Last flights on a Dak were courtesy of Servivensa down in Venezuela in mid-90s. Puerto Ordaz / Angel Falls areas. Great stuff.
Anyone know if the original Douglas machine tools survived or who now has the production rights? I think Viking in BC have the production rights to most of the old DeHavilland designs.
Wishful thinking, but not hard to imagine a new one with a couple of modern P&W or AiR turbo-props, circa 70 years on.