DC-3, C-47, Dakota, and all license built or copies

[NARSES2]

I'll tell you once I've spoken to my man in Qantas who use to repair the DC-3s in Papua (mostly replacing corroded spars after horses & pigs **** on them).

Think I've flown on that airline 

Those Li-2 bomb rack pics are interesting, thanks 

[rickshaw]

Yes, I was right.  Looks like it might be with that load a bit nose heavy with the load forward of the spar like that.  I wonder what they use to balance it in the stern?  Fuel cells most probably.

[jcf]

Yes, I was right.  Looks like it might be with that load a bit nose heavy with the load forward of the spar like that. 

Not exactly as the DC-1, 2, 3 and derivatives don't have a main spar, they all used Jack Northrop's multi-cellular construction
which doesn't use spars per se.

[TsrJoe]

does anyone have any images of the 'Dakota's used during filming of 'a bridge too far', i recall seeing images at the time of various nationalities 'DC.3's all finished in 'invasion colours' and at times with their own national insignias applied, eg. Netherlands, Belgium, etc.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Denmark---Air/Douglas-C-47A-Skytrain/0290902/L/&sid=33b8aa0ab751de33268d30c8d559f248

http://www.territorioscuola.com/youtube/view.php?video=dDC8aF_X9Fg&feature=youtube_gdata&title=A+Bridge+Too+Far+%281977%29+-+Theatrical+Trailer+-+%C2%A9+United+Artists

cheers, Joe

[raafif]

have the photos of the Fokker-Douglas Bomber model been removed from here ? -- http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,7869.0.html

Can someone post them here ?
The site doesn't recognise my password anymore so I can't see any pictures.

That aircraft sounds like a very interesting & practical proposal.

[raafif]

Made a few changes (tail-plane dihedral) & put it in a maritime scheme for hunting U-boats in the Barents Sea & along the ice-shelf.



Scheme is the same "Iceberg" as British RN ships & trawlers were painted for the Murmansk Convoys.  The crewman of one of these trawlers said that the Russian ships that came out from Archangel to escort their devastated convoy in were painted in an even more bizarre scheme with fantastic colours -- anyone know what those were like ?

[Jschmus]

have the photos of the Fokker-Douglas Bomber model been removed from here ? -- http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,7869.0.html

Can someone post them here ?
The site doesn't recognise my password anymore so I can't see any pictures.

That aircraft sounds like a very interesting & practical proposal.

The images are still there.  I'm at work now, but I'll see if I can't download a few and repost them here when I get off in another five hours or so.

[Jschmus]

Okay, here are the first batch of photos, originally said to have been taken with a crappy digital camera.

[Jschmus]

These are from the second batch, including an underside shot showing the bomb bay location.

[Jschmus]

Last is some original Fokker artwork, showing this version as well as a second proposal.

[raafif]

thanks, Jschmus !

Interesting but I can't help but say "what was that "designer" thinking !! -- way too drag-inducing !  What was wrong with a prone gunner & bombardier ?  I thought it would have a regular gondola much like the FW-200.

I like the retractable turrets -- look identical to those on some late 1930's US bombers.

The DC-2 version seems far better & excellent for an emergency program for KLM's airliners.

[raafif]

Modified 3-tone Iceberg scheme for the Russian Li- Maritime bomber

[Daryl J.]

Love the twin tail variants.

[pyro-manic]

Found a picture of an interesting Dak ( in a museum in Iran) a little while ago: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mervbhx/7152128947/

I've done a bit of looking around, but I can't work out what's been done with the engines. Very odd cowlings and spinners, which I haven't seen on a Dak before. Can anyone shed any light?

[PR19_Kit]

The landing gear door arrangement looks like it came from an R4D-8 Super Dak, but the engine nacelle has a much larger radius than the standard Dak.