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Douglas C-47 Skytrain

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain, C-53 Skytrooper, and C-47 Dakota (RAF designation) are military transport aircraft that were developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. Used extensively by the Allies during World War II, including license-built Russian Lisunov Li-2, and civilian DC-3s modified and pressed into military service, the planes proved to be quite versatile and robust, serving as transporters of personnel, cargo, and wounded. The C-53 Skytrooper variant was used in vast numbers later in the war, towing gliders and dropping paratroops. By the time production ceased in 1952, over 16,000 of these aircraft had been produced and remain in use all over the world to this very day.

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Dakotair Takes Delivery of Their First Douglas Dakota

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The RAF Transport Command Memorial is dedicated to keeping the history of RAF Transport Command alive and relevant. As such, the team  formed Dakotair Ltd. to acquire a Douglas Dakota and certify it for carrying […]

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Jumps Schedule For the Dakotas Over Normandy Is Set

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The Jumps schedule for the much anticipated “Daks over Normandy” event is slowly materializing. For the first time since 1944 the skies over Normandy will be filled with Dakotas to drop paratroopers. Throughout Europe about […]

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Support the Dakotas Over Normandy – Buy The Official T-shirt

February 6, 2014 WarbirdsNews 1

If you have been following Warbirds News for a while you are already familiar with the Dakotas Over Normandy project.For the 70th commemoration of the renowned D-day Invasion, which is to take place in June […]

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UPDATE Dakotas Over Normandy Well Underway

January 20, 2014 WarbirdsNews 3

For the 70th commemoration of the renowned D-day Invasion, which is to take place in June 2014, a group of parachutists called the Round Canopy Parachuting Team, has set its goals at assembling as many […]

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Happy Birthday To The Douglas C-47 Skytrain

December 23, 2013 WarbirdsNews 0

By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC Seventy-two years ago today, the Douglas C-47 Skytrain took flight for the first time.  Developed from the Douglas DC-3, the C-47 was the most widely-used transport of World War II.  Douglass […]

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Dakotas Over Normandy, With Your Help It Could Happen!

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For the 70th commemoration of the renowned D-day Invasion, which is to take place in June 2014, a group of parachutists called the Round Canopy Parachuting Team, has set its goals at assembling as many […]

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Tom Pawlesh Reports: “The Greatest Show on Turf” presented by the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group of the National Warplane Museum is just that, the greatest.  One of my favorite shows of the season, the Geneseo […]

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National Warplane Museum Planning a Return to Normandy in Their C-47

July 8, 2013 WarbirdsNews 0

The National Warplane Museum of Geneseo, New York is planning to bring their Veteran Douglas C-47 Skytrain back to Normandy, France to mark the 70th anniversary of when this very plane dropped paratroopers on the […]

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Yanks Air Museum Open Cockpit Day- 6/15/13

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Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California will be hosting an “Open Cockpit Day” on June 15, 2013 from 10AM to 3PM. The centerpiece of the day’s festivities will be the collection’s Grumman F4F Wildcat making […]

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Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California will be hosting their “Top Gun Open Cockpit Day” on March 16, 2013 from 10AM to 3PM. This may be your only chance to check out the cockpit of […]

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PRESS RELEASE All of the sections of a rare P-47 Thunderbolt WWII fighter have arrived at The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Georgia in Peachtree City, Ga. The P-47 is expected to be a long-term […]

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