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.
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 2012 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 N101KC Rose, Hawthorne Airport, Friday, July 9, 2004
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
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