DC3 ZK-AMY retires this month..
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Is it an urban myth that when she was owned by DCA, that the instrument panel was modified to be similiar to the DCA F-27?
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And here's a rather nice photo of VH-CAN at Essendon with DCA.
Both this photo and the one in the post above are from the Civil Aviation Historical Society collection.
Both this photo and the one in the post above are from the Civil Aviation Historical Society collection.
Modified panel?
CharlieLimaX-Ray,
CAN's panel was similar to MMA's when the two were flying out of Darwin in the 80s. So if it was modified, then it was changed again.
Back then CAN was a relative baby, for a DC3 in terms of airframe hours....
it had about 16,000, compared to MMA with 64,000.
CAN's panel was similar to MMA's when the two were flying out of Darwin in the 80s. So if it was modified, then it was changed again.
Back then CAN was a relative baby, for a DC3 in terms of airframe hours....
it had about 16,000, compared to MMA with 64,000.
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Thanks for the photo of CAN’s instrument panel Phil.
It shows that it had an almost full panel on the Co-Pilot side with ADF and VOR displays on both instrument panels plus marker beacon lights quite prominent on both sides. This was certainly an upgrade over a standard wartime DC3. The major changes from memory (now 20 years) were the overhead panels which contained VHF COMs and NAVs which I believe were aligned with the installation in the DCA F27 fleet.
The Southern DC3 website says AMY now has around 18,000 hrs which means it has flown about 5000 hrs more than the two commercially operated DC3's in Melbourne.
It shows that it had an almost full panel on the Co-Pilot side with ADF and VOR displays on both instrument panels plus marker beacon lights quite prominent on both sides. This was certainly an upgrade over a standard wartime DC3. The major changes from memory (now 20 years) were the overhead panels which contained VHF COMs and NAVs which I believe were aligned with the installation in the DCA F27 fleet.
The Southern DC3 website says AMY now has around 18,000 hrs which means it has flown about 5000 hrs more than the two commercially operated DC3's in Melbourne.
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Wow! Flight instruments in a DC3 for the F/O.
Such luxury.
In my day we were lucky to have a yaw string to look at.
Young pilots today don't know how lucky they are.
/grumpy old fart mode off
Such luxury.
In my day we were lucky to have a yaw string to look at.
Young pilots today don't know how lucky they are.
/grumpy old fart mode off
Must make ZK-AMY, one of the lowest time DC-3's.
When the RAAF disposed of the last of the ARDU C-47'S in the late 1990's one of the airframes had less than 10,000 hours.
When the RAAF disposed of the last of the ARDU C-47'S in the late 1990's one of the airframes had less than 10,000 hours.
here's a photo of VH-CAN's panel
