Fleet Air Arm
Association of Australia
Douglas Dakota
Douglas Dakota aircraft flying over the Naval Air Station HMAS Albatross
Four RAAF Dakota aircraft were transferred to the RAN - one in 1949, one in 1950 and two in 1968.Two were converted to provide training for Firefly, Gannet and Sea Venom crews.
In the 1970s, two of the aircraft were sold, one Dakota went to the Naval Air Museum at Nowra and one to the RAN Historic Flight.
Manufacturer: Douglas Aircraft
Type: land-based navigation trainer
Delivered: 4 aircraft, 1949-68 (all ex-RAAF)
Crew: three
Engines: two 1200 hp Pratt and Whitney R-1830-92 Wasp 14-cylinder radial air-cooled engines
Speed: 215 mph (max), 194 mph (cruising)
Range: 350 miles
Withdrawn: 1974-77
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