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- Douglas R4D-8/C-117D Super Gooney
This aircraft was used as a transport, VIP carrier, station hack, a trainer with VT-29, and its usage in Antarctica with VX-6 from 1952 into the 1980s. The DC-3S was a Douglas venture to add capability and life to the post-war fleet of surplus DC-3s, C-47s and R4Ds. It was an remanufactured aircraft with a stretched fuselage, new taller and wider tail group, new square tip outer wings, larger engines and fully enclosed main gear housings. It did not find favor with the airlines which instead turned to Convairs and Martins, but found a home in the Navy and Marines. 96 aircraft were eventually re-manufactured as R4D-8s and 4 as R4D-8Zs.
Pages: 136
Size: 8.5 X 11 (inches)
Format: Paperback
Illustrations: 300+ bw photos
Publisher: Steve Ginter
ISBN: 9780984611485
Product Code: GB148
Angelo Romano
Angelo has published five books: Wings from Coral Sea (Golden Wing Publications, 1986),Naval Fighters (Osprey, 1990), Naval Air Weapons Meet 1956-1959 (Model Publishing, 2006), First and Foremost - An illustrated History of Carrier Air Wing One - CVW-1 Part One 1934-1957 (Model Publishing, 2006) and CVW-1 Part Two 1957-1973 (Model Publishing, 2008).
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