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Post by patrick dirksen »

WOW, that fisrt one is brilliant! Although it is not operational in the true sense it looks beautiful and unreal. Well done!
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Post by dinovandoorn »

Some more Dak's from my side...

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This one was still missing. For completeness sake:

Fairford 1985.
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That's a nice one my fellow citizen ;)
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Post by dinovandoorn »

scanned some more slides with Dak's...

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Post by Homer »

Hi,

Had the luck to get a platform tour on Ciudad de Guatemala-La Aurora a couple of weeks ago

DC-3TP "530";
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Was standing on the operational platform, but not sure whether it still flies with those old engines, C-47A "540"
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DC-3TP "560". Note the decorations on the roof ;-)
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DC-3TP "590"
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Post by Hans Rolink »

Operational Daks..
This Italian calibration bird springs to mind.
IAT 85, RAF fairford,

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Post by Stephan Lodewijks »

Just block the turboprops in your mind, and this becomes a classic Skytrain :wink:

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Not 100%, but 99.9% operational:
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Winnipeg 1989.
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Post by Jaap »

Some operational as of last month. The sight was great, the sound was lousy!

Ysterplaat, C-47TP Maritime #28
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Ysterplaat, C-47TPs, transport and EW #52
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Ysterplaat, C-47TPs, transport #77
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Ysterplaat, C-47TPs, transport #77 single engine demo
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SAAF Historic Flight, Swartkop C-47 #6859
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6073/12-073 at Merzifon in May 1990.

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This Canadian was still fully operational in 1988 (London Airshow)

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And so was this Italian in 1985 (RIAT)
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Post by dick loh vervallen »

Two "Daks" I photographed in the nineties.

254 is a C-47B-10-DK of the Royal Thai Air Force 603 sqn at Bangkok-Don Muang in December 1993.
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2032 is a C-47B-20-DK of the Paraguay Air Force at Asuncion-Silvio Pettirossi IAP on 3 January 1996.
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