Douglas

Aeroplane March 2025

North Weald Douglas C-54 Skymaster scrapped

14th February 2025

More than 22 years after its September 2002 arrival at North Weald from the USA for a proposed Steven Spielberg-directed HBO film about the Berlin Airlift, Douglas C-54D Skymaster 42-72525/N44914 was scrapped at the Essex airfield during January.

Aeroplane February 2025

C-53 Skytrooper delivered to American GI Museum

28th January 2025

Douglas C-53D Skytrooper 42-68745 has arrived at the Museum of the American GI at College Station in Texas.

Aeroplane February 2025

C-53 Skytrooper entregado al American GI Museum

28th January 2025

El Douglas C-53D Skytrooper 42-68745 ha llegado al Museum of the American GI en College Station, Texas.

Aeroplane December 2024

Floatplane DC-3 flies again

5th December 2024

Douglas DC-3 floatplane N130Q made its first water landing for 20 years at Moosehead Lake, north-western Maine on 14 September, with Tunison Foundation pilots Eric Zipkin and Garrett Fleishman in the left and right-hand seats respectively.

Aeroplane December 2024

D-Day ‘Dak’ flies hurricane relief sorties

22nd November 2024

Tim Savage’s Vintage Flying Machines Douglas DC-3 operated a series of Hurricane Helene humanitarian relief flights

Aeroplane November 2024

Another ‘Dak’ for Tim Savage

25th October 2024

Ocala, Florida-based warbird operator Tim Savage — whose ‘Western Airlines’ Douglas DC-3 NC33644 was flown to Europe as part of the D-Day Squadron during the spring — has announced the acquisition of C-47A 43-15935/N33VW from Hangar 360 Aircraft Services at Bolton, Mississippi.

Australia

Douglas DC-2 delivered to HARS

25th July 2024

The Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) has received a Douglas DC-2 to join its growing collection at Shellharbour Airport, Albion Park Rail in New South Wales, Australia.

Argentina

DC-3 taxies in return to the sky project

9th May 2024

Douglas DC-3 LV-BEH completed a series of taxi runs on March 9 and 10 at an EAA convention in Argentina. It’s the latest step in the project to return the 1943-built aircraft to the skies.

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Save the Skymaster closes

16th April 2024

North Weald-based Save the Skymaster has announced that it is to close its charity and halt restoration work on Douglas C-54, N44914 (c/n 10630) ‘56498’.

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NASA DC-8 retirement

11th April 2024

NASA will shortly retire its DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory after 37 years of missions.

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Save the Skymaster folds its wings

16th February 2024

The team were attempting to return a Douglas C-54 Skymaster to flying status

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