2 results found
Registration / Serial:N408D
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-201D
C/n (msn):2247
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Lady Luck
City / Airport:Ottawa - Skydive Chicago (8N2)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:23 July 2006
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:24973Submit Correction
View count: 970
This DC-3 seems to be down on its luck at this rural Illinois airfield, which caters to skydivers. Aircraft made airworthy by Frank and Glen Moss and flown to Punta Gorda Airport, where it was undergoing restoration in 2017.
Registration / Serial:N408D
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-201D
C/n (msn):2247
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Ottawa - Skydive Chicago (8N2)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:23 July 2006
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Registration / Serial:N408D
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-201D
C/n (msn):2247
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Lady Luck
City / Airport:Ottawa - Skydive Chicago (8N2)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:23 July 2006
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:24973Submit Correction
View count: 970
This DC-3 seems to be down on its luck at this rural Illinois airfield, which caters to skydivers. Aircraft made airworthy by Frank and Glen Moss and flown to Punta Gorda Airport, where it was undergoing restoration in 2017.
Registration / Serial:N408D
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-201D
C/n (msn):2247
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Ottawa - Skydive Chicago (8N2)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:23 July 2006
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Registration / Serial:N408D
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-201D
C/n (msn):2247
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Lady Luck
City / Airport:Ottawa - Skydive Chicago (8N2)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:27 July 2010
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:13960Submit Correction
View count: 713
"Lady Luck" had been used as a jump plane for skydivers at Skydive Chicago Airport in Ottawa, Illinois before being retired in 2003. The airplane sat in the open for 13 years until Frank and Glen Moss made it ready for a ferry flight to Florida, which happened in mid-November 2016.
Registration / Serial:N408D
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-201D
C/n (msn):2247
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Ottawa - Skydive Chicago (8N2)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:27 July 2010
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Registration / Serial:N408D
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-201D
C/n (msn):2247
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Lady Luck
City / Airport:Ottawa - Skydive Chicago (8N2)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:27 July 2010
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:13960Submit Correction
View count: 713
"Lady Luck" had been used as a jump plane for skydivers at Skydive Chicago Airport in Ottawa, Illinois before being retired in 2003. The airplane sat in the open for 13 years until Frank and Glen Moss made it ready for a ferry flight to Florida, which happened in mid-November 2016.
Registration / Serial:N408D
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-201D
C/n (msn):2247
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Ottawa - Skydive Chicago (8N2)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Photo Date:27 July 2010
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact