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CAF Highland Lakes Squadron – Douglas Dakota “Texas Zephyr” Arriving Home Soon!

August 30, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

Back in November 2019, we published a story about the Commemorative Air Force’s Highland Lakes Squadron having received an incredibly generous gift from one of their supporters, Karl Ritter of Brady, Texas. Ritter donated his Douglas Dakota Mk.IV […]

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Pacific Combat Veteran Douglas C-47 Skytrain – Restoration Downunder

March 26, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

When we think of the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, we invariably focus upon those aircraft which took part in the D-Day Invasion of June 6th, 1944. Those scenes of massed C-47s in the air, bedecked with […]

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CAF Highland Lakes Squadron Receives a Douglas Dakota

November 22, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Commemorative Air Force’s Highland Lakes Squadron in Burnet, Texas has just received the donation of a former Royal Air Force Douglas Dakota Mk.IV. Currently nicknamed Texas Zephyr and displayed in a magnificent, mirror-like, bare aluminum finish, […]

Warbird Digest Magazine – Aircraft Resurrection Report for Issue #76

January 4, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

As a teaser to our readers concerning the coverage they can expect from our sister publication, Warbird Digest Magazine, we thought we would share the details from the current issue’s Resurrection Report. The current issue, […]

Restoring a Dakota Cockpit Downunder!

April 29, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Not every warbird restoration focuses on a complete airframe. As much as we’d like to see them all saved, it just isn’t practical sadly. So very few of us are fortunate enough to have the space […]

Dakotair Takes Delivery of Their First Douglas Dakota

April 1, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 9

The RAF Transport Command Memorial is dedicated to keeping the history of RAF Transport Command alive and relevant. As such, the team formed Dakotair Ltd. to acquire a Douglas Dakota and certify it for carrying […]

DakotaAir Will Bring Passenger Flights Back To The UK Honoring The RAF Transport Command

November 8, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Established on 25 March 1943 by the renaming of the RAF Ferry Command, RAF Transport Command was the logistical arm of the RAF. During World War II, it at first ferried aircraft from factories to […]

Douglas Dakota

CAF Highland Lakes Squadron – Douglas Dakota “Texas Zephyr” Arriving Home Soon!

Pacific Combat Veteran Douglas C-47 Skytrain – Restoration Downunder

CAF Highland Lakes Squadron Receives a Douglas Dakota

Warbird Digest Magazine – Aircraft Resurrection Report for Issue #76

Restoring a Dakota Cockpit Downunder!

Dakotair Takes Delivery of Their First Douglas Dakota

DakotaAir Will Bring Passenger Flights Back To The UK Honoring The RAF Transport Command

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