Fleet Air Arm Association of Australia

FAA Aircraft - Douglas C-47A Dakota

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 out of the Navy, one Dakota went to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Nowra and one went to the RAN Historic Flight.

Manufacturer: Douglas Aircraft, California, USA
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Withdrawn: 1974-77

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