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A spotting trip to any airport is always made more complete with the sight of a classic airliner at the airport you’re visiting.
In America, many airports are blessed with a based Douglas DC-3 which is persevered, or even in flying condition.
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Here are some US airports with resident DC-3s to see.
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Los Angeles
N760 Flightpath Learning Center
N19915 Proud Bird
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Santa Monica
N242SM
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Hartford Bradley International
N165LG New England Air Museum
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Dallas Ft Worth
N21798 CR Smith Museum
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Minneapolis St Paul
N33 at ANG Museum
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Kansas City Downtown
N838M (marked NC5931)
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Zephyrhills Municipal
N134D (marked 268804/Z)
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Charlotte Douglas
N12907 at Carolinas Aviation Museum
N44V at Carolinas Aviation Museum
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Oklahoma City Will Rogers
N65162 (marked 892953)
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Find out all of the preserved airliners in the USA, Canada and Mexico in our guide: Preserved Airliners of North America (including Military Transport Aircraft).
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You can also visit the delta meusum in Atlanta Georgia and KFFC in Peachtree City Georgia. KFFC has the Candler Field Express DC3 which is an active flying DC3.
There is another DC-3 that I know of at Jenison, MI Riverview airport. I haven’t seen if fly in a bit but it was in the past year I think.
Call (616) 667-9350
m.me/115468211816419
manager@riverviewairport.com
http://www.riverviewairport.com
Flew on N18121 yesterday at Spirit of 45 celebrations, Aurora, Oregon (KURO)! Magnificent bird, built in 1937, has highest hours of any DC-3 aircraft in world!!!!
Wow, that’s great!
N15SJ, C-47/DC-3, is alive and well at KFRG – Farmingdale, Republic Airport on Long Island, NY. It flies as part of the collection for the American Airpower Museum
There is a flying DC-3 with Pan Am markings at Historic Flight at Paine Field, Everett, WA. I saw it fly in June of this year.
There is one at Marathon in the Florida Keys.
Want to see them fly? DC-3’s are actually still in use and fly out of Anchorage Airport on a daily basis. It’s possible to get a photo of a DC 3 and B747-8F queued up for departure. There are probably 6 or 7 DC-3’s on the various ramps at the airport.