DC3 - DAN AIR REMEMBERED

G--AMSU - A Mystery Explained!

Dan Air's first ever Aircraft was registered G-AMSU You will see that the aircraft was scrapped in 1972 having completed it's last service in March 1968. The sole surviving DC3 in Dan Air colours was G-AMPP which was retired from active flying in 1970. The aircraft had been retired earlier whilst Dan Air evaluated other aircraft, most notably the Nord 262. Dan Air decided after evaluation that the Nord was unsuitable, in fact passenger resistance had been strong to the type, favouring instead, the DC3. It seems that the Dakota, whilst noisy, cold, draughty and unpressurised, was preferable. After MP was brought to her believed final resting place at Lasham she was allowed to fade away until the engineering staff brought her back to life in non flying condition complete with a new registration G-AMSU. The preserved aircraft did steal it's starboard wing from G-AMSU which, as we said earlier, was scrapped. She was allowed to enjoy her retirement basking at Dan Air engineering's headquarters until the company sold off it's engineering division to FLS. "SU" was then sold to Aces High Ltd in November 1991who sold her to Euro Disney in Paris via North Weald. Once again she was proudly on display. She was on the move again in 2002 when the Dutch Air Force salvage team moved her to the Wings of Liberation Museum Park Best in the Netherlands. There she stayed until February 2005 when when she was sold to         Teamwork Television & Film GmbH and moved to Berlin to be used in a film about the Berlin Airlift "Die Luftbrucke". The pictures show a very poorly "SU" being set ablaze for the film. Just when it was thought that the aircraft could not be used any more she was moved again, this time to Wroclaw Poland where in 2005 she was again filmed again for more scenes. Finally all that was left of her went to the house of Przemyslaw Pawlowicz where they remain to this day.