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Douglas R4D-8 US Navy#17171 2013-10-30

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Start date Jun 30, 2024

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Douglas R4D-8 US Navy#17171 - Repaint for the Douglas C-117D by Manfred Jahn

This folder contains a repaint for the Douglas C-117D by Manfred Jahn and colleagues in the colors of 17171 of the US Navy, which made an emergency landing in Iceland in 1973. On the 24th of November of that year, the Douglas R4D-8 17171 on route to Höfn í Hornafirði was forced to make an emergency landing at Sólheimasandur due to bad weather conditions at Höfn and low fuel. The landing was successful and the plane suffered no major damages. At the time the US navy was discontinuing it’s use...