List of Douglas DC-3 family variants
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A DC-3 operated by Flygande Veteraner in Sweden
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This is a list of variants of the Douglas DC-3 family of airliner and transport aircraft.
Conversions
From the early 1950s, some DC-3s were modified to use Rolls-Royce Dart engines, as in the Conroy Turbo Three. Other conversions featured Armstrong Siddeley Mamba or Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turbines. Recently a Canadian company has also offered a conversion to PZL Asz-62IT power.
- Dart Dakota
- Two C-47Bs converted to use the Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop (1,547 ehp) for development of operating procedures by airlines before introduction of BEA's Vickers Viscounts. Acquired from Field Aircraft Services Ltd in 1950 the installations were paid for by the Ministry of Supply. They were flown as G-ALXM Sir Henry Royce and G-AMDB Claude Johnson forming the "Dart Development Unit" on adhoc and scheduled freight flights.[11]
- A single C-47, G-AMDB (cn 14987/26432) was converted and reverted to piston power after trials and route-proving, serving BEA as a standard "Pionair" until it was sold in 1962.[12][13]
- A single C-47B-1-DK (c/n 25613 / s/n 43-48352 / KJ829), was also converted for use by Rolls-Royce in trials of the 1,540 hp (1,148.38 kW) Rolls-Royce Dart, the aircraft, given the test registration G-37-2 flew with Darts. Sold to Tyne Tees Airways in April 1963 the airframe was scrapped in 1965.[14]
- Mamba Dakota
- A single C-47 (KJ839) was converted with 1,475 hp (1,099.91 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Mamba turboprop engines, for trials.
- DC-3/2000
- DC-3 engine conversion done by Airtech Canada, first offered in 1987. Powered by two PZL ASz-62IT radials.[15]
- Basler BT-67
- DC-3 conversion with a stretched fuselage, strengthened structure, modern avionics, and powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT-6A-67R turboprops.
- Conroy Turbo Three
- One DC-3 converted by Conroy Aircraft with two Rolls-Royce Dart Mk. 510 turboprop engines.
- Conroy Super-Turbo-Three
- Same as the Turbo Three but converted from a Super DC-3. One converted.
- Conroy Tri-Turbo-Three
- Two DC-3s converted by Conroy Aircraft with three Pratt & Whitney Canada PT-6A turboprops. The second aircraft replaced the first which had been severely damaged in a fire.
- USAC DC-3 Turbo Express
- A turboprop conversion by the United States Aircraft Corporation, fitting Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-45R turboprop engines with an extended forward fuselage to maintain center of gravity. First flight of the prototype conversion, (N300TX), was on July 29, 1982.[16]
- Basler BT-67
- Designation applied to aircraft modified to a Basler BT-67 standard, in some cases designated C-47TP.
- BSAS C-47-65ARTP Turbo Dakota
- Refit with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67R engines and fuselage stretch for the South African Air Force.[17]
- BSAS C-47-67FTP Turbo Dakota
- Refit with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67F engines and fuselage stretch for the South African Air Force.[17]
- Schafer/AMI -65TP Cargomaster
- Dodson International Turbo Dakota DC-3 PT6A-65AR
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