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RE: Do you know your airplanes? (Quiz) - 1/27/2004 3:23:15 AM   
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There were 487 of these machines built . The picture and 3 Views is of a captured L2D3, the most of the variants -- L2D2, 3, and 4 -- built. The machines were built in 1940-44, 71 being built by Nakajima, and 416 by Showa, in the Empire of the Rising Sun.
They did create some very bad times as they hauled troops and cargo around the empire during WWII as most fighters ignored those "DC-3s"

BTW the L2D3 had 1300 HP Kensi 51 radials and was a bit higher in performance than the DC-3. Allied Code name, "Tabby"

Thanks to Rene Francillon's Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War US Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD for these tidbits of information.

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RE: Do you know your airplanes? (Quiz) - 1/27/2004 6:30:00 AM   
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From the cowlings I would say that was the post WWII variant called the Super DC-3.

Just a hunch.



Check out - http://www.boeing.com/history/mdc/graphics/hist083b.htm

"The Super DC-3 was a major modification of the DC-3 with new wings and empennage, redesigned landing gear, lengthened fuselage and more powerful engines. As a replacement for the DC-3, it had considerable appeal to the military, and a few were converted to airline use."

Navy operated it as the R4D-8 - looks like the tail was grafted from the DC7. The wings look like they were redesigned, and were 5 ft shorter (95 vs 90) than the DC3/C47

Overall, when it was developed in the early '50s, the Super DC3 was a big improvement over the twenty-plus year old DC3 ..
Cruise speed went from 127 to 175 kt , range from 980 to 2100+ nm, useful load from 7900 to 10975 lb...


Best,

Jim

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RE: Do you know your airplanes? (Quiz) - 1/28/2004 5:35:09 AM   
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RE: Do you know your airplanes? (Quiz) - 1/28/2004 6:01:33 AM   
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RE: Do you know your airplanes? (Quiz) - 1/28/2004 3:22:17 PM   
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RE: Do you know your airplanes? (Quiz) - 1/28/2004 5:48:18 PM   
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RE: Do you know your airplanes? (Quiz) - 1/28/2004 7:15:28 PM   
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3000 lb with 724 hp!!!

Can you spell "rocketship"? I knew you could.

Cheers!

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RE: Do you know your airplanes? (Quiz) - 1/28/2004 9:03:34 PM   
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RE: Do you know your airplanes? (Quiz) - 1/28/2004 9:21:19 PM   
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RE: RE: Do you know your airplanes? (Quiz) - 1/28/2004 9:31:52 PM   
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looks like a texan to me

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RE: RE: Do you know your airplanes? (Quiz) - 1/28/2004 9:38:05 PM   
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RE: RE: Do you know your airplanes? (Quiz) - 1/28/2004 11:32:15 PM   
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RE: RE: Do you know your airplanes? (Quiz) - 1/30/2004 10:28:23 AM   
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RE: RE: Do you know your airplanes? (Quiz) - 1/30/2004 1:22:57 PM   
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RE: RE: Do you know your airplanes? (Quiz) - 1/30/2004 2:50:24 PM   
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Goblin, may have wrong spelling, heck xf-85



Answer.......the McDonnell XF-85 Goblin.


....correct...outstanding!

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