Douglas C-47 v3 Livery Thread
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seawing
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Two new liveries for the C-47.
First is German Air Force CA+011, a VIP aircraft of the "Regierungsstaffel" (Government Squadron) at Cologne airport, later to become known as the "Flugbereitschaft".
Second is German Air Force 14+07, a TACAN calibrator of the German Flight Calibration Unit 4./ FmL/VsuRgt 61 (4th squadron radio communication and navigation training and test regiment 61) at Lechfeld Air Base. The aircraft was formerly registered as CA+012 (sistership of CA+011) and after its VIP career handed over for flight calibration work. It initially retained its VIP colors and cabin and only received the day glow orange calibrator stripes, a TACAN test console and the "Theo"-Cross on the nose (a reference point on the aircraft for the theodolite-observer on the ground). It was later painted in standard camouflage.
Both aircraft come with updated models by Manfred Jahn, representing the German Air Force version and featuring and openable pilot side window (LH side only), two ADF loop and two ADF sense antennas and the TACAN antenna installed under the nose. Textures are in 4096 x 4096 resolution and contain stencils based on original artwork by B. Lechner via M. Jahn.
Next to follow are an updated ILS calibrator (14+01) and an updated NASARR aircraft, the radar training aircraft for F-104 Starfighter crews. Still WIP.
Files should be uploaded within the next couple of days.
Seawing
First is German Air Force CA+011, a VIP aircraft of the "Regierungsstaffel" (Government Squadron) at Cologne airport, later to become known as the "Flugbereitschaft".
Second is German Air Force 14+07, a TACAN calibrator of the German Flight Calibration Unit 4./ FmL/VsuRgt 61 (4th squadron radio communication and navigation training and test regiment 61) at Lechfeld Air Base. The aircraft was formerly registered as CA+012 (sistership of CA+011) and after its VIP career handed over for flight calibration work. It initially retained its VIP colors and cabin and only received the day glow orange calibrator stripes, a TACAN test console and the "Theo"-Cross on the nose (a reference point on the aircraft for the theodolite-observer on the ground). It was later painted in standard camouflage.
Both aircraft come with updated models by Manfred Jahn, representing the German Air Force version and featuring and openable pilot side window (LH side only), two ADF loop and two ADF sense antennas and the TACAN antenna installed under the nose. Textures are in 4096 x 4096 resolution and contain stencils based on original artwork by B. Lechner via M. Jahn.
Next to follow are an updated ILS calibrator (14+01) and an updated NASARR aircraft, the radar training aircraft for F-104 Starfighter crews. Still WIP.
Files should be uploaded within the next couple of days.
Seawing
Sorry - I missed the notification about your post!
I've been on all sorts of other projects and didn't realise v1.5 was out!! I must get onto that straight away!
Wings of Gold
Charter Member
New German C-47 Liveries
Having a problem locating the new German liveries. Will you please provide a link.
Regards, Bill
Having a problem locating the new German liveries. Will you please provide a link.
Regards, Bill
seawing
Charter Member
Hi Bill, sorry, I am still working together with Manfred on a few bits and pieces and am also a bit busy (RW), so please be patient. I will announce the upload here.
Best regards,
Seawing
seawing
Charter Member
Finally, the first of the repaints with (slightly) updated models has been uploaded to the SOH library and should be available any time soon. It is CA+011, the German Air Force VIP Squadron version. Next to follow is the TACAN Calibrator 14+07 (hopefully next weekend).
Seawing
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ian elliot
SOH-CM-2025
Who knows, probably more, they said that about Spitfire's, and there's more flying now than 25 years ago
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Victory103
SOH-CM-2025
Great watch and jealous of a co-worker's brother is over there helping with the CAF, I'd almost quit my job to be in the co-pilot seat in one of those planes on this day!
Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2025
On the Warbird Information Exchange forum, I just recently began a count of the number of DC-3's (and all related types and modified versions) that are flying world-wide, and so-far my list, which I believe is quite "exhaustive", is up to 187 (two new flyers were just added today - C-FDTD and G-ANAF, which both flew today). Several of the South American and Thailand examples are guesses based on best available information (as to their statuses at this moment), and I'm still trying to get more information on any others I'm missing in South American and African countries (it would seem that a lot of those which had been operating within countries in those continents have been retired in recent years).
