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BSupport aircraft
Carrier-capable transport / carrier onboard delivery / airborne early warning and control
At a glance
Measured figures
C-47B-DK · 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C Twin Wasp 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines takeoff rating
Single sourceC-47B-DK · normal rating at 14,500 ft (4,400 m)
Single source2 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C Twin Wasp 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines 1,200 hp (890 kW) takeoff rating 1,000 hp (750 kW) normal rating at 14,500 ft (4,400 m)[source]
KJ-600 · 2 × Zhuzhou WoJiang-6C turboprop engines each (FWJ-6C)
Single source2 × Zhuzhou WoJiang-6C turboprop engines, 3,805 kW (5,103 hp) each (FWJ-6C)[source]
C-47B-DK · Wing area
Single source987 sq ft (91.7 m 2 )[source]
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Configuration
| Specification | Douglas C-47 Skytrain | Xi'an KJ-600 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Military transport aircraft[source] | Carrier-capable transport / carrier onboard delivery / airborne early warning and control[source] |
| National origin | United States[source] | China[source] |
| Manufacturer | Douglas Aircraft Company[source] | Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation[source] |
| Status | In service[source] | In service[source] |
| Primary users | United States Army Air Forces Royal Air Force United States Navy Royal Canadian Air Force See operators[source] | — |
| Number built | 10,174[source] | 4-6+[source] |
| First flight | 23 December 1941 ( 1941-12-23 )[source] | 29 August 2020[source] |
| Developed from | Douglas DC-3[source] | Xian JZY-01[source] |
| Variants | Douglas XCG-17 Douglas AC-47 Spooky Douglas R4D-8[source] | — |
| Capacity | 28 troops or 6,000 lb (2,700 kg) of cargo[source] | — |
| Airfoil | root: NACA 2215 ; tip: NACA 2206[source] | — |
| Propellers | 3-bladed constant-speed propellers[source] | 6-bladed constant-speed feathering and reversible propellers[source] |
| Time to altitude | 10,000 ft (3,000 m) in 9 minutes 30 seconds[source] | — |
| Wing loading | 26.3 lb/sq ft (128 kg/m 2 )[source] | — |
| Power/mass | 0.0926 hp/lb (0.1522 kW/kg)[source] | — |
| Designer | — | Xi'an Aircraft Design Research Institute[source] |
| Primary user | — | People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force[source] |
| Introduction date | — | 3 September 2025[source] |
| Fuel capacity | — | 6000kg[source] |
| Reported operators |
| — |