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CANADIAN AIR FORCE - DAKOTA - STRANGE NOSE MODIFICATION!
The Canadian Air Force, when it was training crews for the CF-104, decided to modify three C-47 Dakota's by installing the nose and radar from the CF-104.
This allowed multiple "Scope Dopes" to go up at one time and stay longer... thereby getting more hands on time.
When the CF-104 was removed from service, the radar and internal workings were removed from the Dak's. But because they increase their airspeed by 10-15 knots, the decision was make to leave them on. Just had to add weight to compensate for the removed equipment.
The three aircraft were nicknamed; Pinocchio, Dollies Follies and Woody Woodpecker. This is Pinocchio on display at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta.
Submitted by Sooner D.
This aircraft was ordered from Douglas by the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) as a C-47B-15-DK Skytrain, msn 26641, USAAF serial number 43-49380 and delivered on November 18, 1944. It was transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) under Lend Lease and designated Dakota Mk. IV, RCAF serial number 979 on November 21, 1944. (Details provided by Jack McKillop)
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