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Description
| Manufacturer: | Douglas | |
| Base model: | C-47 | |
| Designation: | C-47 | |
| Version: | D | |
| Nickname: | Skytrain | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1925-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Transport | |
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Specifications
| Length: | 64' 5" | 19.6 m | |
| Height: | 16' 11" | 5.1 m | |
| Wingspan: | 95' | 28.9 m | |
| Gross Weight: | 33,000 lb | 14,965 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 1200 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 1,513 miles | 2,436 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 175 mph | 281 km/h | 151 kt |
| Max Speed: | 232 mph | 373 km/h | 201 kt |
| Ceiling: | 24,450 ft | 7,452 m | |
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Grissom Air Park - Heritage Museum Foundation | Grissom AFB | Indiana |
| Kelly AFB | Kelly AFB | Texas |
| USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park | Mobile | Alabama |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
| Yankee Air Museum | Belleville | Michigan |
C-47D on display
Grissom Air Park - Heritage Museum Foundation | United States Air Force Museum | USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Scott A. Young Dallas, OR | I am a volunteer for The Captain Micheal King Smith Evergreen Aviation Educational Institute in McMinnville, Oregon. We have a C-47A that we are restoring to static display condition. We were given a minor history of the aircraft: dropped paratroopers into Normandy on DDay(supposedly 101st AB) also dropped troops into Belgium, participated in drops during The Battle of the Bulge, and then dropped troops in the Rhine crossing. After the war, (in 1952) it saw service with West Coast Airlines out of Seattle, Wa. as a civilian airliner.
The USAAF plate is labled - "TYPE: C-47a-35-DL, SERIAL #AC43-15512, ORDER #AC-32725". The Douglas conversion was done 2-17-48 "Factory #19978, Model C47A-R1830-92" The civilian Certification Reads as: "West Coast Airlines Georgetown Station Seattle 8, Washington Registration # N62376 Douglas Serial # 19978 The numbers would have likely changed to those mentioned in the latter above after conversion. Can anyone help us out in discovering more of this aircraft's history based on the information I have provided? Or suggest anywhere that I may find out more? Thank You. Scott A. Young 06/06/2000 @ 22:16 [ref: 281] |
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