England Air Express Douglas C-47B-DK NC58121 c/n 34353 destroyed by surf after emergency landing on a beach at Haines Bay in Bahamas due to shortage of fuel when en route Teterboro - San Juan PR with 19 passengers and 4 crew on board. Capt R Olivere (the company President) had intended to land at Miami for fuel. Crew believed to be asleep and a/c on autopilot but off course. All the occupants were rescued unhurt by USCG PBYs and taken to Miami.
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan

After suffering shrapnel damage during Katangese air attacks at Elisabethville in September 1961, the hulk of ONU 209 was used for accommodation by ONUC aircrews. One officer used the stripped cockpit as his personal cabin.
Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan

On September 20, 1962, former USAF C-47D ONU 202 (c/n 32532) was shot down by groundfire while on a reconnaissance mission from Kamina. The crew managed to get the aircraft down, but two passengers were killed and the aircraft burned out.
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-08 / Plane Crazy

C-47 heads.
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-06 / S.Piercey - Dakota's Rest
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGZA [5], KG420 [5]
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-06 / S.Piercey - Dakota's Rest
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGZA [5], KG420 [5]
Incredibly, no one in the Dakota or in the street was injured when this Railway Air Services aircraft dropped into No 46 Angus Drive, Ruislip.
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-06 / S.Piercey - Dakota's Rest
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGZA [5], KG420 [5]
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-06 / S.Piercey - Dakota's Rest
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AGZA [5], KG420 [5]
Air-Britain Archive 1989-04 / 8 - Greece (SX-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: SX-BAB
The wreckage of C-47A SX-BAB of TAE after it had crashed at Athens-Voula on the evening of 3rd or 4th of September 1947.
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-07 / J.McHard - Far East assignment (2)

On July 12, 1949 the Dakota, inbound from Canton, suffered brake failure. The pilot ran the Dak into the sea in order to avoid aircraft parked at the end of the runway. No-one was seriously injured.
Aeroplane Monthly 1989-07 / J.McHard - Far East assignment (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VR-HDQ [2], G-AGHU [2]
Hong Kong Airways Dakota VR-HDQ being stripped in February 1950 following its ducking.
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-05 / M.Oakey, T.Harmsworth - News

AN EX-BELGIAN Air Force Douglas Dakota is slowly falling to pieces in a field near Diest, Flanders. It is owned by Jean-Marie van Boxmeer, who acquired the C-47 in 1992, intending to restore it for static display. His plans have been revised to the extent that he was recently considering cutting the Dak into 20in x 20in pieces, painting them with Second World War images and selling them off. Only the lack of a willing artist saved the aircraft from an atrocious end.
Aeroplane Monthly 1981-05 / Plane Crazy
Air Enthusiast 1996-07 / J.Grant - From Three to Two. Australian use of the Do 24 and PBM-3

Three Mariners on a slipway undergoing maintenance with a forlorn C-47 in the foreground.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Martin PBM Mariner / Type 162 - СШАUSA - 1939
Air-Britain Archive 1987-03
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FP502
From Dave Becker in South Africa we received several of the African photos used in the Dornier Do 27 monograph. Among the negatives we found the photo taken at Maputo in Macambique on 19.6.85. At the rear is C-47 FP-502 of F.A.M., next is ex-F.A.P. Harvard 1788 and then Do 27 3448 (c/n 233) of the F.P.L.M. We include the photo partly because of the overall interest (shamelessly to plug the Do 27 book!) and partly in the hope that Dave or any other of our readers in the region can help in identifying the Tiger!

