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This C-47 was built in 1943. It hasn't stopped flying since.

The Placid Lassie was recently on full display to support Angel Flight East and its annual fundraiser, Wings N' Wheels, in Philadelphia.
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Murphy's Law: USN C-47 Returns

May 20, 2021: The U.S. Navy recently put a rebuilt C-47 twin-engine transport into service as a range support aircraft for its ATR (Atlantic Test Range). The navy needed a larger range support ...
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Douglas C-47 from WWII era brought in from Siberian cold

Half-sunk in the marshy tundra of the Taymyr Peninsula of northern Siberia, not far from the Arctic Circle and several hundred miles away from the nearest human settlement, lay the remains of a 70 ...
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This C-47 was built in 1943. It hasn’t stopped flying since.

In 1943, the Placid Lassie took to the skies for the U.S. Army Air Forces, and since that date, it has never stopped. But this C-47 is not just a Frankenstein-esque hull of itself. It is not a replica ...