Dutch DC-2 Flies Again

James, I was indeed somewhat lazy… :diablo: . Am glad you stepped in! 🙂

Hello Ronald, I strongly suggest you visit this page:
http://www.oldprops.ukhome.net/DC2%20Photographs.htm .

Not sure about that listing.

From my notes, derived from various sources, starting with the excellent 4+ book on the DC-2:

Douglas DC-2 survivors
Type C/N Current Regn Previous Identities Location / owner notes

DC-2-112 1286 N/A NC13736, A30-11, VH-RCG(?) VHCRE ‘PH-AJU’(3) Albury West Rotary Club Albury, NSW Painted as PH-AJU / ‘44’, but not registered as such.

DC-2-112 1288 N/A NC12738, A30-14, ‘UIVER’(2) Dutch Dakota Association Lelystad, Netherlands Used for spares by Sid Marshall, stored, incomplete.

DC-2-112 1292 N/A NC13782, A30-9, VHCRK Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin, Vic Complete, with corrosion issues. Externally stored, pending restoration to static.

DC-2-115E (Fokker No.15) 1354 N/A PH-AKH, SE-AKE, DC-1, DO-1 Suomen Ilmavoimat (Finnish AF) Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo, Tikkakoski, Finland A very historic Finnish military aircraft, currently under long term restoration.

DC-2-118B 1368 N/A NC14296, XA-BJL(1), LG-ACA, TG-ACA, N4867V, N1934D, NC1934D Museum of Flight Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA Previous Certificate of Airworthiness issued 1987, but recently re-flown, with new CofA currently airworthy.

DC-2-115G / C-32A 1376 N/A PK-AFL, 41-1376, 42-83227, VH-ADZ, CH-CDZ, VHCXH, ‘N8486D’ (NTU) International Air Parts Bankstown, NSW Denied export permit from Australia and never used N8486D. Stored (possible long-term restoration).

DC-2-142 / R2D-1 1404 PH-AJU 9993, NC39165, N39165, PH-AJU ‘Uiver’(1) Aviodrome Museum, Lelystad, Netherlands. Airworthy.

DC-2-200 (Fokker No.37) 1562 N/A OK-AIC, D-AAIC, OH-DLB, OH-LDB, DO-3 Suomen Ilmavoimat (Finnish AF) Suomen Ilmailmuseo Helsinki Finland fuselage only, stored.

DC-2-243 / C-39 2072 N/A 38-515, XA-DUF, XB-YAV, N6097C, 38-515 USAF Museum Wright Patterson, Dayton Ohio, USA. C-39 is a hybrid design of DC-2 fuselage with the fin and rudder and centre section of the DC-3. The C-39 was designated by Douglas as a DC-2-243.

Comments / corrections welcome.

Cheeky!

Did you see the scans Flight put on their website taken at Mildenhall before race start?

What a marvelous collection of pictures there Blue.

Thank you very much for the link.

Err… I thought there were only 4 DC-2 airframes left in the world, half of which at Lelystad, the other half on poles in Oz, and one of them airworthy – also at Lelystad. Where’s this 2nd airworthy example located?

Hello Ronald, I strongly suggest you visit this page:
http://www.oldprops.ukhome.net/DC2%20Photographs.htm .

There are two complete examples left in Finland for starters!
N1934D is the second airworthy example as seen at
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1146905/L/ .

Hurrah!

Good on the Dutch! With the US machine which is now airworthy again, that makes the vast, breathtaking number of TWO DC-2s flying world wide. Thoroughly appropriate that one’s in the USA, the other in Holland. Given the low numbers preserved, it would be great if another was to return to the sky.

Who knows, one day, we might get to see ‘Uiver’ and the DH-88 in the same sky once more…

Err… I thought there were only 4 DC-2 airframes left in the world, half of which at Lelystad, the other half on poles in Oz, and one of them airworthy – also at Lelystad. Where’s this 2nd airworthy example located?

I may have *ahem* handled the originals, bought the scanner and set their PC up 😉

Did you see the scans Flight put on their website taken at Mildenhall before race start?

Thanks for the lead BlueRobin

If you’re “in” to 1930 aeroplanes, take a look at all the Flight images on that website. They are just stunning!

Cheeky!

Did you see the scans Flight put on their website taken at Mildenhall before race start?

A Boeing 247, and trio (or quartet) of Comets seems a bit too much to hope for.

No, I hadn’t seen those, very nice. Thanks.

Cheeky!

Did you see the scans Flight put on their website taken at Mildenhall before race start?

..and Lelystad’s Connie?

I don’t recall a Connie placing in the 1934 MacRobertson Centennial air race… :p

..and Lelystad’s Connie?

Hurrah!

Good on the Dutch! With the US machine which is now airworthy again, that makes the vast, breathtaking number of TWO DC-2s flying world wide. Thoroughly appropriate that one’s in the USA, the other in Holland. Given the low numbers preserved, it would be great if another was to return to the sky.

Who knows, one day, we might get to see ‘Uiver’ and the DH-88 in the same sky once more…

Great news! I think this may be a big star at the Lelystad Giants of history fly-inn during September.

Greets,

Stieglitz

Hi Blue Robin

I was at Lelystad monday 28th for flying Catalina and miss it of course,but I got a look at the Dc2 in the hangar.

Nice to see her in the air again:D

Sweet news BlueRobin, thanks very much indeed. It would make a wonderful addition to flightline at Legends too, let’s hope it can be arranged. 🙂