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Tiger Moth / D.H.82 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931 Dornier Do.25 / Do.27 - ГерманияGermany - 1954 North American T-6 Texan / AT-6 Harvard - СШАUSA - 1935
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1987-01 / R.A.F. Sharjah. The Post-war Years
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: AP-AAD
The wreck of Orient Airlines DC-3 AP-AAD after its crash of 2 August 1953
Air-Britain Archive 1986-02 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-T-1
ET-T-1 badly damaged after its accident on 13.1.62.
Air-Britain Archive 1988-04 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (9)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-AGR
The rather sad remains of EAL/RRC Air C-53D ET-AGR at Jijiga airfield after it had been destroyed in an air raid in July 1977.
Air-Britain Archive 1994-01 / Casualty Compendium (52)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AJVZ
The remains of Air Transport Charter C-47A G-AJVZ which crashed taking off from Ringway in the early hours of 27.3.51. That night's snow had clearly melted by the time this photo was taken.
27.3.51 Douglas C-47A G-AJVZ c/n 19361 "St Saviour" of Air Transport Charter, owner Lamberts Trust, crashed after take-off at Ringway, striking a tree 600 yards from the runway at 0031 hrs. En route for Belfast with newspapers on behalf of Starways. Snow was falling with thick cloud from a front almost immediately overhead at the time. Carburettor icing blamed for this accident, heating controls were apparently not used and engines were heard to cut out. Two crew both killed.
Air-Britain Archive 1997-01 / Casualty Compendium (64)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N74663
The shattered Currey DC-3 N74663 at Burbank on 8.9.55.
8.9.55 DC-3 N74663 c/n 6257 leased by Currey Air Transport from Kearns Inc on non-scheduled flight from Burbank to Oakland with 30 passengers and 3 crew crashed when attempting emergency landing at Lockheed Air Terminal, Burbank, CA. Right engine failed after take-off and in attempting to return in poor visibility at 0757 hrs PST the left wing struck a power line and the aircraft hit two parked USAF C-54s and broke apart in front of Lockheed Service Hangar No.24. Captain Joseph A Bradsher, First Officer Keith C Dutson and one person on the ground were killed, stewardess Utta Jorgensen and 1 passenger seriously injured, others minor.
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1986-02
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KN594 [2]
KN594 was photographed at the end of August 1945 at Mingladon during the time the airfield was being extended after its capture from the Japanese. Such was the urgency in extending the runway that KN594 failed to get out of the way in time! We have not pinned down any unit for this aircraft or any reason why it got into this bizarre situation but it would be reasonable to assume that it undershot the existing airfield shortly before the photograph was taken. Some cannibalisation has been undertaken so one must assume that the forward end was sufficiently damaged to make it not worth while to salvage the airframe.
KN594 was not struck off charge until 30 May 1946. Presumably nobody could find it since the previous August. Depending on the rusting period of alclad in Burmese soil, one wonders if a dent developed later in the runway.
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-05 / Plane Crazy
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KN594 [2]
This photograph of Dakota IV KN594 has been sent in by Allan Church of Epping, Essex. On October 1, 1945 this Dak lost an engine while taking off from Mingaladon, Penang. It sank back to the ground and slid into a ditch. It was subsequently buried under the runway extension and was struck off RAF charge in May 1946.
Aeroplane Monthly 1986-01 / P.Chinnery - The Air War over Vietnam (1)

Viet Minh infantry running across Dien Bien Phu airfield on the last day of the battle, May 7, 1954. Note the wreckage of a C-47 in the background
Авиация и Космонавтика 2021-10 / В.Морозов - Авиация во Вьетнамской войне (26)

Самолеты ВВС Южного Вьетнама, сгоревшие на стоянках аэродрома Тан Шон Нят после вьетконговского обстрела в начале Тетского наступления. На переднем плане - обломки C-47 или AC-47, февраль-март 1968 г.
Air Enthusiast 1997-05 / K.Conboy - From Flying Club to Front Line

Khmer Rouge guerrillas posing in front of a civilian C-47 destroyed at Pochentong airbase, April 1975.
Air Enthusiast 2001-11 / M.Draper - Back To The Scene

Reportedly a gift from the government of Gabon in 1974, a derelict C-47. The green and yellow insignia on the nose is an uncompleted national marking of Sao Tome.
Air Enthusiast 2001-11 / M.Draper - Back To The Scene

