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Paratroop C-47, 12th Air Force Troop Carrier Wing, invasion of southern France, 15 August 1944 Interior view of Douglas C-47, Hendon Aerodrome, England Aircraft of the 6th Special Operations Squadron including a turboprop C-47 (Basler BT-67) in use by the U.S. Air Force, c. 2005 Douglas C-47 lineup at Willow Run, Michigan Airshow, August 2017 C ...
42-93654. C -47-A. Ailes Anciennes. Toulouse [46] 42-100825. C-47A on static display at the Airborne Museum in Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Manche. It is painted as 43-15159 The Argonia. [47] 43-15073. C-47A on static display at the Merville Gun Battery in Merville-Franceville-Plage, Normandy. Saved from scrappers in Bosnia, she is now completely ...
The Basler BT-67 is a utility aircraft produced by Basler Turbo Conversions of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It is a remanufactured and modified Douglas C-47 Skytrain / Douglas DC-3; the modifications are designed to significantly extend the DC-3's serviceable lifetime.
Now that most World War II veterans have died, crews like the one behind the C-47 "That's All Brother" see a responsibility to tell their stories.
With greater than 75% of the original DC-3/C-47 configuration changed, the modified design was virtually a new aircraft. [4] The first DC-3S made its maiden flight on 23 June 1949. [ 5 ] The changes fully met the new FAR 4B airworthiness requirements and up to 38 passengers could be carried, with increased speed to compete with newer airliners.
The following aircraft served with Reeve Aleutian. [24] 1 – Beechcraft D-50 Twin Bonanza operated from 1959 to 1963. 2 – Boeing 727-100 quick change variants operated from 1983 to 2001. The B727 was capable of being operated in a mixed passenger/cargo configuration as a Combi aircraft and was the only jet aircraft type operated by Reeve ...
That's All, Brother [a] 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 13,000 U.S. paratroopers jumped on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the beginning of the liberation of France in the last two years of World War II.
The 1951 Rio do Sal Linhas Aéreas Paulistas C-47D crash was an aviation accident that occurred on 12 July 1951. During the execution of instrument landing procedures, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain of the company Linhas Aéreas Paulistas collided with a tree located 3 km from the runway of the Aracaju airport. All 33 occupants of the aircraft died in ...