#c-47

[nocternalrandomness]

Daks at Prestwick

#Douglas #C-47 #Skytrain #C-53 #Skytrooper #Dakota #Vintage aircraft #Cargo plane #Military transport #Troop transport #airplane #Gooney Bird

[usaac-official]

An OA-10A and SC-47D in flight over San Pablo Bay, California, 23 June 1948

#us air force #usaf #OA-10 #Catalina #C-47 #Skytrain #warbirds #aviation history

[osrphotography]

USAAF 43-49219 / ZK-DAK masquerading as NZ3546, making a low(ish) pass over Dairy Flat.

msn 26480 was constructed as a C-47B-10-DK c. 1942 and was taken on charge by the USAAF as 43-49219 c. 1943.

By April 1959, it had been demobilised and sold to Philippines Airlines and given the c/r PI-C486. It flew with them until April 1970 when it was sold to Papuan Air Transport as VH-PNM. It was sold to Anssett Airlines of Papua New Guinea in July that year.

After bouncing around Queensland for a few years it was exported to Aotearoa with the c/r ZK-DAK in 1987.

Seen in D-Day colours. 6/07/04. It wore these colours from 1986-c. 2006.

In plain white livery. 1/12/06. By 2007 it was in RNZAF colours.

The real 3546 was briefly ZK-AWQ before becoming D6-CAG in the Comoros. It was sold to the RSAF becoming s/n 6863 and converted to a C-47TP by WonderAir c. 1980s(?). It became N81907 in 1998 and in 2001 became ZS-OJL. It was last seen in 2006 at Wonderboom National Aiport (PRY/FAWB) sans engines, wings and rudder.

#photos #aircraft #warbird #C-47 #skytrain #aviation photos #Gooney Bird

[bigglesworld]

Douglas C-47 'Raisin-Bombers'. Being unloaded at Berlin Tempelhof Airport during the Soviet Blockade of 1948-49. Berlin Airlift

#Douglas #C-47 #cargo aircraft #military aircraft #Berlin #Airlift #Tempelhof #freight aircraft #freighter

[c-130hercules]

Douglas FC-47D tail no. 0-48579—the original “Puff the Magic Dragon”—carried three 7.62mm GE miniguns in makeshift mounts. (U.S. Air Force)

An AC-47’s miniguns, each firing at a rate of 6,000 rounds per minute, unleash on Viet Cong positions. (U.S. Air Force)

With its armament of twin 40mm cannons and a pair of 20mm rotary guns, this Spectre awaits its next mission in a revetment at Thailand’s Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force)

4th Special Operations Squadron crewmen operate an AC-130U’s 105mm gun. (U.S. Air Force)

To supplement the AC-130 in Vietnam, the Fairchild AC-119G and K were developed. (U.S. Air Force)

An AC-130H from the 16th Special Operations Squadron heads out on another mission. (U.S. Air Force)

#AC-47 #C-47 #AC-119 #C-119 #AC-130 #C-130 #FC-47 #AC-130A #AC-119K #AC-119G #AC-130H #AC-130U #AC-130W #AC-130J #gunship #Skytrain #Dakota #Flying Boxcar #Hercules #Puff the Magic Dragon #Spooky #Shadow #Stinger II #Ghostrider #news

[airmanisr]

Douglas R4D by Willard Womack Via Flickr: An R4D, carrying Admiral Byrd and his men, makes a jet-assisted, (4 JATO bottles) takeoff from the USS Philippine Sea during operation, "Highjump", 1946/47.

#R4D #aircraft #carrier #C-47

[nelc]

Columbian AC-47T, featuring new turboprop engines, new wing-tips, forward fuselage extension, and a FLIR turret.

#AC-47T #C-47 #DC-3 #Dakota #aviation

[lonestarflight]

A Douglas R4D of NATS is at the Unloading Area of Midwest Airport.

Date: 1940s

NARA: 176217069

#Douglas R4D #Douglas C-47 Skytrain #Douglas R4D Skytrain #C-47 #R4D #cargo plane #United States Navy #U.S. Navy #US Navy #Navy #USN #my post

[carbone14]

Vues de l’avion de transport Douglas C-47 Skytrain

#WWII #Drawings #Aviation militaire #Military aviation #Avion de transport #Transport aircraft #Douglas C-47 Skytrain #C-47

[nocternalrandomness]

A beautiful 1943 Douglas C-47A "Miss Virginia" arriving at Wittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh

#Douglas #C-47 #Skytrain #Vintage #aircraft #transport #passenger plane #Airshow #Oshkosh #EAA #AirVentures #airplane #plane

[usaac-official]

Puppeschone of the 27th Air Transport Group

#usaac #usaaf #C-47 #Skytrain #warbird #nose art #aviation history #27 ATG

[thegodofhellfire]

#c-47 #world war ii #nose art #pinup #do it #ww2

[bigglesworld]

Douglas C-47 Skytrain 'Placid Lassie' on low level fly-by

#Douglas #C-47 #skytrain #Dakota #transport aircraft #troop carrier #cargo aircraft #military aircraft #WWII

[usafphantom2]

NASM 9A12369 by Wonder Years Of Aviation Via Flickr: Photograph of seven Douglas C-47 Skytrain cargo aircraft in flight. Taken during training at Sedalia Army Air Field, Warrensburg, Missouri, by James J. Kirkpatrick, 1944.

#Aeronautics; Airplanes; World War #1939-1945 #WWII #WWII in Color #WWII Color #War #World War II #World War II in color #WW2 #USAAF #C-47 #Douglas C-47 #flickr

[elfotografogirovago]

DC-3 en el Museo Aeronáutico de Málaga

#DC-3 #c-47 #dakota #uskmalaga #elfotografogirovago #uskandalucia #urbansketcher #sketch #usk #urbansketch

[aviatrix-ash]

1st time back in the C-47 since I was in high school, I've missed hanging out here.

She beat me up today, but that was my fault. I still think she's amazing 🥰💕

Poor old bird's long from being airworthy again. Tho I hear her assembly line sister is a few cities over and almost done getting restored to flying condition!

I wish I could help do the same, this old plane meant a lot to younger me since I used to help keep it pretty for the airshows and I even helped rebuild her rudder after she foughtoff a tornado(lol same rudder that conked me today! 🤣). That set me on my course to pursue aviation maintenance and helped me gain an appreciation for old aircraft. Plus after (or during 😅) school some days I used to hang out under her wings and just sketch away while waiting for my ride :3

#planeposting #warbird #aviation #aviation maintenance #c-47 #DC-3 #douglas aircraft #mechanic #ash fixes stuff