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Coert Munk
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Just received an update on the current flying DC3s in South Africa. There are 12 (twelve) instead of 9 (nine): SAAF6814, SAAF6825, SAAF6828, SAAF6839, SAAF6852, SAAF6885 and SAAF6887 are current with SAAF in RSA and ZS-ASN, ZS-BXF, ZS-CAI, ZS-CRV and ZS-DIW are the civil current ones (thanks to Ray Watts and Pete van der Spek!).

With this, the total number of DC3s incl variants comes to 196!
To be continued!
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JohnTerrell
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Thank you Coert, I appreciate it!
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Coert Munk
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...on the details: N341A was doing t/g's in UK today, check the FB-page of "Coventry Airport Fire and Rescue"
Plane ;s registered to a UK-company, but based in UK as well?
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Coert Munk
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Coert Munk wrote:
...on the details: N341A was doing t/g's in UK today, check the FB-page of "Coventry Airport Fire and Rescue"
Plane ;s registered to a UK-company, but based in UK as well?


Rumours say the plane is on a world tour. We'll see.
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Mick G
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Evidently North Star's Basler C-FKGL is back in the air.
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Coert Munk
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Mick G wrote:
Evidently North Star's Basler C-FKGL is back in the air.


Repaired after the emergency landing of 21 June 2019? Ferried only or "back in business"?
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Coert Munk
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Got message today, that HK-122 went lost about 2009 in Mid-America during a drug-running flight. The plane was apparently set on fire after landing.
Anyone with details?
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Mark Sampson
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Just went through that amazing list. What an accomplishment!
But I have a question. In about 1990 I saw (and walked through) an Avro Anson owned by Canadian Warplane Heritage. It was a plywood example with large round side windows, and was painted in trainer yellow. I have pictures and negatives of it in the files somewhere... what happened to that aircraft?
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Thomas_Mac
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Mark Sampson wrote:
Just went through that amazing list. What an accomplishment!
But I have a question. In about 1990 I saw (and walked through) an Avro Anson owned by Canadian Warplane Heritage. It was a plywood example with large round side windows, and was painted in trainer yellow. I have pictures and negatives of it in the files somewhere... what happened to that aircraft?


It can be seen here on Google Maps. I believe reading it will be in the restoration que once a few of their current projects wrap up.
It can be seen in better times on their website.
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mike furline
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Col. Rohr wrote:
Hi John,

Give me a couple of months I can give you an exact count on how many airworthy N3Ns and how many that are under restoration.


Maybe this will help?
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquir ... N&PageNo=1

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Coert Munk
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N437GB Nassau Bahamas 18-10-2019 Facebook.jpg

Minus 1 DC-3.... two crew OK!

It's N437GB.

https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/uscg-2-p ... of-nassau/
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Mick G
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Maybe Basler can buy the air-frame it after the investigation, I don't imagine it will be rebuilt otherwise
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Coert Munk
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...and FAE116 had a landing accident yesterday.
Now 194 flying DC-3s in all variants…
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Coert Munk
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An update, information from the discussion on the FAS116 mishap:
FAG530 and FAG560 in Guatemala are non-flyers. They are stored.
So: 192 flying DC-3s in all variants at present.
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JohnTerrell
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Thank you Coert for keeping tabs on the DC-3's and sharing this information!
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