CNAC AIRCRAFT
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"C.N.A.C., which started with Loening amphibians, then aquired one DC-2, gradually expanded its number of ships until they had five Douglases. At one time they had about fifteen ships of asorted makes, mostly Consolidateds, Fords, and Stinsons." |
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"The airline in January 1939 had only seven large aircraft in operation: two DC-2s, one DC-3, one Ford trimotor, two Consolidated Commodore flying boats, and one six-passenger de Haviland Dragon Rapide. By 1941, after losses and replacements, CNAC could muster three DC-2s, three DC-3s, and three Curtiss Condors. With this handful of airplanes and an equally small group of pilots, CNAC maintained China's vital internal and external communications." |
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May 16, 2001 - From Jim Dalby "Tom DC-1 only one built. DC-2 14 passengers Wright 800hp engines. Nonfeathering propellers. Many built including military versions C-33, Army, R2D1 Navy & Marines. A few other variants were made like C-34 & C-39 but not many. DC-3 had both 1200hp Wright and Pratt & Whitney engines mostly 21 passengers. American Airlines, 1936, ordered a sleeper version, the DST. Army C-41, C-47, C-48, C-49, C-50, C53 & C-117. Navy R4D plus variants. CNAC had DC-2, DC-3, C-53, C-47, C-47A & C-47B. I have about 7000 hours in these airplanes. Jim" Jim also sent me a list of aircraft he kept while in China. |
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Curtiss-46D |
Flying boats with only 2 in the fleet. |
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Fourteen passenger cabin. |
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were six-seated cabins. Only 2 in the fleet. |
Fourteen-passenger cabin. |
converted to CNAC transport |
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"Air Yacht" Six-passenger cabin - eight, if necessary. |
carried nine passengers. Only 3 in the fleet. |
Only 2 in the fleet. |
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Only one in the fleet. |
were a four seated cabin. Only 5 in the fleet. |