Douglas C-47 v3 Livery Thread

**Ranger75** · April 29th, 2019, 13:49

Nice to see an updated NASARR model is coming! "Pinocchio" should be ready to go once it comes out.

**Paughco** · May 23rd, 2019, 21:43

Has anybody come up with a Plane Savers paint job for the MJ C-47?

Thank you
ATB

**Wings of Gold** · May 24th, 2019, 08:58

Having a problem locating the new German liveries. Will you please provide a link.

Regards, Bill

**seawing** · May 27th, 2019, 08:33

Originally Posted by Wings of Gold

Having a problem locating the new German liveries. Will you please provide a link.

Regards, Bill

Hi Bill, sorry, I am still working together with Manfred on a few bits and pieces and am also a bit busy (RW), so please be patient. I will announce the upload here.

Best regards,

Seawing

**seawing** · June 2nd, 2019, 08:23

Finally, the first of the repaints with (slightly) updated models has been uploaded to the SOH library and should be available any time soon. It is CA+011, the German Air Force VIP Squadron version. Next to follow is the TACAN Calibrator 14+07 (hopefully next weekend).

Seawing

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...6&linkid=25544

**Ranger75** · June 3rd, 2019, 14:22

A CAF unification era repaint and an update to an earlier upload are now in the library.

**TuFun** · June 6th, 2019, 10:24

**mercure** · June 6th, 2019, 11:42

Superb!
What a sight, how many will they be in 25 years?

***ian elliot*** · June 6th, 2019, 12:09

What a sight, how many will they be in 25 years?

Who knows, probably more, they said that about Spitfire's, and there's more flying now than 25 years ago

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**dhasdell** · June 6th, 2019, 12:26

What a sight, how many will they be in 25 years?

I mentioned in another thread that for the 1970 film of Catch-22 they had 17 flying B-25s. For the new mini series they managed 2. I'd have thought that new restorations would have increased the total, but apparently not.

***Victory103*** · June 6th, 2019, 13:43

Great watch and jealous of a co-worker's brother is over there helping with the CAF, I'd almost quit my job to be in the co-pilot seat in one of those planes on this day!

**Bomber_12th** · June 6th, 2019, 16:08

On the Warbird Information Exchange forum, I just recently began a count of the number of DC-3's (and all related types and modified versions) that are flying world-wide, and so-far my list, which I believe is quite "exhaustive", is up to 187 (two new flyers were just added today - C-FDTD and G-ANAF, which both flew today). Several of the South American and Thailand examples are guesses based on best available information (as to their statuses at this moment), and I'm still trying to get more information on any others I'm missing in South American and African countries (it would seem that a lot of those which had been operating within countries in those continents have been retired in recent years).

Douglas DC-3's (of all variants and modifications) flying:
Australia: 7 (VH-AES, VH-ABR, VH-AGU, VH-EAE, VH-EAF, VH-OVM, VH-TMQ)
Bolivia: 1 (CP-2421)
Canada: 24 (C-FBKB, C-FCUE, C-FDTD, C-FGCX, C-FKAL, C-FKGL, C-GKKB, C-FLFR, C-FMKB, C-FTGI, C-FTGX, C-FVNS, C-FWUI, C-GAWI, C-GDAK, C-GEAI, C-GEAJ, C-GGSU, C-GHGF, C-GJKB, C-GPNR, C-GRSB, C-GVKB, C-GWZS)
Colombia: 16 (FAC1654, FAC1658, FAC1667, HK-1175, HK-122, HK-1315, HK-2006, HK-2820, HK-3037, HK-3215, HK-3286, HK-3292, HK-5016, PNC-0256, PNC-0257, PNC-0258)
Denmark: 1 (OY-BPB)
El Salvador: 2 (FAS116, YS-53C)
England: 5 (G-AMPY?, G-ANAF, N147DC, N473DC, ZA947)
Finland: 1 (OH-LCH)
France: 3 (F-AZTE, F-AZOX, F-HVED)
Germany: 1 (ZS-NTE)
Guatemala: 1 (FAG590)
Hungary: 1 (HA-LIX)
Iceland: 1 (TF-NPK)
India: 1 (VP905)
Kenya: 1 (5Y-WOW)
Mauritania: 1 (5T-MAH)
Netherlands: 1 (PH-PBA)
New Zealand: 3 (ZK-AWP, ZK-DAK, ZK-JGB)
Norway: 1 (LN-WND)
Russia: 3 (RA-05738, RA-2059G, RA-2944G)
South Africa: 9 (SAAF6839, SAAF6852, SAAF6885, SAAF6887, ZS-ASN, ZS-BXF, ZS-CAI, ZS-CRV, ZS-DIW)
Sweden: 2 (N41CQ, SE-CFP)
Switzerland: 2 (N150D, N431HM)
Thailand: 8 (RTAF46151, RTAF46153, RTAF46154, RTAF46155, RTAF46156, RTAF46157, RTAF46158, RTAF46159)
Turkey: 1 (N3291)
United States: 90 (N103NA, N115U, N131PR, N137PB, N138FS, N141PR, N143D, N146RD, N147AZ, N151ZE, N15MA, N15SJ, N17334, N18121, N193DP, N198RD, N1XP, N200MF, N231GB, N24320, N25641, N25673, N26MA, N271SE, N272R, N272ZZ, N2805J, N28AA, N28TN, N29TN, N3006, N300BF, N300MF, N30TN, N3239T, N33611, N33644, N33VW, N34, N341A, N345AB, N346AB, N34DF, N353MM, N400MF, N41HQ, N437GB, N43XX, N44587, N45366, N467SP, N472AF, N47E, N47SJ, N47TB, N500MF, N5106X, N534BE, N56V, N583V, N587MB, N59314, N60154, N61981, N62CC, N64766, N64767, N64784, N705GB, N728G, N734H, N737H, N74589, N791HH, N7AP, N814CL, N8336C, N836M, N86584, N8704, N87745, N877MG, N882TP, N8WJ, N92578, N932H, N9796N, N982Z, N983DC, N99FS)

Here is a list of all of the D-Day vet survivor C-47's and C-53's that I have tallied thus-far. Several of the flyers have been participants in the "Daks Over Normandy" events.

