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Originally Posted by plib
DC3 = C47 = Dakota = Gooney Bird. Correct?
I know they were used in everything from flying the Hump, to D-Day, Arnhem and the Berlin Airlift. There are still some used by bush pilots in northern Canada I believe. They do seem to be able to keep those in the air. 
Weren't DC3s also Puff The Magic Dragon in Vietnam? |
Yep. The
C-47 Skytrain/Dakota was the military version of the DC-3 and nicknamed Gooney Bird. The gunship version (officially the '
AC-47 Spooky') was nicknamed Puff the Magic Dragon.
It was called Skytrain in the US, Dakota by the British.