Douglas DC-2 and DC-3 History
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Here's a collection of photos of DC-2 and DC-3 variants taken since 2006.
C-47A-90 43-15977 Seventh Heaven at the Castle Museum on January 21, 2006.
C-53D, N45366 at Chino on May 21, 2006. It carries Douglas construction number is 11757. It was delivered to the Army Air Corps as C-53D, 42-68830. It is in the collection of the Inland Empire Wing of the Commemorative Air Force at the Riverside, California Airport.
Douglas C-53D, N45366 fires up its port engine at Chino on May 21, 2006.
Douglas C-53D, N45366 at Chino on May 21, 2006.
Douglas C-53D, N45366 at Chino on May 21, 2006.
Mitsubishi A6M5 "Zero" NX46770 lands as Douglas C-53D, N45366 waits to take off at Chino on May 21, 2006.
Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat, NX12260 and General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, N29FG land as Douglas C-53D, N45366 waits to take off at Chino on May 21, 2006.
Douglas C-53D, N45366 at Chino on May 21, 2006.
Douglas DC-3C, N814CL Mainliner O'Connor at Camarillo on June 12, 2006.
Douglas DC-3C, N814CL Mainliner O'Connor at Camarillo on June 12, 2006.
Douglas DC-3C, N814CL Mainliner O'Connor at Camarillo on June 12, 2006.
Douglas DC-3C, N814CL Mainliner O'Connor at Camarillo on June 12, 2006.
Douglas DC-3C, N814CL Mainliner O'Connor at Camarillo on June 12, 2006.
C-53D, N45366 at Camarillo on August 19, 2006.
C-53D, N45366 at Camarillo on August 19, 2006.
C-53D, N45366 at Camarillo on August 19, 2006.
Douglas DC-3C, N814CL Mainliner O'Connor at Camarillo on August 19, 2006.
Douglas DC-2-118B, NC1934D at the Santa Maria Airport on August 25, 2006. It was recently painted by Art Craft. It is now in the collection of the Seattle Museum of Flight.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D at the Santa Maria Airport on August 25, 2006.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D sits in the sunlight for the first time after being painted on August 25, 2006.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D at the Santa Maria Airport on August 25, 2006.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D at the Santa Maria Airport on August 25, 2006.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D on static display at the Santa Maria Airport Thunder Over the Valley show on August 26, 2006.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D at the Santa Maria Airport on August 26, 2006.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D at the Santa Maria Airport on August 26, 2006.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D at the Santa Maria Airport on August 26, 2006.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D at the Santa Maria Airport on August 26, 2006.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D on static display with DC-3C, N814CL Mainliner O'Connor at the Santa Maria Airport on August 26, 2006.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D with DC-3C, N814CL Mainliner O'Connor at the Santa Maria Airport on August 26, 2006.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D at the Santa Maria Airport on August 26, 2006.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D with DC-3C, N814CL Mainliner O'Connor at the Santa Maria Airport on August 26, 2006.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D with DC-3C, N814CL Mainliner O'Connor at the Santa Maria Airport on August 26, 2006.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D on static display with DC-3C, N814CL Mainliner O'Connor at the Santa Maria Airport on August 26, 2006. The DC-2 is powered by a pair of Wright Cyclone, 1,820 cubic inch, one bank, nine cylinder engines. The DC-3 is powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp, 1,830 cubic inch, two bank, fourteen cylinder engines.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D on static display with DC-3C, N814CL Mainliner O'Connor.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D on static display with DC-3C, N814CL Mainliner O'Connor.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D with DC-3C, N814CL Mainliner O'Connor at the Santa Maria Airport on August 26, 2006.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D with DC-3C, N814CL Mainliner O'Connor at the Santa Maria Airport on August 26, 2006.
DC-2-118B, NC1934D on static display with DC-3C, N814CL Mainliner O'Connor.
Baja Air DC-3-65TP, N145RD at the Santa Maria Airport on October 2, 2006.
The Baja Air logo has been removed from the tail of DC-3-65TP, N145RD.
DC-3-65TP, N145RD has been modified with turbo-prop engines and five-bladed propellers.
DC-3-65TP, N145RD
DC-3-65TP, N145RD
DC-3-65TP, N145RD
DC-3-65TP, N145RD in front of the Art Craft paint hangar at Santa Maria.
DC-3-65TP, N145RD
Douglas DC-3C, N2805J at the Naval Air Station Point Mugu airshow on March 31, 2007. It served the Army Air Corps as 43-16369. Its Douglas construction number is 20835. Warbirds of America Squadron 14, Inc. has restored it as AC-47, 43-48770 Spooky.
Link the American Flight Museum Squadron 14 web page.
