MBakkaloglu
Turkey
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Nº20
Date: 2015-05-09 - 14:30
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Max Depth: 18m Duration: 35mins
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- Dive type : Wreck
- Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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- 15L Steel 200 → 40 bar
- Average depth: 12m
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The correct name of this aircraft is DOUGLAS C47/DC III “Skytrain”. In civil aviation, it is known as “DC3”; in military usage, it was named “C47”. Originally this plane was designed as a “DOUGLAS Sleeper Transport”, providing flight passengers the possibility of a proper nap during travel. This concept was cancelled later on and the beds were replaced with seats.
The very first DC3 performed its takeoff in 1935, 78 years ago. It was the most successful airplane model of its time and around 13,000 DC3s were built, the last one in 1945. Some of them are still flying, for example in Bolivia and in the Kingdom of Tonga.