Heavy lifter

The Us-built Douglas C- 47 Skytrain ( or Dakota) was a military transporter developed from the DC-3 commercial passenger plane first introduced in 1936. The C- 47 hit the skies in 1941, and differed from the civilian DC-3 by being fitted with a strengthened floor, a cargo door, a shortened tail cone, and an ‘astrodome’ in the cabin roof. Two Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp 14-cylinder engines displaced nearly 30 litres and were each good for 895kw, giving the C- 47 a top speed of 370km/ h.