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NutmegCT

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Any Viet-Nam War vets remember this ?

I'm doing some research for the air museum, and got an inquiry from a gentleman who says he once flew on a military C-47 (R4D) named "Trans Paddy Airways" while on duty there back in the 1960s.

My research so far indicates Trans Paddy Airways may have been a non-official term for military transport in that area. I've seen it painted (in recent times) on a Marine Corps Seahorse, but can't find any references to a specific propeller aircraft.

Anybody remember that term? Did the term refer to a specific aircraft? or general Viet-Nam military transport? or ...?

Thanks.
Tom

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"Trans Paddy" (Viet Nam) or "Klong" (Thailand) Airways. Whatever would fly was what wound up as "commuter" aircraft across the SEA theater... Lots of C-47/DC-3's used. The C-123's were used as "spray birds" (Agent Orange) as well as supply ships and troop transport.
 
Thanks Gents. Take a look at Larry Davis's "C-47 Skytrain", volume149 in the SSP series.

Page 58 has a photo of a C-117 (Super DC-3); caption says "Trans Paddy Airways was a C-117D assigned to the 3rd Marine Air Wing at Da Nang during 1967."

That implies the term was for a specific aircraft. Now trying to scout out if anyone actually remembers it beside the gentleman at the air museum's fuzzy recollection. There were obviously many shuttles between Da Nang and Saigon (etc.). But maybe someone here remembers the Trans Paddy name.

Thanks.
Tom


 
Ask and ye shall find. Here's the specific aircraft (bottom left). A Super DC-3.

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Segue: Tom, where did you find that page? Reason I ask is that the (P.Burgess) credit interests me. The man who literally mentored me from my early teens as a photographer was of the same initial and sir name.
 
Doc - that's page 58 of Larry Davis's book "C-47 Skytrain", volume149 in the SSP series.

Tom
 
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