That wasn’t very good, though, even for FSX. The cockpit looked like a plastic toy. I flew it only a couple of times and then never touched it again.
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MAAM-Sim had a great DC3 and C-47 for FS2002, FS2004, and update for FSX.
http://www.maam.org/flightsim/PACKAGES/R4D.htm
good manuals and videos here.
http://www.maam.org/flightsim/enhance/r4d_enhance.htm
store
http://www.maam.org/flightsim/PACKAGES/R4D.htm
Flew it a lot in FSX.
Do not know if still available on store.
also https://www.dc3airways.net/ appeared interesting.
Downloaded some of there scenery for FS9
enjoy
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There were multiple civilian and military variants and mods of the DC3 including a Soviet one (the li2) and conversions powered by the ubiquitous PT6A turbo prop. There is plenty of scope for other variants eventually.
With the DC-3 coming up in a few days I’d like to hear if anyone can recommend some good books about the iconic plane?
The only book you need to read:
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Agreed, it’s excellent. I read it multiple times already.
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It is amazing–as are all of Gann’s books. I only wish that they’d re-release them on Kindle–I’d repurchased every single one of them.
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The Haynes Workshop Manual series has a good one on the Dakota, the military version of the DC-3. The book has a good history, lots of historical photos, and focuses on the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Dakota with tons of colour images of every nook and cranny of that aircraft.
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weeks ago I posted a request about the Colombian airlines that still operate the DC3
with some of the classic videos of Colombian DC3
Sadly I haven’t enough time to gather more information about destinations and timetables. This weekend I would try to checkout at flightaware and flightradar searching for more info.
Fate is the hunter is available on Kindle, that’s where i read it many many times
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Hi, thanks. Could you provide a link–I can’t seem to find any of Gann’s book on Kindle at the Amazon store. On the eBooks site, I get a “this eBook” is not available in your country (USA)" note. Perhaps that is why I’m not finding it on Amazon?
Yes, this is a great book. Excellent recommendation.
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I just finished reading this, which was a fascinating read about a topic I knew little about and is rarely, if ever, mentioned in popular and not-so-popular topics on military aviation. The DC-3 played a major part in Air Transport Command.
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Anxiously waiting.
I’ve flown the Aeroworx freeware DC3 for Xplane which is quite good, systems are not deep but for a freeware it is really good.
I also got the Vskylabs DC3 for XP11 that is probably the worst add-on I’ve seen (considering it is payware), if you put a pilot in their cockpit he will never guess he is in a DC3.
About Aeroplane Heaven I read a lot of bad feedback about them, I really don’t think they can do it worst than Vskylabs and I hope it can be better than Aeroworx. Hopefully!
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I’ve had this book for 25+ years. By Arthur Dearcy, called “Fifty Glorious Years: A Pictorial Tribute to the Douglas DC-3”.
Looks like there’s some used versions out there.
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My first DC-3 experience.
A long time ago…
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For me the test for AH will be if they get the sound right this time: their F3F and P51 justifiably received a lot of flack for the poor sound implementation.
Agree with you about Aeroworx
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