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  1. vtdeucedriver

    Is this a C-47 or DC-3?

    Yep, Lyle Sheldon and Rare Bear have a few. Think he still has the record at 530 something
  2. vtdeucedriver

    Is this a C-47 or DC-3?

    Yes on the D18 conversion. Volpar did many mods to the twin beech. Even removing the twin rudder tail and installing a single tail and calling it a "tradewinds". Volpar converted C-45s into trigears and I believe Volpar sold the plans back to beech where they produced factory Beech 18s called...
  3. vtdeucedriver

    Is this a C-47 or DC-3?

    Please post the pic of a tricycle gear DC-3??? Never seen one. The only non tailwheel 3's that I know of were the ones that were installed on floats for the military.............even then, they were not that many made and installed.
  4. vtdeucedriver

    Is this a C-47 or DC-3?

    Most of your Civilian DC-3's had the passenger door on the right of the Aircraft as they were ordered that way. Believe both American and Eastern ordered theirs this way. Some early DC-3's also had a passenger door on the left side. The C-47 had the double cargo door installed on the left...
  5. vtdeucedriver

    Is this a C-47 or DC-3?

    It was delivered as 42-68745 on April 10th, 1943 to the USAAF. It was registered NC49543 and was named "Mainliner New Jersey" while operating with United Airlines from 1945. It was actually bought by United in 1949 and renamed "Mainliner Youngstown". In 1955 it went to IBM Corporation and was...
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