Douglas DC-3C, N2805J at the Naval Air Station Point Mugu airshow on March 31, 2007.
Douglas C-53D Skytrooper, N45366 D-Day Doll at Gillespie Field, el Cajon, California on June 15, 2007.
Douglas C-53D Skytrooper, N45366 D-Day Doll at Gillespie Field, el Cajon, California on June 15, 2007.
Douglas C-53D Skytrooper, N45366 D-Day Doll at Gillespie Field, el Cajon, California on June 15, 2007.
Douglas C-53D Skytrooper, N45366 D-Day Doll at Gillespie Field, el Cajon, California on June 15, 2007.
Douglas C-53D Skytrooper, N45366 D-Day Doll at Gillespie Field, el Cajon, California on June 15, 2007.
Douglas C-53D Skytrooper, N45366 D-Day Doll at Gillespie Field, el Cajon, California on June 16, 2007.
Nose art on Douglas C-53D Skytrooper, N45366 D-Day Doll.
Clay Lacy Corporation's Douglas DC-3C, N814CL Mainliner O'Connor at Camarillo on August 18, 2007.
C-53D, N45366 at Camarillo on August 18, 2007.
The Space Shuttle Cafe at Camarillo on August 18, 2007. It is a roadworthy DC-3 fuselage.
Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 D-Day Doll at Chino on May 17, 2008.
Skytrooper N45366 D-Day Doll at Chino on May 17, 2008.
Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 at Camarillo on August 17, 2008.
Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 at Camarillo on August 17, 2008.
Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 and Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless NX670AM at Camarillo on August 17, 2008.
Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 on approach to land as Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat NX909TC makes a pass over the airfield at Camarillo on August 17, 2008.
Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 at Camarillo on August 17, 2008.
Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 D-Day Doll at Chino on May 17, 2009.
Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 at Camarillo on August 23, 2009.
Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 at Camarillo on August 23, 2009.
Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 at Camarillo on August 23, 2009.
Douglas DC-3C Skytrain N2805J at Edwards Air Force Base on October 17, 2009.
Douglas DC-3C N243DC at Buckeye, Arizona on February 19, 2010. It carries construction number 9247. It has been registered to Hans Lauridsen since October 18, 2004. It was previously registered as N66HL and flew with Fly Aviation livery. It is powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney R-1830 radial engines.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-47A Dakota N53ST at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport on March 12, 2011. It was built in 1943. Its construction number is 9380. It served with the US Army in North Africa in World War II.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-47A Dakota N53ST at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport on March 12, 2011.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-47A Dakota N53ST at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport on March 12, 2011.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-47A Dakota N53ST at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport on March 9, 2012.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-47A Dakota N53ST at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport on March 9, 2012.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-47A Dakota N53ST at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport on March 9, 2012.
Douglas DC-3C N243DC at Buckeye on April 29, 2011.
Douglas DC-3C N60154 at the Wings Over Camarillo Airshow on August 17, 2013. It was ordered as C-47B 44-76423. Its construction number is 32755. It was delivered to the Royal Air Force as Dakota IV KN381 in February 1945. It was transferrred to the Belgian Air Force as K39 on December 19, 1949. It was retuned to the US Air Force and then transferred to the French Air Force in September 1952. It was transferrred to the Israeli Defense Force as 044/4X-FNV in April 1967. It was reregistered as 044/RX-FMP in 1996. It was registered as N60154 by the Palm Springs Air Museum on August 31, 2006. It is restored as 44-76423 What's Up Doc.
Douglas C-47B 44-76423 What's Up Doc.
Douglas C-47B 44-76423 What's Up Doc.
Skydive Arizona DC-3-G202 N86584 making a low pass at the Copperstate Fly-in at Casa Grande, Arizona on October 26, 2013. It was built in 1942. Its construction number is 4935. It is powered by a pair of Wright C9GC&D 1-bank, 9-cylinder Cyclone 9 radial engines.
Skydive Arizona DC-3-G202 N86584
Skydive Arizona DC-3-G202 N86584
Skydive Arizona DC-3-G202 N86584
Skydive Arizona DC-3-G202 N86584
Skydive Arizona DC-3-G202 N86584
Skydive Arizona DC-3 N86584, Casa Grande, Arizona, October 26, 2013: You can buy this photo as prints as large as 16" x 24".
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-47A Dakota N53ST at the Copperstate Fly-in at Casa Grande, Arizona on October 26, 2013. It was built in 1943. Its construction number is 9380. It served with the US Army in North Africa in World War II. It is powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney R-1830 2-bank, 14-cylinder Twin Wasp radial engines.
Douglas DC-3C N243DC at the Lauridsen Collection at Buckeye on January 28, 2014. It carries construction number 9247. It has been registered to Hans Lauridsen since October 18, 2004. It was previously registered as N66HL and flew with Fly Aviation livery. It is powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney R-1830 radial engines.