Inside the C-47 the fuselage and cockpit is completely stripped. There are no signs of any previous operator or indeed of any identity plate or call-sign reference.
Aeroplane Monthly 1976-06 / B.Adams - South Pacific wrecks

The bullet-scarred centre fuselage section of a Douglas DC-2 or -3 which was apparently shot down on take-off near Finschhafen, New Guinea.
Авиация и Время 2013-05 / Н.Игнатьев - Горечь триумфа (2)

На месте падения "Дугласа", потерпевшего катастрофу при поисках самолета "Родина". 1990 г.
Air Enthusiast 2000-03 / D.Taylor - Trial and Error

Remnants of the 'skyshout' Dakota which was hurriedly cleared from Kuala Lumpur's only runway after having disgraced itself.
Aeroplane Monthly 1995-12 / Skywriters

The "Dump" at RAF Khormaksar, Aden, in 1952. Included is the tail of a Buckmaster, a Dakota fuselage and, in the foreground, a Bristol Brigand.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Bristol Brigand / Type 164 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944 Bristol Buckmaster / Type 166 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944
Air-Britain Archive 1988-01 / Casualty Compendium (28)

The photograph, recently acquired by John Wegg, shows the remains of a "TWA DC-2" but the visible part of the registration on the wing (NC173..) proves it to be a DC-3. The time is winter, possibly in an east coast or central state. Can anyone suggest which DC-3 ?
Aeroplane Monthly 1999-11 / J.Ringler - Ghosts of Biafra /Derelict propliners/

Although CF-NAL has lost the nosecone for its weather radar, the CANAIRELIEF nose markings remain. The high grass conceals the fact that both aircraft still stand on their undercarriages. In the foreground may be seen the wing of a derelict locally-registered DC-3.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Lockheed Super Constellation L-1049 / C-121C - СШАUSA - 1951

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-09 / Grapevine
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC14988 [3]
Page Engineering's Nigel Randall, left, with a model of the prototype DC-3 (American Airlines DST-114 NC14988). Page presented it to the Dutch Dakota Association, winners of the DC-3 Jubilee concours d'elegance at Fairford on July 14, 1985. With him is Bob Madden of McDonnell Douglas UK. Also in the picture is another 1935 classic, in the shape of B-17 Sally B.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Boeing B-17E / B-17G Flying Fortress - СШАUSA - 1941
Мировая Авиация 163
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: FAC681 [2]
C-47A Skytrain. Карьера Douglas DC-3 была, вероятно, самой продолжительной в истории авиации. Военные C-47 внесли огромный вклад в победу союзников во Второй мировой войне, а после ее окончания они оказали существенное влияние на рынок авиаперевозок и развитие ВВС разных стран мира. Простой и надежный C-47 находился в активной эксплуатации более 60 лет. Изображенный самолет в 1990-е годы принадлежал транспортной группе колумбийских ВВС, эксплуатирующих ряд машин, на которых компания "Basler" установила турбовинтовые двигатели. Также 5-6 самолетов оборудовали в ганшипы, вооружив их и оборудовав ИК-системой переднего обзора, что позволит использовать машины даже в 21-м веке.
Aviation Historian 41 / D.Stringer - Around the world in 28 days!

Welcome aboard! This contemporary United Air Lines (UAL) promotional item depicts a UAL air hostess preparing to receive passengers aboard a DC-3 “Mainliner”, which would have operated the first leg of the global service. RIGHT An April 1937 UAL timetable. At that time, the new DC-3s flew from New York only as far west as Chicago. From May 1 that year they began operating coast-to-coast.
Мировая Авиация 218
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-IRA [3]
Авиакомпания "Swissair" эксплуатировала DC-3 в 1937-1969 годах. Плакат посвящен очень популярной авиалинии Цюрих-Лондон.
Aviation Historian 34 / M.Wickstead - Czechoslovakia's "Carefully Serving Airline"

