Hill
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There are posters who have always been, or like me have become, real fans of the DC-3. Up until now I have discouraged posting of planes not visible from Google Earth's aerial perspective.
But after some reflection I'm now adding a sub-thread entitled "Hidden DC-3's" . I'll further subdivide that into " DC-3's in Museums " and " Unresolvable DC-3's ". If you post in either, please post a link to views or information about the particular planes so that GE users who wish to see the plane can have some idea of how to find it.
Click the above blue links to take you directly to the sub threads.
The 70th Anniversary of the DC-3's first flight was December 17, 2005 There is a link to a page when the Douglas DC-3 celebrated its 60th Anniversary HERE.
As I've searched airports and air museums around the world, the most likely easily recognizable plane I see is the Douglas DC-3 or one of its variants. . From high altitude, even from space, the distinctive DC-3 stands out. The shape of the wing and tail is distinctive. A few other planes, included in this thread and in the placemark folder look similar.
Source ...space...
DC-3 dimensions are approx 95' wingspan and 65' length.
Image from www.wmof.com
The first one flew in 1935; many still fly today. With the help of other DC-3 fans the folder attached here contains many hundreds of placemarks.
This post includes all DC-3 placemarks to date in one folder. If you think you have a new one, download the attached placemark folder first. All finds to the time of the update are in it. If there is no placemark on your find, it's a new one.
Check the edited by Hill information at the very bottom of this post for the time of the latest update. Anything posted to this thread after that date is quite new and has not yet been added to the big folder. It will be soon.
There are undoubtedly more out there. So if you find one, attach it as a reply, or send me the coordinates by private message if you prefer (I'll credit you with the find when I add it to the folder. ). I'll bet we can find a lot more of them. Happy hunting.
Network link: If you wish you can go to THIS POST created by Valery35. Download the network link that will automatically update many kinds of transportation files. For DC-3 only, uncheck everything but the DC-3 box.Thanks for the great link, Valery.
A BIG THANKS to all of the DC-3 fans who have added to the list.
 NEW (2-24-08) - A great link to The Aviation Forum with lots of DC-3 photos, both historic and recent.
NEW (3-02-08) Another link to Fence Check with many searchable DC-3 photos including the page I have linked here.
Also see http://www.ruudleeuw.com/dc3_gate.htm for lots more links.
Here's The DC-3 Hangar with lots of information and links.
The DC-3 Aviation Museum is also is a great resource.
And here is another great page with lots of links of its own: www.fleetairarmarchive.net from the UK.
Another good link is www.dc3history.org
Here is another LINK with pictures of DC-3 details. Thanks, Delta102 .
  
Many are still used for skydiving (left from www.seanet.com) Some are modified, like this DC-3 floatplane. www.alaska.faa.gov(center) A World War II identification card from www.508pir.org(right)
  
C-47 in D-Day color scheme from www.douglasdc3.com and troops loading from www.thaiwreckdiver.com Painting of C-47's towing gliders over Normandy on D-Day. They are being escorted by P-51's. All have the Operation Overlord three-stripe paint scheme. Source
Duggy, the smiling yellow DC-3  Picture from www.airventure.org
You Tube videos of DC-3's. There are about 20 more of varying quality linked to these in the You Tube site.
How to start a DC-3
DC-3 in flight
A beautifully refurbished DC-3 in Delta Air Lines colors.
There were even two glider versions created from C-47's - XCG-17's
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In early 1944 Lieutenant Chester Joseph Decker had an idea to remove the engines
from the C-47 thus making it a glider. Chet Decker was a National Soaring Glider
Champion assigned to the Glider Branch as a power pilot and glider pilot at Wright
Field and Clinton County Army Air Field (CCAAF),the glider test and experiment base.
Offidal records and other writers credit William Lazarus as originator of this conversion
concept. Floyd Sweet who was assigned to the Glider Branch, Wright Field from late
November, 1942 until becoming head of the Glider Branch from October 1945 through
its demise in 1952 has said the idea was Decker's and Decker was "shafted" forethe idea
because he was "out of line" for going to the Pentagon over the head of Wright Field
officers with the idea. This experimental article was designated XCG-17.
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Edited by Hill (09/29/08 07:29 PM)
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Yellowstone
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Here's a DC-3 used as the "world's largest weather vane" (yes, it really does spin!) at Whitehorse International Airport in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. Unfortunately, the area is in low-res, so I can't actually tell the exact location of the plane.
More Info
Placemark changed with improved resolution. Hill
Edited by Hill (04/02/08 10:12 AM)
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Yellowstone
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Found one (I think)!
Rand Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa
26 14 27.16, 28 09 12.27
Edited by Hill (11/19/05 02:08 PM)
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Yellowstone
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Here's another: Swartkop Airport, South Africa
This plane has moved elsewhere.
Edited by Hill (11/13/05 07:38 AM)
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Hill
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5 more DC-3s from Southern California  They can often be found at skydiving areas.
33 37 40.62, -117 17 47.74
33 56 59.00, -117 26 48.33
Edited by Hill (11/13/05 07:42 AM)
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Hill
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Two more DC-3s turned up at the Indira Ghandi International Airport in Palam, India.
28 34 22.27, 77 06 11.85
Edited by Hill (11/13/05 07:58 AM)
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saintj
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DC-3 Tempelhof Airport, Germany.
