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The DC-3/Dakota Historical Society, Inc.
DC3, C47, Dakota, R4D, Gooney Bird, DAK, DST, C-53, C-117,C-49License
Agreement No. BMC 01-TM-047 with The Boeing Company


MISSION STATEMANT
The mission of the DC-3/Dakota Historical Society is to provide an accurate history of the C-47 Dakota and its civilian version, the Douglas DC-3. The DC-3/Dakota Historical Society will serve the aviation community by using credentialed aviation historians to act as a resource center for all things related to aeronautics of the DC-3/C-47/Dakota. We are the oldest (Established in 1994) and most trusted DC-3 website on the Internet.

The DC-1 had cost more than $350,000.
The Douglas DC-1
DC-2 cost TWA  $65,000 for each DC 2 (sans engines)
The Douglas DC-2
The Douglas DC-3
C-47 Dakota dropping field artillary pieces
The C-47 Dakota
Super DC-3 takong off  with JATO jet assisted takeoff
The Super DC-3
three tail DC-4
DC-4/C-54
 Each month our Featured Article will be dedicated to a particular person, aircraft or event.
This month the Story of Warren Basler and his turbine conversion. 

Warren Basler and Saving the DC-3

Learn how to have your story told on our home page.

Friends of the DC -3/Dakota historical Society who might be looking for an opportunity to pay homage to a particular person (both past and present), a historical aircraft, a repair station, an aircraft museum, an organization dedicated to the aircraft, an historical society  an aviation publication, an organization dedicated to a particular squadron or anything of historical interest dealing with the DC-3/Dakota aircraft, contact us.  at  www.dc3history.org  for costs.

This Is truly a life time opportunity to present your story to a worldwide audience by the oldest and most respected historical site in the world dedicated to the DC-3/ Dakota aircraft.


   
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