C-47 Archives - Pima Air & Space https://pimaair.org/designation/c-47/ Creating Unlimited Horizons in Aerospace Education Tue, 24 Dec 2019 23:16:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Douglas C-47 https://pimaair.org/museum-aircraft/douglas-c-47/ Wed, 04 Dec 2019 19:42:41 +0000 http://pimaair.wpengine.com/?post_type=museum_aircraft&p=925 Douglas C-47 Skytrain The Douglas C-47 is arguably the most successful aircraft to come out of World War II.  It was designed in 1935 as the DC-3 commercial airliner.  The aircraft was so far ahead of its competitors that over 400 had been built by 1940 when the U.S. Army Air Forces expressed an interest […]

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A picture of the Douglas C-47 Skytrain

The Douglas C-47 is arguably the most successful aircraft to come out of World War II.  It was designed in 1935 as the DC-3 commercial airliner.  The aircraft was so far ahead of its competitors that over 400 had been built by 1940 when the U.S. Army Air Forces expressed an interest in a militarized cargo and troop transport version.  The main modifications from the DC-3 version are a large cargo door on the left side of the aircraft and a strengthened floor.  More than 9,500 Skytrains were built for all branches of the American military and for export.  Large numbers of C-47s entered civil service after the war and as many as 400 of them were still flying around the world in 2017.

Wingspan 95 ft 6 in.

Wingspan
Length 63 ft 9 in.

Length
Height 17 ft

Height
Weight 26,000 lbs (loaded)

Weight
Max. Speed 230 MPH

Maximum Speed
Service Ceiling 24,000 ft

Service Ceiling
Range 1,600 miles

Range
Engines Two Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 with 1,200 horsepower each

Engines
Crew 4 with 27 passengers

Crew

Manufacturer
Douglas

Markings
U.S. Army Air Forces, England, June 6, 1944

Serial Number
41-7723

Designation
C-47

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