Types

• USAF Project Gunship I "Spooky"
• also nicknamed "Puff, the Magic Dragon"
• gunship developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War

• remanufactured and modified Douglas DC-3 / C-57 types
• turboprop engines
• strengthenend airframe

• Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6

• "Skytrooper"

• military version of the DC-3
• "Skytrain"
• with cargo door and reinforced floor

• Pratt & Whitney R-1830

• military version of the DC-3
• "Skytrooper"
• troop transport

• first model of the famous American DC "Douglas Commercial" transport aircraft series
• 12 passengers

• improved version of the DC-1
• 14 passengers, more engine power

• improved version of the DC-2,
• 21 passengers
• more engine power and wider body compared to the DC-2

• improved DC-3 with two 1,200 HP, 895 kW Pratt & Whitney R-1830-21 engines

• Pratt & Whitney R-1830-21

• improved DC-3 with two Wright R-1820 "Cyclone" engines

• ex-military C-47, C-53 and R4D types sold on the civil market

The DC-3D production was made up with uncompleted C-117 (A & B) airframes and parts (not to be confused with the later C-117D). The C-117 was build under government contracts at the very end and after World War II. The DC-3D incorporated all the military structural developments and systems making for a very robust and versatile aircraft.

• built from remaining parts for some non-built C-47

• "Super DC-3"
• stretched version with angular wing tips
• some designated as R4D-8 by the US Navy, 100 ordered
• fully enclosed the landing gear when retracted
• more information at dc3history.org

• "Doulgas Sleeper Transport", similar to the DC-3 but with 14 berths

• license-built Japanese version of the Douglas DC-3

• a C-47 fitted with Edo Model 78 floats
• video 1942 - EDO AIRCRAFT CORP of College Point, NY on Youtube

• Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92

• license-built Soviet version of the Douglas DC-3

• polish bomber trainer version of the Ли-2