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Registration / Serial:"42-100972"
Alternate Serial:2100972
Military Code:T2-U
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):26616/15171
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Chattanooga Choo Choo
City / Airport:Charleston - AFB / International (KCHS / CHS)Map
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:19 May 2025
Photo by:BoquilaBloomContact
Photo ID:883881Submit Correction
View count: 15
A close up of it's main paint work, featuring the "Chattanooga Choo Choo" with the train, named after the famous train station in Tennessee. You can also see some more of the preservation work done to it here where the windows have been painted black. Another feature to notice is the blue paint on the bottom and green paint on top. This is called "countershading" and is meant to blend with the sky if looking from below and blend with the terrain if looking at it from above.
Registration / Serial:"42-100972"
Alternate Serial:2100972
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):26616/15171
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Charleston - AFB / International (KCHS / CHS)Map
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:19 May 2025
Photo by:BoquilaBloomContact
Registration / Serial:"42-100972"
Alternate Serial:2100972
Military Code:T2-U
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):26616/15171
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Chattanooga Choo Choo
City / Airport:Charleston - AFB / International (KCHS / CHS)Map
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:19 May 2025
Photo by:BoquilaBloomContact
Photo ID:883881Submit Correction
View count: 15
A close up of it's main paint work, featuring the "Chattanooga Choo Choo" with the train, named after the famous train station in Tennessee. You can also see some more of the preservation work done to it here where the windows have been painted black. Another feature to notice is the blue paint on the bottom and green paint on top. This is called "countershading" and is meant to blend with the sky if looking from below and blend with the terrain if looking at it from above.
Registration / Serial:"42-100972"
Alternate Serial:2100972
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):26616/15171
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Charleston - AFB / International (KCHS / CHS)Map
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:19 May 2025
Photo by:BoquilaBloomContact
Registration / Serial:"42-100972"
Alternate Serial:2100972
Military Code:T2-U
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):26616/15171
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Chattanooga Choo Choo
City / Airport:Charleston - AFB / International (KCHS / CHS)Map
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:19 May 2025
Photo by:BoquilaBloomContact
Photo ID:882602Submit Correction
View count: 37
The aircraft sits as a monument on Joint Base Charleston at the intersection of E Simpson Street and N Bates Avenue. You might notice a couple different things about it. Firstly it's windows look to have been painted black, with small clear spots in the center of the side ones. You might also notice the "blurry edges" around some parts of it, those are bird spikes to prevent birds from landing on it and leaving a mess, which have done a mostly proper job. Lastly faces away from the intersection because there is a small park with a path that is facing.
Registration / Serial:"42-100972"
Alternate Serial:2100972
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):26616/15171
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Charleston - AFB / International (KCHS / CHS)Map
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:19 May 2025
Photo by:BoquilaBloomContact
Registration / Serial:"42-100972"
Alternate Serial:2100972
Military Code:T2-U
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):26616/15171
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Chattanooga Choo Choo
City / Airport:Charleston - AFB / International (KCHS / CHS)Map
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:19 May 2025
Photo by:BoquilaBloomContact
Photo ID:882602Submit Correction
View count: 37
The aircraft sits as a monument on Joint Base Charleston at the intersection of E Simpson Street and N Bates Avenue. You might notice a couple different things about it. Firstly it's windows look to have been painted black, with small clear spots in the center of the side ones. You might also notice the "blurry edges" around some parts of it, those are bird spikes to prevent birds from landing on it and leaving a mess, which have done a mostly proper job. Lastly faces away from the intersection because there is a small park with a path that is facing.
Registration / Serial:"42-100972"
Alternate Serial:2100972
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):26616/15171
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Charleston - AFB / International (KCHS / CHS)Map
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:19 May 2025
Photo by:BoquilaBloomContact
Registration / Serial:"42-100972"
Alternate Serial:2100972
Military Code:T2-U
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):26616/15171
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Chattanooga Choo Choo
City / Airport:Charleston - AFB / International (KCHS / CHS)Map
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:25 April 1990
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:146164Submit Correction
View count: 374
This is actually 43-49555, painted to represent 42-100972
Registration / Serial:"42-100972"
Alternate Serial:2100972
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):26616/15171
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Charleston - AFB / International (KCHS / CHS)Map
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:25 April 1990
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:"42-100972"
Alternate Serial:2100972
Military Code:T2-U
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):26616/15171
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Chattanooga Choo Choo
City / Airport:Charleston - AFB / International (KCHS / CHS)Map
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:25 April 1990
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:146164Submit Correction
View count: 374
This is actually 43-49555, painted to represent 42-100972
Registration / Serial:"42-100972"
Alternate Serial:2100972
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):26616/15171
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Charleston - AFB / International (KCHS / CHS)Map
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:25 April 1990
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:"42-100972"
Alternate Serial:2100972
Military Code:T2-U
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):26616/15171
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Chattanooga Choo Choo
City / Airport:Charleston - AFB / International (KCHS / CHS)Map
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:23 June 2007
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:28877Submit Correction
View count: 332
Painted to represent C-47A 42-100972 "Chattanooga Choo Choo", this aircraft in reality is C-47D 43-49355. It is one of four vintage aircraft on display at Charleston AFB, South Carolina
Registration / Serial:"42-100972"
Alternate Serial:2100972
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):26616/15171
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Charleston - AFB / International (KCHS / CHS)Map
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:23 June 2007
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Registration / Serial:"42-100972"
Alternate Serial:2100972
Military Code:T2-U
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):26616/15171
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Chattanooga Choo Choo
City / Airport:Charleston - AFB / International (KCHS / CHS)Map
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:23 June 2007
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:28877Submit Correction
View count: 332
Painted to represent C-47A 42-100972 "Chattanooga Choo Choo", this aircraft in reality is C-47D 43-49355. It is one of four vintage aircraft on display at Charleston AFB, South Carolina
Registration / Serial:"42-100972"
Alternate Serial:2100972
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):26616/15171
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Charleston - AFB / International (KCHS / CHS)Map
Region / Country:South Carolina, United States
Photo Date:23 June 2007
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact