and if so where and who, what company and how are they being used? any website links??thanksciao!Brian S

About 400 still around - many in daily use. Have a look here ---http://www.douglasdc3.com/ You'll find a complete listing of all Dakotas stil;l in existence, hundreds of pictures etc .Dave

Miami Valley Aviation has a few DC-3's that they still use for cargo runs. they are based at Hook Field (KMWO) in SW Ohio.chris

Hi,Air Atlantique, based at Coventry, England, use them for charter and special trips.http://www.airatlantique.co.uk/Dan.

There's one in Canada that the government uses for surveying. They cut the floor out and put in a glass panel (presumably a strong one) and have a bunch of photo equipment set up. Hmmm, now that I think of it, those pics would make some dynamite mesh...billg

For what it is worth, at OshKosh last year, there was a DC3 with TurboProp engines and all kinds of updates. Probably wasn't called a DC3 any more, but was an impressive bird. Don't remember the company, but the conversion price was also pretty impressive.

>There's one in Canada that the government uses for surveying.>They cut the floor out and put in a glass panel (presumably a>strong one) and have a bunch of photo equipment set up. Funny you should mention that one, here is a picture of it. My office is in the building behind the tail.http://www.centercomp.com/cgi-bin/dc3/gallery?309That Dak has an interesting history. It was delivered to the RAF in '43 and served in the Burma campain, then it was transferred to the USAAF (USAF?) in time for D-Day. It also dropped paratroopers in operation Market Garden (the 'Bridge too Far' mission). So it served in both the Pacific and European fronts.

small world! That DC-3 used to belong to Innotech Aviation, where it was first fitted with the remote sensing gear. Here's a link. http://www.etcentre.org/organization/ESTD/remote_e.html#topThey also had a Convair 580, that got transferred over as well, and a Falcon 50 that got sold elsewhere. My dad used to manage that outfit and fly the Convair and Falcon.Billg

Basler Aviation right there on the field has done TurboProp convertions to DC-3's for many years, least they were last time I stopped there for some 100 LL.Steve A

Thanks Steve:I couldn't remember the display sign or name. I don't know why I did not think of it, but I have pictures of the bird. It looks like "Easler Turbo Conversions, Oshkosh, Wisconsin" on the side of the aircraft, but the bottom of the first letter is partially hidden by the right engine and that five bladed prop. It probably is a "B" as you said. If it were possible, permitted and I knew how to do it I would attach a .JPG Picture of the plane. Pretty impressive.Happy flying:RTH

FYI - Basler weren't the first to do turboprop Dc-3 conversions.I think the earliest ones were Rolls Royce and BEA( British European Airways ) back in the late 50s who together cooked up the Dart Dakota ( using RR Dart engines) The two aircraft converted were used by BEA on services but nothing further came of it. Dave

Try http://www.buffaloairways.com/I remember Buffalo AIrways had DC3s and other older interesting pros.Also, suggest you do a search on the web for DC3 and Santa Catalina.I remember a very interesting news story about a small cargo airline which services the island Santa Catalina (Calfornia USA) and it;'s problems due to runway problems.Howard

There are 4 DC-3's at West Palm Beach Int'l. They are run by Missionary Flight International, a charitable group that flies them to bring relief aid to the Caribbean.http://www.missionaryflights.org