Douglas DC-3's (of all variants and modifications) flying:
Australia: 7 (VH-AES, VH-ABR, VH-AGU, VH-EAE, VH-EAF, VH-OVM, VH-TMQ)
Bolivia: 1 (CP-2421)
Canada: 24 (C-FBKB, C-FCUE, C-FDTD, C-FGCX, C-FKAL, C-FKGL, C-GKKB, C-FLFR, C-FMKB, C-FTGI, C-FTGX, C-FVNS, C-FWUI, C-GAWI, C-GDAK, C-GEAI, C-GEAJ, C-GGSU, C-GHGF, C-GJKB, C-GPNR, C-GRSB, C-GVKB, C-GWZS)
Colombia: 16 (FAC1654, FAC1658, FAC1667, HK-1175, HK-122, HK-1315, HK-2006, HK-2820, HK-3037, HK-3215, HK-3286, HK-3292, HK-5016, PNC-0256, PNC-0257, PNC-0258)
Denmark: 1 (OY-BPB)
El Salvador: 2 (FAS116, YS-53C)
England: 5 (G-AMPY?, G-ANAF, N147DC, N473DC, ZA947)
Finland: 1 (OH-LCH)
France: 3 (F-AZTE, F-AZOX, F-HVED)
Germany: 1 (ZS-NTE)
Guatemala: 1 (FAG590)
Hungary: 1 (HA-LIX)
Iceland: 1 (TF-NPK)
India: 1 (VP905)
Kenya: 1 (5Y-WOW)
Mauritania: 1 (5T-MAH)
Netherlands: 1 (PH-PBA)
New Zealand: 3 (ZK-AWP, ZK-DAK, ZK-JGB)
Norway: 1 (LN-WND)
Russia: 3 (RA-05738, RA-2059G, RA-2944G)
South Africa: 9 (SAAF6839, SAAF6852, SAAF6885, SAAF6887, ZS-ASN, ZS-BXF, ZS-CAI, ZS-CRV, ZS-DIW)
Sweden: 2 (N41CQ, SE-CFP)
Switzerland: 2 (N150D, N431HM)
Thailand: 8 (RTAF46151, RTAF46153, RTAF46154, RTAF46155, RTAF46156, RTAF46157, RTAF46158, RTAF46159)
Turkey: 1 (N3291)
United States: 90 (N103NA, N115U, N131PR, N137PB, N138FS, N141PR, N143D, N146RD, N147AZ, N151ZE, N15MA, N15SJ, N17334, N18121, N193DP, N198RD, N1XP, N200MF, N231GB, N24320, N25641, N25673, N26MA, N271SE, N272R, N272ZZ, N2805J, N28AA, N28TN, N29TN, N3006, N300BF, N300MF, N30TN, N3239T, N33611, N33644, N33VW, N34, N341A, N345AB, N346AB, N34DF, N353MM, N400MF, N41HQ, N437GB, N43XX, N44587, N45366, N467SP, N472AF, N47E, N47SJ, N47TB, N500MF, N5106X, N534BE, N56V, N583V, N587MB, N59314, N60154, N61981, N62CC, N64766, N64767, N64784, N705GB, N728G, N734H, N737H, N74589, N791HH, N7AP, N814CL, N8336C, N836M, N86584, N8704, N87745, N877MG, N882TP, N8WJ, N92578, N932H, N9796N, N982Z, N983DC, N99FS)
Here is a list of all of the D-Day vet survivor C-47's and C-53's that I have tallied thus-far. Several of the flyers have been participants in the "Daks Over Normandy" events.
Flying:
FZ668 - C-FDTD
FZ692 - C-GRSB (Canadian Warplane Heritage)
KG330 - "Ed Force Three" (Buffalo Airways) C-GWZS
42-23310 - "Air France" F-AZTE
42-24064 - "Placid Lassie" N74589
43-30647 - "Virginia Ann" N62CC
42-32833 - "Liberty" N25641
42-68830 - "D-Day Doll" N45366
42-92847 - "That's All Brother" N47TB
42-100591 - "Tico Belle" N3239T
42-100764 - C-GAWI (Basler turbo conversion - known in WWII as "Georgia Jane II")
42-100882 - "Drag-'em-oot" N473DC
42-100884 - "Mayfly" N147DC
42-100971 - "Prinses Amalia" PH-PBA
43-30652 - "Whiskey 7" N345AB
43-30732 - "Daisy" SE-CFP
Non Flying:
FZ658 - National Air Force Museum of Canada
KG545 - C-FROD
42-68710 - "Painted Lady/Lulu Belle" N85SA
42-92841 - "Turf and Sport Special"
42-93096 - National WWII Museum
42-100521 - "Night Fright" N308SF (under restoration to fly)
42-100825 - "Argonia"
43-15073- "SNAFU Special"
(BTW, these numbers compare to about 165 P-51's currently flying world-wide, about 60 Spitfires flying world-wide, 39 B-25's currently flying world-wide, etc. More here: http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=65826)
Douglas DC-3's (of all variants and modifications) flying:
Australia: 7 (VH-AES, VH-ABR, VH-AGU, VH-EAE, VH-EAF, VH-OVM, VH-TMQ)
Bolivia: 1 (CP-2421)
Canada: 24 (C-FBKB, C-FCUE, C-FDTD, C-FGCX, C-FKAL, C-FKGL, C-GKKB, C-FLFR, C-FMKB, C-FTGI, C-FTGX, C-FVNS, C-FWUI, C-GAWI, C-GDAK, C-GEAI, C-GEAJ, C-GGSU, C-GHGF, C-GJKB, C-GPNR, C-GRSB, C-GVKB, C-GWZS)
