Douglas DC-3 (CC-129 Dakota Mk. IV) RCAF 12938 "Dolly's Folly"
This variation of the classic RCAF DC-3 livery is based on the Douglas C-47B Dakota 4, registration 12938 ("Dolly's Folly") from the 1980s. It was used in Cold Lake, Alberta, along with "Woody Woodpecker" to train CF-104 pilots in the intricacies of NASAAR radar. Each had a large ground-power unit installed in the rear fuselage, the nose radar from the 104, and training consoles for the students.
607 civil variants of the Douglas Commercial DC-3; and 10,048 military C-47 Skytrain and C-53 Skytrooper variants were built at Santa Monica, California, Long Beach, California, and Oklahoma City. None were built in Canada, but many have been refurbished at a number of Canadian plants including Winnipeg and Montreal. The RAF and the RCAF designated the aircraft as a Dakota.
Sources:
https://www.silverhawkauthor.com/post/canadian-warplanes-4-douglas-cc-129-dakota
Thank you for all the RCAF DC3 liveries. So many different versions. Would you consider making combined DC3 'classic' and 'retrofit' (GPS) versions of each. A lot of creators have them combined now into one livery package.
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NightHawk1867
I flew in the plane at Cold Lake in the Late 70's and "Pinocchio" as well. Thank you! Maj "Jock" McKay was BFO.
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scorpionbc