Douglas R4D-8/C-117D Super Gooney

by Angelo Romano, Norm Taylor, Steve Ginter

This aircraft was used as a transport, VIP carrier, station hack, a trainer with VT-29, and its usage in Antarctica with VX-6 from 1952 into the 1980s. The DC-3S was a Douglas venture to add capability and life to the post-war fleet of surplus DC-3s, C-47s and R4Ds. It was an remanufactured aircraft with a stretched fuselage, new taller and wider tail group, new square tip outer wings, larger engines and fully enclosed main gear housings. It did not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0984611487
• ISBN13: 9780984611485
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Ginter Books
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.9"