Douglas R4D-8/C-117D Super Gooney.
Product code 9780984611485
Douglas
Series Naval Fighters Number 95
Publisher/Brand Ginter
Author Tommy H. Thomason
Format a4
No. Pages 135
Version Soft cover
Language English
Category Aviationbooks
Subcategory US » US Prop Aircraft
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15-color and over 300 b&w photos and text cover its usage as a transport, VIP carrier, station hack, a trainer with VT-29, and its usage in Antarctica with VX-6 from 1952 into the 1980s. The DC-3S was a Douglas venture to add capability and life to the post war fleet of surplus DC-3s, C-47s and R4Ds. It was an remanufactured aircraft with a stretched fuselage, new taller and wider tail group, new square tip outer wings, larger engines and fully enclosed main gear housings. It did not find favor with the airlines which instead turned to Convairs and Martins, but found a home in the Navy and Marines. 96 aircraft were eventually re-manufactured as R4D-8s and 4 as R4D-8Zs
