This is my all time favourite airplane. Oddly enough, so is the SR-71. :)) Such a contrast between the two. However I've never seen an SR-71 up close. The DC-3, on the other hand, is something I see almost every weekend, I've flown in one a few times (once to an airshow just otuside of London), and the sound of those P&W's hits me every time! The Dakota is probably the prettiest aircraft to still grace the skies. She's made a remarkable contribution to the freedom of Europeans, she still services many people on different continents today, and she is virtually indestructable. Long may she reign!
@Elias-xy9kc4 жыл бұрын
If there was a landing gear failure nothing will happen as the tyres are not retracted fully inside so that’s one safe feature in the remarkable C-47 skytrain or (Dakota) and there is one parked in old Jeddah inside a roundabout 🤗 Greetings from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
@paulbade35663 ай бұрын
As far as I know, the DC-3/C-47 is the oldest aircraft to be fitted with turboprop engines. Some aircraft modification company obtained an STC (supplemental type certificate) for a turboprop conversion kit in the 1980s. I recall seeing the Northwest Airlines DC-3 flying a daily short-haul route from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Mankato, MN and Sioux Falls, SD back in the 1970s. It was replaced with a Convair 580. Today the MSP-SFD route is flown by a variety of Delta Airlines regional commuter jets.
@28ebdh3udnav3 жыл бұрын
So reliable and rugged thats its said that the only thing that can replace the C 47 is another C 47.
@denniskitainik550110 жыл бұрын
I like the part about the medevac mission (starting 19:37) best of all -- the way I see it, there's no other DC-3 mission that's more important! (Good choice of music, too -- fits the mood very well!)
@FN_FAL_4_ever2 жыл бұрын
I admit that I cried a little when I watched the Chicago & Southern Airlines ground crew painting over that beautiful airline livery with olive drab, but the needs of the Army justified it.
@omepeet20068 жыл бұрын
Awesome footage. Cheers 4 sharing.
@mebeasensei7 жыл бұрын
Used to hear the sound of those rumbling engines rumbling over the bay a few miles from me at night on their way from Melbourne to Tasmania in the 1970s. (Cargo planes)
@denniskitainik550110 жыл бұрын
Say, does anyone happen to know who was (or is) the beautiful and highly competent nurse in this video? (The name of the a/c to which she was assigned was "Angel in Blue", number 334, as shown at 21:46).
@justinfrench60408 жыл бұрын
whats the name of the soundtrack ?
@badguy14816 жыл бұрын
After flying the EC-47 in Vietnam, I became convinced we could do MUCH more damage to the enemy, from the air, than by sending TENS of THOUSANDS of ground troops against them. It has been stated that 90% of the B-52 strikes stemmed from information provided by the EC-47. And the service the AC-47 did was outstanding. It is claimed that NO American fire base was EVER overrun by opposing forces while there was an AC-47 overhead. What an amazing aircraft...doing Electronic warfare,...fire missions and propaganda drops against an enemy..20-30 years after it was built!
@justinfrench60408 жыл бұрын
what is the name of this soundtrack ?
@zeekg27829 жыл бұрын
does any one know which music is the one that from 18:36 to 21:56 send a information thank you
@agentorange1538 жыл бұрын
+zeek g I think it was an original piece for the "Great Planes" soundtrack. Goes really well with the clip of the nurse tending the wounded, doesn't it?
@donf38779 жыл бұрын
Can't believe they left out the C-47 is the only non-combatant aircraft in history to be awarded an official combat "Kill". During WWII in the Pacific a Zero repeatedly strafed a C-47 and, when it ran out of ammo, it rammed it. The Zero crashed, but the C-47 continued on with massive damage and landed safely.
@Liam84889 жыл бұрын
Don F What about during the Gulf War? An EF-111 which was being intercepted by an Iraqi aircraft achieved a kill by getting its opponent to maneuver itself into the ground
@seanbad94579 жыл бұрын
EF-111 was a military aircraft for electronic warfare, based on the F-111, so military design. The C-47 was based on a civilian design, but I see your point, as it had no weapons (non electronic). Can't believe a F1 pilot could be forced to fly into the ground b some as clumsy as a EF-111 (compared to an F1), but it did happen.
@Liam84889 жыл бұрын
+Sean Bad Well the EF-111 is designed for low altitiude use whereas the F1 is not. Particularly if the EF-111 has higher wing loading it would have a calmer ride near the ground. More importantly the pilots were probably marginally trained
@robertgary35615 жыл бұрын
In ww2 a civil air patrol piper cub dropped a bomb out the window and disabled an enemy submarine.
@agentorange15311 жыл бұрын
What's that tune starting at 34:14 and ending at 38:56? It sounds vaguely familiar (and not just from the DSC Wings series), but I can't place it. Was it an original piece for this soundtrack, or was it a highly jazzed-up version of some well-known song as I suspect it was?
@agentorange15311 жыл бұрын
Thanks! To my tone-deaf ears, it actually sounded in a couple of places like "Yablochko" (yes, the Russian sailors' dance), but I listened to that song and found that it sounds nothing like this one. By "Great Planes theme", do you mean the one at the beginning (starting at 0:21)?
@zeekg27828 жыл бұрын
thanks but i seem there's no knowledge of a soundtrack out there for sale or other wise
@D604339 жыл бұрын
FYI the DC1 did not crash until 1940.
@viscount7572 жыл бұрын
Interesting video but the continuous loud background music is very annoying. Is this an Australian production? The narrator sounds Australian.
@robagddu9 жыл бұрын
Regarding the designation "C-47" "C" is not for CARGO but for CARRIER.it is a transport aircraft.
@MrSunlander6 жыл бұрын
what's your evidence? Source?
@JoeInCT4187 жыл бұрын
Starting at 46:00, "SPOOKY!" A 120-year-old cannon shooting from a 25-year-old airplane! How useful! And smart! If it works, USE IT!
@MrClaudiolovato10 жыл бұрын
The first commercial DC-3 stil exists today. After the war and airliners services it ended in VARIG's fleet and years latter placed in its museum located in Porto Alegre-Brazil. With Varig bankrupcy there are plans to moved it to PUC University at the same city. Sadly this was not done yet and this historical plane is rottening on open air
@patrickminikus9 жыл бұрын
+Claudio Lovato thats sad !!!!!!!!!!!!
@MrClaudiolovato8 жыл бұрын
Good news: The plane was restored and will be placed in a aviation museum. Looks like new. It was the first DC-3 that came out of the factory in 1936 and first flew with American Airliners . Was retired in 1971 and placed in Varig's museum. Several buying proposals were refused and after the bankrupy was abandoned but the histoy of this unique plane is having a happy end.
@outdoorlifemaine6691 Жыл бұрын
5:42 so sad seeing them without masks I mean you would think they would know that the chemical smells bad you know it can't be good I know how it is though you're the one that wants to take care of yourself and everybody's going to stand there and make fun of you all look at him he's different
@troydeclerck61036 жыл бұрын
There one Geneseo NY c-47 at at the Museum
@BILLYLAMB765 жыл бұрын
wish they would actually tell us about the damned plane...
@MostlyPennyCat8 жыл бұрын
Plane paintin' montaaaaaage
@PeterPasieka10 жыл бұрын
I think the DC-3 documentary was better then this one. JMO
@Maloy78004 жыл бұрын
The sounds Discovery used is laughable! :-))
@jimk4vw1386 жыл бұрын
Good Video, terrible music.
@supahfly197211 жыл бұрын
it kinda sounds like the same 'great planes' theme that they play a lot, only sped up and with a massive disco/porn infusion :-\