![]() “Americans called it the “Gooney Bird”, “Doug”, “Dumbo”, “Old Fatso”, “Charlie 47”, “Skytrain”, “Skytrooper” and “Tabby.” The British called it the “Dakota” and the “Dak.”The RCAF called one squadron of Dakotas “The Flying Elephants”.Civilian pilots called it the “Three”, “Old Methuselah”, “The Placid Plodder”, “The Dowager Dutchess”, “The Flying Vagrant” and the “Dizzy Three.” According to this society “Most people remember and still call the C-47 the “Gooney Bird”.There are several versions of how it got that name.Some say the name came from the South Pacific where small atolls were the home of the wandering albatross, the giant seagull-like bird noted for its powers of flight, and sometimes unflattering but safe landings.Some GIs said the C-47 looked like the bird, with a heavy body and long wings, and mimicked the bird in its struggle to get off the rain-soaked dirt fields.”īut this is just one of the nicknames the DC-3/C-47 had. I, Angelique van Campen from X-Plained.Com, present to you the Gooney Bird. but read the "the notes.On behalf of the DC-3/Dakota Historical Society, Inc. * Positive reviews and comments are always welcome. ![]() * Requests for help should be sent by e-mail to. * Please do not contact VSKYLABS or Laminar Research with questions regarding this package. * View the file named "the eula.txt" for details regarding the licensing agreement in affect. * Any component or content of this package may not to be sold in a commercial product, or included in any payware or freeware package without specific written permission from Robert W. * Only you may use the graphic files including with this package on your own computer for your own personal entertainment. Heyen and it is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, VSKYLABS or Laminar Research. * This package contains the original artwork of Robert W. Instructions are provided with the included "_read me" text files. Optionally, a text editor to revise select. Familiarity with using your operating system's file manager to move foldersĥ. Adequate free storage space for the installation of this package (around 264 Megabytes)Ĥ. A legal copy of the VSKYLABS C-47 Skytrain or DC-3 Airliner model, which needs to be already installed into your X-Plane's aircraft repositoryģ. * Optional replacements for the spinning propeller texture (whose tip color is red by default), along with installation instructions.Ģ. * Exclusive night-time textures (LITs) are provided, with guidance on their optional activation. Skis are activated in the simulator by a knobbed lever near the captain's left shoulder. * Proprietary normal/bump maps are included, implementing Physically Based Rendering ("PBR") when appropriate. * Some liveries represent passenger door equipped aircraft, which are painted as such but do not visibly align with the animated cargo door objects. Interior textures will remain the developer's default. * Only the aircraft's exterior is being modified by this package. * This package is also compatible with the VSKYLABS DC-3 Airliner digital model for X-Plane 12 only. * These add-on liveries are for application upon the VSKYLABS C-47 Skytrain digital model for X-Plane 11 & 12. * View the Google Photos album for this collection at: ERA Classic N1944H "Spirit of Alaska" 2003 Desert Air Transport Transport N115U 2022ġ7. Golden Era Aviation N400MF by N400MF LLC 2022ġ6. Wien Alaska N91014 "Arctic Liner Point Barrow" 1946ġ5. Bush Air Cargo N50CM by B Tiernan 2015ġ4. Naval Arctic Research Laboratory N722NR 1978ġ1. Frontier Flying Service N59314 by J Hajdukovich 1986ĩ. Naval Arctic Research Laboratory N9382 1981Ĩ. TransNorthern Aviation N28TN by MES 2022ħ. Naval Arctic Research Laboratory N31310 1976Ħ. Interior Airways N46496 "The DEWLINER" 1952ĥ. Golden Era Aviation N763A as Ozark Air Lines 2021Ĥ. * A collection of liveries depicting the paint schemes applied by organizations carrying passengers, tranporting cargo and/or conducting research in Alaska spanning 1946 to 2022.ġ.
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