The cover of CSA’s May 1947 timetable carried an attractive design in which a plan view of a Douglas transport is arranged to represent an arrow from a bow. When CSA was reactivated after the war, the airline took delivery of a large fleet of DC-3s, most of which were from USAAF surplus supplies.
Air International 2021-10 / H.Slutsken, J.Hsu - Game changer

Interior synthetic images of the DC-3 were also created, to provide a wide variety of examples for the algorithm
Air International 2021-10 / H.Slutsken, J.Hsu - Game changer

To properly teach the app's algorithm, thousands of synthetic images of the DC-3 were created, with variations in lighting and livery
Air International 2021-10 / H.Slutsken, J.Hsu - Game changer

In these two test photos, the wire frame generated from the digital 3D model is anchored on the left, but not properly anchored on the right
Aeroplane Monthly 1993-12 / P.Hearn - 50 years of parachute training
Aeroplane Monthly 1997-02 / J.Maynard - Drawn to the skies (1)

The propellers of a Dakota whip up the dust as it tows a couple of Waco troop gliders off on a routine sortie in India in 1945. One of the Wacos is piloted by Jack Hayward, who commissioned the painting.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: WACO CG-4A Hadrian - СШАUSA - 1942
Aeroplane Monthly 1978-07 / Painted Wings

Theo Fraser's striking Glider Snatch shows a Douglas C.47 picking up a Waco Hadrian.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: WACO CG-4A Hadrian - СШАUSA - 1942
Aeroplane Monthly 1987-08 / Painted Wings

Charles Thompson's portrayal of a 31 Sqn Dakota, entitled The dawn comes up like thunder.
Aeroplane Monthly 1982-11
Aeroplane Monthly 1979-12 / News Spotlight

Philatelic commemorative cover to mark the 30th Anniversary of the ending of the Berlin Airlift. Costing 1 Rand plus postage, the covers are available from Cmdt B. de Wet, SAAF Museum, Air Force Headquarters, Private Bag X199, Pretoria 0001.
Мировая Авиация 163

Dakota Mk IV
Air International 1979-08 / Model enthusiast

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Лисунов Ли-2 / ПС-84 - РоссияRussia - 1939
Flight 1938-04 / Flight

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Bloch MB.160 Languedoc - ФранцияFrance - 1937 Boeing Boeing 314 Clipper - СШАUSA - 1938 Consolidated PBY Catalina / ГСТ / МП-7 - СШАUSA - 1935 Dewoitine D.332 / D.333 / D.338 / D.620 - ФранцияFrance - 1933 Douglas DF - СШАUSA - 1936 Focke-Wulf FW.200 Condor - ГерманияGermany - 1937 Junkers Ju.86 - ГерманияGermany - 1934 Latecoere Late 631 - ФранцияFrance - 1942 Liore et Olivier LeO H.246 - ФранцияFrance - 1937 Lockheed Super Electra 14 - СШАUSA - 1937 Martin Russian Clipper / Type 156 / ПС-30 - СШАUSA - 1937 Potez Potez 661 - ФранцияFrance - 1937 Potez-CAMS Potez-CAMS 160 / 161 - ФранцияFrance - 1938 Savoia-Marchetti / SIAI SM.83 - ИталияItaly - 1937 Sikorsky S-43 Baby Clipper/JRS/Y1OA-8 - СШАUSA - 1936 Sud-Est SE.200 - ФранцияFrance - 1943
Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1985-04 / R.A.F. Dakotas
Air Enthusiast 1996-05 / J.Vella - From Fisherman's Bend. CAC Projects, Proposals and Concepts

Three-view of the P177 military transport with (inset) a fuselage variant dated December 22, 1942.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Douglas DC-3 Commercial Transport.
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain Military Transport.
Моделист-Конструктор Военно-транспортные самолеты Второй мировой войны / В.Котельников - Военно-транспортные самолеты 1939-1945 /Самолеты Второй Мировой войны/ (6)

Douglas C-47B Skytrain
Мировая Авиация 223
Мировая Авиация 223