Which DC-3 aircraft is this off?

Air Atlantique bought Miaco in Malta and brought its stock of engines and equipment to the U.K

Maybe one of the two UK registered Daks used in the filming brought back some ‘spares’? 😉

Ta

Thanks for your efforts there, Newforest and Eric.

It looks like 535 is the favourite as the colour strips on the rudder don’t look as if they diverge enough on 565 to cover such a large area on the rudder.

I wonder how it ended up at Coventry?

Anon.

[QUOTE=Newforest;1854144]Those are the two (you could have kept Anon in suspense a little longer :D).

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Sorry Newforest, hadn’t seen your post yet 😉

I remembered the colours from 1987 when my father was involved in the rescue of another DC-3 from Malta that was initially bought for the engines, but was in such a good condition it was flown out and restored to fly.

And you have part of a film star! 😉

http://www.aviationinmalta.com/Default.aspx?tabid=407

And the best photo of N535M.

http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/586791.html

Those are the two (you could have kept Anon in suspense a little longer :D).

Here is a photo of N535M before its fiery end. 🙁

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Conoco/Douglas-C-47A-Skytrain/1046210/L/&sid=1de6e9df7d46709bfdb54065bc554f53

And N565 on its wheels.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Conoco/Douglas-C-47B-Skytrain/0411931/L/&sid=676b6d8f8a2b7b7d33ff820e2e30967e

And another of N565.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwm1049/6366523527/

Both missing rudders:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/0205544/
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1104291/

Conoco colour scheme. I would suggest N535M or N565 which both ended up at Malta but there may have been more.

After looking through almost 5000 photos, I have found your aircraft, well you have a choice of two which I will give you…………….:)

Thanks for that info. That would suggest that this tail might not be from a UK registered plane. 😉

PML had a plain white tail, though it does have that brush-painted look that yours has. Plenty of pix online if you google the reg.

Info?

No, none at all, FLY.BUY.

He’s the sort of dealer who wouldn’t have a clue anyway.

A.

Was there any other information from the dealer to help identify this apart from a Coventry connection?

Just checked 1200 DC-3 photos, no trace. Reminiscent of Intra Jersey Airlines but not quite the same. Coventry really ties it to that area and G-APML was there at some time, sans rudder before being cancelled from the register. 🙂

Still looking for you! Presumably EI-AYO is still at Wroughton, complete?

Hmmm, please elaborate, Newforest.

Before I’m accused of nicking the rudder from a DC-3:eek:, it came, via a dealer, from Coventry.

Anon.

Stolen from Wroughton? 😀

EI-AYO?