DC-3 A Bridge Too Far / Interocean / African Air Carriers
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DC-3 A Bridge Too Far / Interocean / African Air Carriers
Compliments of the season to you all.
Some homework for you re C-47 / DC-3 construction number 27215 (DC-3 A Bridge Too Far / Interocean / African Air Carriers)
I believe this a/c was scrapped at Lanseria in the 1980s
I would appreciate any further info than what is below courtesy of ATDB
Photos would be good please
43-49954 U S AF to RAF KN279
KN279 RAF ex 43-49954 @ U S AF to Transair G-ANAD
G-ANAD Transair ex KN279 @ RAF to Aden AW VR-AAI
VR-AAI Aden AW ex G-ANAD @ Transair to Air Djibouti F-OCKX
F-OCKX Air Djibouti ex VR-AAI @ Aden AW to Private users in USA N9985Q
N9985Q Visionair ex F-OCKX @ Air Djibouti Unused. to Caprivi movie use only ("A Bridge Too Far")
N9985Q African Air Carriers ex F-OCKX @ Air Djibouti to Interocean AW
N9985Q Interocean AW ex F-OCKX @ Air Djibouti Preserved (Dakota Association of South Africa, as clubhouse) (Not any more!???)
cheers
Jaws
Some homework for you re C-47 / DC-3 construction number 27215 (DC-3 A Bridge Too Far / Interocean / African Air Carriers)
I believe this a/c was scrapped at Lanseria in the 1980s
I would appreciate any further info than what is below courtesy of ATDB
Photos would be good please
43-49954 U S AF to RAF KN279
KN279 RAF ex 43-49954 @ U S AF to Transair G-ANAD
G-ANAD Transair ex KN279 @ RAF to Aden AW VR-AAI
VR-AAI Aden AW ex G-ANAD @ Transair to Air Djibouti F-OCKX
F-OCKX Air Djibouti ex VR-AAI @ Aden AW to Private users in USA N9985Q
N9985Q Visionair ex F-OCKX @ Air Djibouti Unused. to Caprivi movie use only ("A Bridge Too Far")
N9985Q African Air Carriers ex F-OCKX @ Air Djibouti to Interocean AW
N9985Q Interocean AW ex F-OCKX @ Air Djibouti Preserved (Dakota Association of South Africa, as clubhouse) (Not any more!???)
cheers
Jaws
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VR-AAI and Aden Airways here:
adenairways.com/page72/page150/page150 - at least you've got VR AAI in full tail logo splendour.
Do email the site's creator Peter Pickering through the site - he's very knowledgeable and helpful and may have more unpublished details.
The fleet list on the site gives the same details you already have.
I flew many times on the Aden Airways DC3s as a pax - so I probably flew on her. My photos of DC3s are too distant to show their reg, and my cine was all naturally taken from inside...! My wife (then girlfriend) has a beauty of one in the Hadramaut but it looks like VR AAK. p.m. me if you're interested.
As for Air Djibouti, only flew on their Beechcraft 18.
adenairways.com/page72/page150/page150 - at least you've got VR AAI in full tail logo splendour.
Do email the site's creator Peter Pickering through the site - he's very knowledgeable and helpful and may have more unpublished details.
The fleet list on the site gives the same details you already have.
I flew many times on the Aden Airways DC3s as a pax - so I probably flew on her. My photos of DC3s are too distant to show their reg, and my cine was all naturally taken from inside...! My wife (then girlfriend) has a beauty of one in the Hadramaut but it looks like VR AAK. p.m. me if you're interested.
As for Air Djibouti, only flew on their Beechcraft 18.
