Highest Time DC-3?

[Stoney]

See my posts above, same aircraft

[m charters]

Stoney, are they still flying it? Amazing how many hours some of these have and are still flying. Douglas built a fantastic aircraft!
It will be interesting to see how many make it to Oshkosh for the DC-3 gathering.

[ZRX61]

Told to me a couple of weeks back by former F105 pilot..

F105 & his boss (in Vietnam) had taken 2 aircraft to some place to be worked on & had to take a (China Airlines?) DC3 back home.
Boss asks the pilot of the DC3 how many hours he has on type...

"29,430 hours"

Good grief! you have 29,430 hours in DC3's??

No sir, I have 29,430 hours in THIS DC3....

[Stoney]

See Jack Cook's posts, he said he saw it flying about a week ago. Irvine sold to the guy in Aurora, OR

[tulsaboy]

Mike,

Flagship Tulsa is a true DC-3, and is under restoration. Estimated return to flight in 2011-2012. Depends on a couple of variables. But it will be a relatively high time DC-3, which combined with its age (older than its former PBA sister) should qualify it for some sort of handicapped "highest time oldest" aircraft!

kevin

[Obergrafeter]

Any nominees for the least time DC-3s?

[Stoney]

The Aurora, OR DC-3 (ex BPA) was delivered to Eastern Airlines and Capt. Eddy flew it from the factory, so I guess that makes it a real DC-3.

[vernicator]

Updated list of which aircraft are committed to take part in the 25 ship DC-3 flypast at Oshkosh this Summer:

http://www.thelasttime.org/attending.htm

[Classic Flight]

Hello all,

Well I'm not sure about highest or lowest hours but we retain three DC3/C47s in airworthy condition in Britain. We did have eight at one time and used them for cargo and passenger work until very recently.

G-AMPY has about 24,500hrs on the clock at the moment and previously served with the RAF during the Berlin Airlift. 'Papa Yankee' was built in Oklahoma City as 43-49308 for the USAAF in 1943 but was taken on charge by the RAF on 10th November 1944 with the serial number KK116. The aircraft served in Burma with 435 Sqn South East Asia Command, coded ’T’ but transferred to the UK in late 1945 when 435 Sqn was posted to Down Ampney in Gloucestershire. Here, the aircraft was coded 'OFM-T'. She flew during the Berlin Airlift and still carries the KK116 markings today.

G-AMRA has about 42,700hrs on her now. She was built as 43-49474 at Santa Monica in 1944. On 25th November 1944 it was taken on charge and transferred to RAF holding in Montreal, with the serial KK151. From 3rd March 1945, the aircraft served with 300 Wing Royal Canadian Air Force. The aircraft arrived in the UK in April 1946 and from 13th June served with 525 Sqn coded 'WF-B' and based at Abingdon, Oxfordshire. In December of the same year, the aircraft was transferred to 238 Sqn but remained based at Abingdon with the same code lettering. On 25th April 1949, the aircraft moved yet again, this time to 46 Sqn at Oakington, Cambridgeshire, with a new code of 'XK-R'.

Finally, G-ANAF has flown about 24,400hrs to date and is still used for radar trials. She was built in Santa Monica in 1944 as 44-77104 and was taken on charge in June 1945 for the USAAF. The aircraft was transferred to the RAF in the same month, with serial KP220. After six months in Canada KP220 arrived in the UK. Here it joined the strength of 435 Sqn Royal Canadian Air Force coded 'OFM-R', operating from Croydon Airport.
Today G-ANAF is equipped with a radome and used to test new radar equipment - there's nothing else that can do the job as well for the same money - even 65 years after she first flew!

Today our 'Daks' form part of the Air Atlantique Classic Flight at Coventry airport here in the UK. We operate a fleet of more than 25 historic aircraft - ranging from Auster and Chipmunk through the Daks and DC-6 to Cold War jets such as the Meteor, Vampire and Venoms.

The aircraft are supported by members of the Classic Flight Club - who get (among other perks) discounted pleasure flights in our Dragon Rapide biplanes, Percival Prentice and de Havilland Dove.

More details at http://www.classicflightclub.com I hope you'll find our fleet of interest?

Cheers

Steve

Steve Bridgewater
Commercial Manager
Air Atlantique Classic Flight
http://www.classicflightclub.com

[spookyboss]

Our AC-47 gunship has 22,709 as of today.

American Flight Museum
Topeka, KS.

[Waco]

Wings of Flight Foundation's DC-3C has 15186 hours as of today.

[aeroafricaine]

I believe that honour belongs to ZS-PAA (s/n 1984), which is under long term restoration by Phoebus Apollo at Rand Airport in South Africa - in the region of 106 000 hr . More info on this airplane at http://dc-3.co.za/dc-3-individual-aircr ... -1984.html