"Eraklik" wrote in message
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Apologies if this has been mentioned; I downloaded all the headers
Giganews has, and searched on Basler; found nothing. Apparently, the
DC-3's airframe is a work of genius.

Web site -- lots of interest there, based on a limited look, so far.
http://www.baslerturbo.com/

The South African Air Force modified their fleet of C-47's by converting
them to turboprops - the reduction in empty mass was incredible, and they
also extended the fuselage.