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50 Years of C-47 Gunship conversions, Spooky man hunts from Vietnam to Colombia – By Hans Wiesman

The first C-47’s converted as “Gunships” flew in Dec. 1964 in Vietnam and their controversial start showed instantly tremendous successes in the close air support,…

REVIEW: THE DAKOTA HUNTER by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

I like to do periodic reboots of my addled brain every so often to take a step away from purely military related books. I’ve done…

FUNDRAISER: WW2 D-Day Dakota to fly again! by RAF Transport Command Memorial

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Come and fly on Douglas Dakota KG651 with RAF Transport Command Memorial. This is YOUR chance to fly IN a Dakota in the UK and…

MILITARY & FLYING MACHINES SHOW – By Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes
Flying Machines

MUTTS, A DAKOTA AND A VERY NICE CUP OF TEA! Mark Barnes attends the Military & Flying Machines show at Damyn’s Hall aerodrome in a…

Dakotas over Normandy – Press Release

Press Releases

October 30th, Fresville, Normandy, FRANCE.. For the 70th commemoration of the renowned D-day Invasion, which is to take place in June 2014, a group of…

A Histororic Dakota C-47 lays in ruins due to deceit and misrepresentation

Seth Washburne from Dallas, Texas filed a law suit on October 14th, along with Thirsty 13th LLC. The suit claims that they were both cheated…