Douglas DC-3C N243DC
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-47A Skytrain N147AZ at Luke Air Force Base on March 18, 2018. It was delivered to the Army Air Force as 42-23518 on April 19, 1943. Its construction number is 9380. It served with the US Army in North Africa in World War II. It entered the civil register as Amnerican Air Express NC53426 on June 10, 1947 and has had many operators over the years. ADA Industrial Building Corporation redistered it as N53ST on May 4, 1980. The American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum accquired it on May 28, 1915 and registered it as N147AZ on February 5, 2016.
Historic Flight Foundation Douglas Douglas DC-3C N877MG in Pan American Airways livery at Deer Valley , Arizona on March 18, 2018. It was originally delivered to the Army Air Force as C-47B 43-16340 on July 31, 1944. Its construction number is 20806. It was transferred to China National Aviation Corporation on August 16, 1944. C.L. Chennault and W. Willaur registered it as N8350C in December 1949. Grand Central Aircraft registered it as N37800 on May 27, 1953. Johnson & Johnson acquired it on October 22, 1953 and registered it as N800J. S.A. Tampos and G. Nash registered it as N8009 on June 22, 1959. Tiburzi Tours Incorporated acquired it in April 1971. Club Passport Incorporated acquired it in May 1971. Air Nashua Corporation acquired it in 1975. International Shoe Machine Corporation acquired it on July 6, 1978. Victoria Forest & Scout LLC registered it as N877MG on January 23, 1996. Historic Flight Foundation acquired it on October 31, 2012.
Historic Flight Foundation Douglas DC-3C N877MG at Deer Valley , Arizona on March 18, 2018.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 D-Day Doll at Prescott on October 5, 2019. It carries construction number is 11757. It was delivered to the Army Air Corps as C-53D, 42-68830. It is in the collection of the Inland Empire Wing of the Commemorative Air Force at the Riverside, California Airport.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 D-Day Doll at Prescott on October 5, 2019.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 D-Day Doll at Prescott on October 5, 2019.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 D-Day Doll at Prescott on October 5, 2019.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 D-Day Doll at Prescott on October 5, 2019.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 D-Day Doll at Prescott on October 5, 2019.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 D-Day Doll at Prescott on October 5, 2019.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 D-Day Doll at Prescott on October 5, 2019.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 D-Day Doll at Prescott on October 5, 2019.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 D-Day Doll at Prescott on October 5, 2019.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 D-Day Doll at Prescott on October 5, 2019.
Commemorative Air Force Douglas C-53D Skytrooper N45366 D-Day Doll at Prescott on October 5, 2019.
December 17, 2005 was the 70th Anniversary of the first flight of the Douglas DC-3 at the Santa Monica Airport. Here's a collection of photos of DC-2 and DC-3 variants spanning the years 1972 to 1989.
Here's a collection of photos of DC-2 and DC-3 variants taken between 1990 and 2005.
You can buy a 2020 calendar featuring my photographs of Douglas DC-2 NC1934D.
A dozen photos of Douglas DC-2 NC1934D. Locations of the photos include:
Chino October 18, 1987
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake April 16, 1988
Marine Corps Air Station el Toro April 29, 1989
George Air Force Base November 11, 1991
Santa Maria August 25 - 26, 2006
Put a copy of the Douglas DC-2 NC1934D: 2020 Calendar in your Lulu.com shopping cart for $14.95.
You can buy a 2020 calendar featuring my photographs of Douglas DC-3 Variants.
A dozen photos of variants of Douglas DC-3s, taken over a span of thirty years. DC-3s pictured include:
PCA DC-3 N50CE, San Francisco International Airport, August 6, 1974
DC-3 N25CE Puff, Santa Barbara Airport, October 1985
DC-3C N403JB Pegasus, Santa Barbara Airport, October 16, 1985
Salair DC-3C, N3FY, Santa Barbara Airport, May 10, 1988
Douglas Historical Foundation DC-2-118B NC1934D in TWA livery Marine Corp Air Station el Toro, April 29, 1989
Lisunov Li-2T Yellow 03, Zhukovsky, Russia, September 5, 1993
Royal Air Force Dakota, Farnborough Airshow, September 11, 1994
DC-3-253 NC41HQ (C-41 38-0502), Nellis Air Force Base, April 25, 1997
DC-3 N20TW, Edwards Air Force Base, August 19, 2005
DC-3C N814CL Mainliner O'Connor, Camarillo, June 12, 2006
C-53D Skytrooper N45366 D-Day Doll, Gillespie Field, June 15, 2007
C-47A Dakota N53ST, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, March 9, 2012
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