Colombia: 16 (FAC1654, FAC1658, FAC1667, HK-1175, HK-122, HK-1315, HK-2006, HK-2820, HK-3037, HK-3215, HK-3286, HK-3292, HK-5016, PNC-0256, PNC-0257, PNC-0258)
Denmark: 1 (OY-BPB)
El Salvador: 2 (FAS116, YS-53C)
England: 5 (G-AMPY?, G-ANAF, N147DC, N473DC, ZA947)
Finland: 1 (OH-LCH)
France: 3 (F-AZTE, F-AZOX, F-HVED)
Germany: 1 (ZS-NTE)
Guatemala: 1 (FAG590)
Hungary: 1 (HA-LIX)
Iceland: 1 (TF-NPK)
India: 1 (VP905)
Kenya: 1 (5Y-WOW)
Mauritania: 1 (5T-MAH)
Netherlands: 1 (PH-PBA)
New Zealand: 3 (ZK-AWP, ZK-DAK, ZK-JGB)
Norway: 1 (LN-WND)
Russia: 3 (RA-05738, RA-2059G, RA-2944G)
South Africa: 9 (SAAF6839, SAAF6852, SAAF6885, SAAF6887, ZS-ASN, ZS-BXF, ZS-CAI, ZS-CRV, ZS-DIW)
Sweden: 2 (N41CQ, SE-CFP)
Switzerland: 2 (N150D, N431HM)
Thailand: 8 (RTAF46151, RTAF46153, RTAF46154, RTAF46155, RTAF46156, RTAF46157, RTAF46158, RTAF46159)
Turkey: 1 (N3291)
United States: 90 (N103NA, N115U, N131PR, N137PB, N138FS, N141PR, N143D, N146RD, N147AZ, N151ZE, N15MA, N15SJ, N17334, N18121, N193DP, N198RD, N1XP, N200MF, N231GB, N24320, N25641, N25673, N26MA, N271SE, N272R, N272ZZ, N2805J, N28AA, N28TN, N29TN, N3006, N300BF, N300MF, N30TN, N3239T, N33611, N33644, N33VW, N34, N341A, N345AB, N346AB, N34DF, N353MM, N400MF, N41HQ, N437GB, N43XX, N44587, N45366, N467SP, N472AF, N47E, N47SJ, N47TB, N500MF, N5106X, N534BE, N56V, N583V, N587MB, N59314, N60154, N61981, N62CC, N64766, N64767, N64784, N705GB, N728G, N734H, N737H, N74589, N791HH, N7AP, N814CL, N8336C, N836M, N86584, N8704, N87745, N877MG, N882TP, N8WJ, N92578, N932H, N9796N, N982Z, N983DC, N99FS)
Here is a list of all of the D-Day vet survivor C-47's and C-53's that I have tallied thus-far. Several of the flyers have been participants in the "Daks Over Normandy" events.
Flying:
FZ668 - C-FDTD
FZ692 - C-GRSB (Canadian Warplane Heritage)
KG330 - "Ed Force Three" (Buffalo Airways) C-GWZS
42-23310 - "Air France" F-AZTE
42-24064 - "Placid Lassie" N74589
43-30647 - "Virginia Ann" N62CC
42-32833 - "Liberty" N25641
42-68830 - "D-Day Doll" N45366
42-92847 - "That's All Brother" N47TB
42-100591 - "Tico Belle" N3239T
42-100764 - C-GAWI (Basler turbo conversion - known in WWII as "Georgia Jane II")
42-100882 - "Drag-'em-oot" N473DC
42-100884 - "Mayfly" N147DC
42-100971 - "Prinses Amalia" PH-PBA
43-30652 - "Whiskey 7" N345AB
43-30732 - "Daisy" SE-CFP
Non Flying:
FZ658 - National Air Force Museum of Canada
KG545 - C-FROD
42-68710 - "Painted Lady/Lulu Belle" N85SA
42-92841 - "Turf and Sport Special"
42-93096 - National WWII Museum
42-100521 - "Night Fright" N308SF (under restoration to fly)
42-100825 - "Argonia"
43-15073- "SNAFU Special"
(BTW, these numbers compare to about 165 P-51's currently flying world-wide, about 60 Spitfires flying world-wide, 39 B-25's currently flying world-wide, etc. More here: http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=65826)
Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2025
The "D-Day Doll" name is modern, though the airframe, like the rest that I have listed, is documented as having flown missions on D-Day.
BTW, I forgot to add a couple more to the list of D-Day vet surviving C-47's:
C-47 43-15211 N1944A (airworthy, but not flown in a while, owned by Kermit Weeks)
C-47 42-32832 "Sky King" N5106X (flying, owned by the Mid America Flight Museum)
BTW, I forgot to add a couple more to the list of D-Day vet surviving C-47's:
C-47 43-15211 N1944A (airworthy, but not flown in a while, owned by Kermit Weeks)
C-47 42-32832 "Sky King" N5106X (flying, owned by the Mid America Flight Museum)
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