Flying:

FZ668 - C-FDTD
FZ692 - C-GRSB (Canadian Warplane Heritage)
KG330 - "Ed Force Three" (Buffalo Airways) C-GWZS
42-23310 - "Air France" F-AZTE
42-24064 - "Placid Lassie" N74589
43-30647 - "Virginia Ann" N62CC
42-32833 - "Liberty" N25641
42-68830 - "D-Day Doll" N45366
42-92847 - "That's All Brother" N47TB
42-100591 - "Tico Belle" N3239T
42-100764 - C-GAWI (Basler turbo conversion - known in WWII as "Georgia Jane II")
42-100882 - "Drag-'em-oot" N473DC
42-100884 - "Mayfly" N147DC
42-100971 - "Prinses Amalia" PH-PBA
43-30652 - "Whiskey 7" N345AB
43-30732 - "Daisy" SE-CFP

Non Flying:

FZ658 - National Air Force Museum of Canada
KG545 - C-FROD
42-68710 - "Painted Lady/Lulu Belle" N85SA
42-92841 - "Turf and Sport Special"
42-93096 - National WWII Museum
42-100521 - "Night Fright" N308SF (under restoration to fly)
42-100825 - "Argonia"
43-15073- "SNAFU Special"

(BTW, these numbers compare to about 165 P-51's currently flying world-wide, about 60 Spitfires flying world-wide, 39 B-25's currently flying world-wide, etc. More here: http://www.warbirdinformationexchang...hp?f=3&t=65826)

**mercure** · June 7th, 2019, 10:31

Many thanks bomber!
I was wondering wether 'D Day Doll' was named after 6-6-44 but maybe not. Very fresh nose art then!

**Bomber_12th** · June 7th, 2019, 14:03

The "D-Day Doll" name is modern, though the airframe, like the rest that I have listed, is documented as having flown missions on D-Day.

BTW, I forgot to add a couple more to the list of D-Day vet surviving C-47's:

C-47 43-15211 N1944A (airworthy, but not flown in a while, owned by Kermit Weeks)
C-47 42-32832 "Sky King" N5106X (flying, owned by the Mid America Flight Museum)

**Ranger75** · June 7th, 2019, 14:54

RCAF Dakota FZ692 in the library

**TuFun** · June 8th, 2019, 03:27

Awesome to see this crew bring back to life another Dak!

**usafvet** · June 8th, 2019, 12:36

Will these paints work with the original FSX package?

-Larry

Originally Posted by seawing

Finally, the first of the repaints with (slightly) updated models has been uploaded to the SOH library and should be available any time soon. It is CA+011, the German Air Force VIP Squadron version. Next to follow is the TACAN Calibrator 14+07 (hopefully next weekend).

Seawing

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...6&linkid=25544

**mjahn** · June 9th, 2019, 00:41

Larry: it's fine with V 3.1406. Some fpm may get lost due to the increased 4096 texture size.

Ted: My hat is off to that incredible bunch of Plane Savers.

**seawing** · June 9th, 2019, 14:04

And, as promised, here is my second repaint for the C-47 in German Air Force colors. It is TACAN-Calibrator 14+07 of 4. FmL/VsuRgt 61 (Fernmelde Lehr- und Versuchsregiment; Radio Training and Research Regiment). It is former VIP transport CA+012 after it was transferred to its new unit. Again the aircraft comes with an updated model by Manfred Jahn, representing the German Air Force version and featuring and openable pilot side window (LH side only), two ADF loop and two ADF sense antennas and the TACAN antenna installed under the nose. Textures are in 4096 x 4096 resolution and contain stencils based on original artwork by B. Lechner via M. Jahn.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...6&linkid=25552

Next in line is the updated NASARR - currently still WIP on the textures!

Regards,

Seawing

**cabbepe** · June 14th, 2019, 10:28

Originally Posted by ********

I've been uploading a series of updated HD skins for the new V3 bird. Today's upload, an RAF DAK with my black VC texture mods.

Hi! Where do I find this one?

I would like a RAF, AAF and a Swedish Air Force Paratrooper version. Is it possible to temporarlly use Paratrooper panel and effects or make a copy of the swedish Daisy?

I would like to reconstruct her participation in the 75 year D-day parachuter drop over Normandie. She belonged also to the allied airforces airdrop in D-day 1944. After the war she was sold to SAS. Now she is based in Vaesteras/Hasslo at the museum belonging to "Flygande Veteraner". In Vaesterås there is good collection of airworthy treasures. And also some very authentic simulators from Airbus to Gripen JAS-39. I tried the old SAS sim which is connected to FSX as it originally was as an IFR-trainer. Probably the nearest to a real CV-440 along with the one in Lelystad, Holland.