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Old 10th April 2007, 18:32
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Re: New Osprey on US C-47/R4D Units

Thanks. I will get in touch if the next project gets to proceed,

In those days, it was easier to keep things away from the camera. It took about 30 years for a photo of that unlovely aircraft, the RB-45 Tornado, in RAF markings to see print.

I suspect the airplanes only got their black paint on an as-needed basis.

BTW, today the US Southern Command uses Basler-powered C-47s for transport associated with counter-narcotics operations for the obvious reason that while a USAF C-130 will attract attention on an Andean airstrip, a civil-marked Gooney Bird would be more common.
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