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BSAS DC3/C47-65ARTP

File:A South African Air Force DC3 C47-65ARTP at Ysterplaat AFB in Cape Town.jpg
A South African Air Force DC3/C47-65ARTP at Ysterplaat AFB in Cape Town

The BSAS DC3/C47-65ARTP & -67RTP is a fixed wing aircraft produced and supported by Braddick Specialised Air Services International PTY Ltd of Pretoria, South Africa. The aircraft type is a turbine conversion to the original Douglas DC3 or C47 piston airframes. The conversion includes strengthening of the airframe centre section to increase the MAUW from 26,900 lbs to 29,000 lbs, installation of Pratt & Whitney PT6A-65AR, -67R or -67F gas turbine engines, lengthening of the airframe fuselage, as well as various other avionic, electronic and mechanical system upgrades.

The BSAS DC3/C47 Turbine aircraft is a hybrid of the Wonder Air and Schafer turbine DC3/C47's developed in the late 80's and early 90's in the USA and South Africa.

SPECS

GENERAL OPERATIONAL PARTICULARS:

  • Range: 1283 NM [45 Minutes Reserve Fuel]
  • Average Fuel Burn: 977 lbs per hour
  • Operational Reserve Costs: $225.00 per hour [Estimated (engine & props)]
File:Samaritans Purse doing humanitarian aid work in South Sudan.jpg
Source: Samaritans Purse doing humanitarian aid work in South Sudan

SIZES:

  • Wingspan: 95’ 0”
  • Length: 66’ 9.5”
  • Height: 29’ 6” [Level Position, to Top of Rudder]
  • Cargo Comp. Length: 35’ 1.5”
  • Cargo Comp. Width: 7’ 0” [Varies] [@ Floor Level]
  • Cargo Comp. Height: 6’ 6” [Varies]
  • Cargo Comp. Volume: 1225 cu ft
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Source: South African Air Force

FUEL:

  • Total Usable Fuel: 6901 lbs [Standard]
File:Front and side view of DC3 47.jpg
Front and side view of DC3/47

WEIGHTS:

  • Maximum Ramp Weight: 29300 lbs
  • Maximum Take-off Weight: 29000 lbs
  • Basic Operating Weight: 16000 lbs
  • Maximum Useful Load: 13000 lbs
  • Zero Fuel Weight: 26200 lbs
File:Airnews over Pretoria North in South Africa.jpg
Source: Airnews over Pretoria North in South Africa

PERFORMANCE:

  • Rate of Climb: 1560 ft per min
  • Ceiling [Certified]: 24000 ft
  • SE Rate of Climb: 480 ft per min
  • SE Best Rate of Climb Airspeed: 99 KIAS
  • SE Ceiling: 14000 ft
  • Normal Cruise at 12500ft: 199 KIAS
  • Clean Stall Speed: 69 KIAS
  • Flap and Gear Down Stall Speed: 64 KIAS
  • Turbulent Air Penetration: 119 KIAS
  • Vmo: 174 KIAS
  • Vmca: 65 KIAS
File:Wonder Air aircraft doing flight tests at Freeway aerodrome, North of Wonderboom, Pretoria.jpg
Source: Wonder Air aircraft doing flight tests at Freeway aerodrome, North of Wonderboom, Pretoria

Operators, Civilian & Military:

Preferred Air Parts

Dodson International

South African Air Force

Missionary Flights International

Lee County Mosquito Control District


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  1. ^ [1], The shady past of new airline's boss 19 May 1995
  2. ^ [2], South African Douglas DC-3 and C-47 Census
  3. ^ [3], Du Plessis and Others v De Klerk and Another (CCT8/95) [1996] ZACC 10; 1996 (3) SA 850; 1996 (5) BCLR 658 (15 May 1996)
  4. ^ [4], The South African Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme - Trial Report: Thirty-Seven
  5. ^ [5], The SAAF Forum - Planes next to the n1
  6. ^ [6], BRINGING AGING DC-3 DAKOTAS BACK TO LIFE HAVING SERVED in the world’s skies for more than 70 years, and still going strong,the legendary DC-3 Dakota looks set to be outlasted by its turboprop offspring.
  7. ^ [7], World Airnews Photoshoot 2012
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