The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively...
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List of C-47 Skytrain operators includes the country, military service, known squadrons, and related data. The Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport...
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surviving Douglas C-47 Skytrain and variant aircraft, including the C-53 Skytrooper, C-117 and R4D. Airworthy 43-49533. LV-BEH, C-47B-15-DK c/n 15349/26794...
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On March 17, 1957, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft crashed on the slopes of Mount Manunggal on the island of Cebu, Philippines, killing 25...
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States Soekarno–Hatta Airport Skytrain, a people mover at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Indonesia Douglas C-47 Skytrain also known as the Dakota,...
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machine guns 32 × Mk 24 flares Pylon turn Related development Douglas C-47 Skytrain Douglas DC-3 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Fairchild...
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plane. Related development Basler BT-67 Douglas AC-47 Spooky Douglas C-47 Skytrain Douglas R4D-8/C-117D Douglas DC-2 Lisunov Li-2 Showa/Nakajima L2D Conroy...
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Basler BT-67 (redirect from C-47T)
of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It is a remanufactured and modified Douglas C-47 Skytrain / Douglas DC-3; the modifications are designed to significantly extend...
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C-117D Sólheimasandur Iceland Crash. Aviation portal Related development Basler BT-67 Douglas AC-47 Spooky Douglas C-47 Skytrain Douglas DC-2 Douglas...
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Korean War. Like the Douglas C-47 Skytrain derived from the DC-3, the C-54 Skymaster was derived from a civilian airliner, the Douglas DC-4. Besides transport...
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The Gremlin Special was a Douglas C-47 Skytrain that crashed during a sightseeing flight over the Baliem Valley (also known as Shangri-La valley) in New...
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The Douglas XCG-17 was an American assault glider, developed by the conversion of a C-47 Skytrain twin-engine transport during World War II. Although...
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Force, and the C-9B Skytrain II for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The final flight of the C-9A Nightingale was in September 2005, and the C-9C was retired...
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List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 (redirect from List of accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3)
and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2. Military accidents...
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Albatross or gooney bird Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Gooney Bird, a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner Gooney Bird...
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That's All, Brother (category Douglas DC-3)
That's All, Brother is a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft (the military version of the civilian DC-3) that led the formation of 800 others from which approximately...
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On 21 November 1973, a Douglas C-117D transport aircraft operated by the United States Navy crashed onto Sólheimasandur [is] beach in southern Iceland...
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On 19 June 2010, a vintage Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from Berlin Schönefeld Airport for a sightseeing flight over...
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R5C. The C-46 filled similar roles as its Douglas-built counterpart, the C-47 Skytrain, with some 3,200 C-46s produced to approximately 10,200 C-47s. After...
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C-47D crash was an aviation accident that occurred on July 12, 1951. During the execution of instrument landing procedures, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain of...
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known as the C-47 Skytrain or "Dakota" in British service. Many Douglas aircraft have long service lives. During World War II, Douglas joined the BVD...
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involving the Douglas DC-3A that have taken place since 1 January 2000, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Basler...
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On 24 January 1974, a Togo Air Force Douglas C-47 Skytrain carrying several notable political figures crashed at an isolated location near the village...
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first people to parachute onto the North Pole. They jumped from a Douglas C-47 Skytrain, registered CCCP H-369. On 3 May 1952, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant...
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War I to the present. The flagship aircraft of the museum is a Douglas C-47 Skytrain called "TICO Belle" which returned to flying status in July 2009...
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The aircraft involved was a Douglas C-47A Skytrain, that was manufactured in 1943 in Long Beach, California, by Douglas Aircraft Company. From 1944,...
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Macchi C.202 fighter, a Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-46 reconnaissance aircraft and an American Douglas C-47 Skytrain. After the war, Curdes flew Douglas C-54 Skymasters...
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the first scheduled destination served was Cairo via Asmara using Douglas C-47 Skytrain equipment. The airline's hub is located at Addis Ababa Bole International...
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Aeroflot Flight 34 (category Accidents and incidents involving the Douglas C-47 Skytrain)
Aeroflot Flight 34 was a scheduled Douglas C-47 Skytrain flight operated by Aeroflot that crashed on March 5, 1947, in the Svaneti Range while en route...
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