DAKOTA INFO

[simondix]

Yesterday I was sitting in a carpark by the gliding airfield at Honeybourne, Worcestershire. I heard a familiar sound. Looking up I saw a DC-3. It was painted totally red except for what looked like a silver bulge under the fuselage. It did a couple of high circuits then went off east presumably towards Coventry.

I have looked up on Airliners Net for UK DC3's and cannot find any painted like that. Anybody know whose it is?

[DaveB]

Hi Simon..

A blind guess would be that it's one of Air Atlantiques from Coventry.. that or it's the BBMF's Dak. AA regularly paint em up in one-off liveries appropriate for what work it's doing. The BBMF aircraft is Camo with Pegasus on the nose

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[simondix]

Thats what I thought. I quite often see their daks as I work an area covering Warwickshire, Worcestershire and a sizeable chunk of Gloucestershire. It's nice to see and hear them whoever owns them.

[Hot_Charlie]

Yesterday I was sitting in a carpark by the gliding airfield at Honeybourne, Worcestershire. I heard a familiar sound. Looking up I saw a DC-3. It was painted totally red except for what looked like a silver bulge under the fuselage. It did a couple of high circuits then went off east presumably towards Coventry.

I have looked up on Airliners Net for UK DC3's and cannot find any painted like that. Anybody know whose it is?

I suspect it looked very much like this:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/ ... ure064.jpg

In which case it was the AA's newly repainted G-ANAF, which is now bright red, and has the radome under the fuselage as shown in its old white scheme below:

http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=126201

[DaveB]

Cheers HC.. that would seem to confirm it ;-) Not seen her painted up in red :o

ATB

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[Garry Russell]

Amzing :o

The Dak stil has a working role in the UK even now

Garry

[Hot_Charlie]

Cheers HC.. that would seem to confirm it ;-) Not seen her painted up in red :o

ATB

DaveB :tab:

Looks quite nice IMO.

[simondix]

That's the girl.

Thank you all very much. I knew somebody would know and have a photo.

[delticbob]

Amzing :o

The Dak stil has a working role in the UK even now

Garry

As long as it does not carry passengers, if the Brussels gets its way :-(



Bob

[Chris558]

I often think of that one as the 'Scrota-Dakota'!!