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BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE FAB * - BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE

11)DOUGLAS C 47


Total received: 82


General Characteristics:


Crew: 3   


Capacity: 28 troops.  


Payload: 6,000 lb (2,700 kg) of cargo.   


Length: 63 ft 9 in (19.43m)   


Wingspan: 95 ft 6 in (29.11 m)   


Height: 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m)  


Wing area: 987 ft² (91.70 m²)   


Empty weight: 18,135 lb (8,225 kg)   


Loaded weight: 26,000 lb (11,800 kg)   


Max takeoff weight: 31,000 lb (14,000 kg)   


Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C "Twin Wasp" 14-cylinder radial engines, 1,200 hp (895 kW) each. 


Performance:


Max.  speed: 224 mph (195 knots, 360 km/h)   


Cruise speed: 160 mph (140 knots, 260 km/h)  


Range: 1,600 mi (1,400 nm, 2,600 km) 


Service ceiling 26,400 ft (8,050 m)   


Rate of climb: 1,130 ft/min (5.75 m/s)


In 1944 Brazilian Air Force FAB, received the first 5 C-47 which would be soon incorporated to the legendary Military Air Mail. With more capacity in their cargo compartments these superb aircraft gave a decisive thrust to strengthening of the Military Air Mail and paid an overwhelming role in the integration of the distant Amazon region. Brazilian Air Force operated 82 of these unequalled aircraft until late 70’s.   



Detail of one group of C 47 overflying the dangerous Burmese jungle on support of ground British and American troops.



Interior of one C-47 in a transport configuration. They were vital as cargo planes in supplying allied troops in the inhospitable CBI - China Burma India Theater, in the Normandy invasion and in securing the lifeline of the beleaguered British Army in North African campaign. 



C 47 's  seen dropping men and material to the ground forces at Burma.



Line of 5 C 47 Dakotas parked at one Brazilian airbase. They were mostly used in supplying the American bases ranging from Amapa to Natal and Salvador.



This historical picture shows the occasion when the first pilot made a C 47 flight from Natal, Brazil to Dakar Northwest Africa. The aircraft was piloted by Major Curtis Frisbie, Roxbury Kansas.   


 

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