52 28 50.59, 13 23 25.81
This one has disappeared
Edited by Hill (12/02/07 02:17 PM)
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Hill
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The C-47 Skytrain or "Gooney Bird" was one of the military versions of the DC-3.
C-47's from Wikipedia
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Edited by Hill (02/01/08 04:14 PM)
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PRS
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Hi - this is my first post on the board. I have been lurking around a bit reading the posts.
Here's tupenny worth - saw an aircraft parked way out of the airport in Delhi - any thoughts?
Srinivas
This one has disappeared or was misidentified
Edited by Hill (04/02/08 10:15 AM)
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avwld
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Here's another one at New Delhi - wingless and tailless. AvWld
This one has disappeared
Edited by Hill (12/02/07 02:08 PM)
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avwld
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Three more for you at Chino, CA. AvWld
33 58 43.90, -117 38 37.52
33 58 46.42, -117 38 44.50
33 58 46.90, -177 38 25.89
These have been moved to nearby locations or disappeared.
Edited by Hill (04/02/08 10:15 AM)
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avwld
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Another one at Barksdale AFB. AvWld
32 30 44.40, -93 40 54.42
Edited by Hill (11/19/05 01:51 PM)
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mikedd969
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Here's another for the list. It's a C-47 at Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile AL. The park in addition to the USS Alabama (BB-60) has a really good collection of historic military aircraft. Most are indors in the hangar including a P-51D, F4U, and an F-105 as well as a YF-17 (the prototype of the F/A-18). They also have an SR-71. At the time that the images were captured it was indors as well, but it spends most of it's time parked outside these days. If they ever update the Mobile AL images in the database it may show up here as well.
This is a great Military park, I highly encourage everyone to take time to visit it if they ever find themselves in the area. Well worth the $10 admission. The USS Alabama is wonderfully preserved and has the only 16" turret barbette (the handling and loading areas beneath the turret) open to public display.
30 40 57.53, -88 00 59.58
Edited by Hill (11/19/05 01:54 PM)
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hogfarmer
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Nice post Hill.
Here is a DC-3 at Prescott Municipal Airport , which is also known for Embry Riddle's Arizona location.
34 38 49.53, -112 25 46.58
Edited by Hill (11/19/05 01:56 PM)
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jclarke
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A DC-3 is sitting outside the military facility at Santiago, Chile.
33 22 51.14, -70 47 41.99
Airliners.net has a nice photo of it.
Edited by Hill (11/19/05 02:00 PM)
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avwld
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There are 2 more on the other side of the field. AvWld
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TVS
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This is not a plane. It is a concrete model of an airplane for the mock excercise of the fire brigade department.
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=61178
Thanks
Edited by TVS (08/27/05 06:34 AM)
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psylant
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Here are a few DC-3's from my neck of the woods. A CC-129 "Pinocchio" is on display at Cold Lake. Seems they took it off the grass infront of the mess for the airshow.
This plane has moved.
Edited by Hill (04/02/08 10:20 AM)
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psylant
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A few more DC-3's spotted. The one in Comox BC is wearing D-Day Stripes (and doing a damn fine job of it too).
The Comox plane is missing due to imagery changes
Edited by Hill (04/06/08 10:07 PM)
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Latitude64
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Two DC-3s in service at Fairbanks International Airport, Alaska, USA.
Edited by Hill (11/23/05 08:32 AM)
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Hill
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Close, but not quite, 64. But all is not lost. A little to the northwest of your placemark is a somewhat worse-for-wear DC-3 hiding among the other non operational planes. It is placemarked here and in the updated collection downloadable from the initial post. Also added to the initial post is a profile plan showing the characteristic swept leading edge and straight trailing edge of the DC-3 wing.
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Edited by Hill (08/20/05 05:56 PM)
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donpositivo
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Really cool!
Edited by Hill (11/19/05 02:05 PM)
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Frank_McVey
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Hi, Hill.
Here are a few more C-47s and DC3s for your collection. I've checked them against the BBS Layer and they seem to be OK, but apols if any duplicates have sneaked in.
Cheers
Frank
Edited by Hill (11/23/05 08:33 AM)
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Arbuz
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A DC-3 sitting at the Technological Museum of the Federal Electricity Company in Mexico City
www.cfe.gob.mx/mutec/
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Frank_McVey
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Quote:
A big flight added on 8-22, most from Frank_McVey. Thanks, Frank
No problem. Have a few more...
Cheers
Frank
Edited by Hill (11/23/05 08:39 AM)
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Frank_McVey
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Hell, I'm on a roll....
Have some more!
Cheers
Frank.
Edited by Hill (11/23/05 08:36 AM)
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Frank_McVey
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Hi, Hill,
Here's another dozen or so to catalogue.
Cheers
Frank
Edited by Frank_McVey (04/01/06 03:16 AM)
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Frank_McVey
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Some more again, HIll. They're getting harder to find! Dunno if I've given you the Elefsis and Tatoi ones already. Old age is creeping up...
Cheers
Frank
Edited by Hill (11/27/05 07:40 AM)
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Yukoner
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I believe that these coordinates are pretty close.
60°42'56.00"N
135° 4'48.00"W
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Hill
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vyruss has found the first GE DC-3 in flight over Greece. There are over 1000 of them still flying, and I was hoping someone would come up with one. Good job! 
Link to a photo from airliners.net
Edited by Hill (09/28/05 02:29 PM)
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