R4D Skytrain Red Air Force 650 mph) in level flight

650 mph) in level flight at an altitude of approximately 76

the C-47 displayed its versatility by performing a wide range of duties from transporting supplies and troops to conducting gunship and reconnaissance missions

At that time

3 m (24 ft) long

Designed in the mid 1950s to use proven technologies wherever possible

R4D Skytrain Red Air Force 650 mph) in level flightDouglas C 47 R4D Skytrain US Navy airplane model. The C 47 R4D Skytrain was the most commonly used transport in the Allied Air Forces and has operated in every theater of war. A version was even built under license by the Japanese (the Showa L2D), as well as by the Russians (the Lisunov Li 2). It was known under different designations (C 47, C 53, R4D) and different names (Skytrain Skytrooper Dakota "Gooney Bird"), and by the civilian designation DC