Air Mobility Command Museum - Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Bill Maloney 4/30/2008 |
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More Douglas C-47 Dakotas, a DC-3 Skytrain, and a Naval RD4 |
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Another C-47 Skytrain the military version of the DC-3, can be found at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY | A Douglas C-47 Skytrain at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH |
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A Douglas DC-3 Skytrain New England Air Museum near Hartford, CT | A naval version of the Dakota, the R4D can be found at the Mid Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, PA |
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Douglas C-47 Skytrain at the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum | One more C-45 Skytrain at the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum |
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Douglas C-47 Dakota at the Royal Canadian Air Force Museum in Trenton, Ontario, Canada | A Douglas DC-3 Dakota at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada |
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Douglas R4D Skytrain at the Wings of Eagles Museum in Horseheads, NY | A C-47 Skytrain at the MAPS Air Museum in North Canton, OH |
Length: 76 feet, 4 inches
Wingspan: 108 feet, 0 inches
Height: 22 feet, 0 inches
Crew: 2
Weight: Empty - 18,135lbs Max Takeoff - 26,000lbs
Max Speed: 224mph at 8,500 feet
Cruise Speed: 160mph
Range: 3,600 miles
Service Ceiling: 26,400 feet
Fuel Capacity: 804 gallons in wings, optional 900 additional gallons in 9 cabin tanks
Powerplant: Two Pratt & Whitney R1830 radial engines 1,200hp each
Armament:
None
First Flight : December 17, 1935
Cost: $233,000
This C-47 carried paratroopers on D-Day, towed a glider for the Market Garden operation, and participated in the Berlin Airlift.
The work that the Air Command Mobility Museum's staff and volunteers have done on this aircraft is just outstanding. When you visit you must see the before photos. The forward fuselage was partly crushed, the cockpit and other parts of the C-47 were stripped, and all the fuselage ribs in the cargo area had been deliberately broken with a hammer.
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