Any DC3s(Dakotas) active in India? - Airliners-India

himmat01 · Member

Any DC3s(Dakotas) active in India?

karatecatman · Member

There was one at the Chennai airport, parked near what used to be the Coast Guard station and then the dumping ground for the NEPC Airlines F27s. Have seen one at the Coimbatore airport also.

Talk about those engines/engine sound. WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

-- Edited by karatecatman at 16:17, 2006-09-23

karatecatman · Member

Himmat, there seem to be 4:

VT-AUI (1942), but sems to be grounnded at Dum Dum.

Belongs to: AIR SURVEY CO. OF INDIA (P) LTD. , 2/1, JESSORE ROAD, CALCUTTA

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VT-DDW, VT-AUT, VT-CYX (1941, 1942, 1942). In active service. Is also used by RAW.

Belongs to: BORDER SECURITY FORCE

-- Edited by karatecatman at 16:15, 2006-09-23

-- Edited by karatecatman at 16:16, 2006-09-23

himmat01 · Member

VT-DDW, VT-AUT, VT-CYX (1941, 1942, 1942). In active service. Is also used by RAW.

I saw VT-AUT with it's wings chopped off at DEL in August 2005. It was in a great condition upto 1997 and be seen parked at the domestic apron.

Boeing7xx · Member

The Airforce still uses a lot of them, fly into either Hyderabad or baroda, you'll usually end up seeing at least one of them taking off. Lovely birds.

COUGAR · Member

the color scheme of the Dakota above looks rather like the color scheme of an indian airlines DC3 i saw in a photograph once. Was this an ex-IC piece?

HAWK21M · Member

I remember watching the Airworks India Maintained one get Airborne in the Nineties from 09-27.Great View.

The good old workhorse.

regds

MEL