While Propliners are a dying breed, there is still a lot of news to report from the United States and around the world. I've been photographing these aircraft since the late 1960 s and writing about them since 1992. I've written 150+ articles for magazines such as Propliner, Air Classics, Warbirds International Airliners, Aeroplane Monthly and the AAHS Journal. I'm currently the Propliner Editor for Air Classics and Warbirds International Airport. This website is meant to complement my Constellation Survivors website and thus will not include any Constellation news. My goal for the website is to provide Propliner news in a timely manner and create a repository for this news. I hope you enjoy the website and find it useful.
The 2025 edition of the Propliner Annual will be published in late April 2025. As its title implies, Propliner Magazine is totally dedicated to Propliner aircraft and is a must-have for any aviation enthusiast and especially Propliner enthusiasts. Orders for this bumper 176-page publication can be placed at www.propliner.co.uk
PROPLINER NEWS
A HISTORY OF THE USDA FOREST SERVICE AVIATION PROGRAM - May 11, 2025
Score One for David in Opa-locka Airport Showdown - May 9, 2025
S-2 Tracker Firebomber and T-33 Perform at Kansas Airshow - May 5, 2025
Kelowna Flightcraft Convair Drawdown Continues - May 3, 2025
Buffalo Airways Hay River Storage Yard - May 2, 2025
Opa-Locka Airport Showdown - April 27, 2025 - Updated April 29, 2025
ARTICLE - Lockheed Electra Survivors - April 24, 2025
PHOTOS - Red Deer Airport- April 15, 2025
Buffalo P-3A Update - April 13, 2025
Keystone Heights P-3 and Electra Update - April 12, 2025
NTSB Issues Final Report on Alaskan DC-4 Crash - April 11, 2025
DC-7 Restoration Project in the Winds - March 26, 2025
Airport Gives Freight Operators 30-Day Notice to Vacate - March 25, 2025
Iconic DC-3 Gets a New Paint Job - March 10, 2025 - Updated April 6, 2025
Gran Canaria DC-7C - February 20, 2025
C-97 Towed Across Airport to Wyoming Museum - February 16, 2025
Third Times the Charm...Philippine Mars Makes It to Arizona - February 13, 2025
Another Basler BT-67 Departs Oshkosh for Tullahoma, TN - February 13, 2025
Super Guppy Update - February 5, 2025 - Updated February 23, 2025
Basler BT-67's Depart Oshkosh for Tullahoma, TN - January 24, 2025
Reassembly of C-119 Begins - January 24, 2025 - Updated February 7, 2025
C-54 and Three R2000 Engines Offered Up Free to a Good Home - January 22, 2025
MFI Turbo DC-3 Moving Closer to Entering Service - January 22, 2025 - Updated January 25, 2025
Canadian DC-3/DST Update - January 21, 2025
Philippine Mars Update - January 20, 2025
DC-3 "Mr. Douglas" Achieves Major Milestone - January 20, 2025
North Weald C-54 Being Scrapped - January 12, 2025 - Updated January 21, 2025
PHOTOS - Reynolds-Alberta Museum - January 12, 2025
DC-3 Makes Final Flight with Dutch Dakota Association - January 2, 2025
VIDEO - Textbook Perfect Landing at First Flight Airport - December 31, 2024
Aviator Brewing Company C-54 Project Update - December 31, 2024
Philippine Mars Remains Grounded at Patricia Bay - December 30, 2024
Disassembly Continues on Super Guppy - December 29, 2024
Philippine Mars Departure Delayed (AGAIN) - December 17, 2024
Philippine Mars Departure Delayed - December 14, 2024
C-53 Finds a New Home - December 11, 2024
PHOTOS - Everts Air Fairbanks Propliners - December 11, 2024
Iconic Aircraft Loses Battle With The Scrapman - December 8, 2024
What's Going on in Kansas City? - December 4, 2024
Philippine Mars Update - December 3, 2024
VIDEO - Everts DC-6A Departure Video - December 3, 2024
KF Aerospace Retiring Its Convair Freighters - December 2, 2024 - Updated December 8, 2024
Super DC-3 Destroyed During Airport Emergency Drill - December 2, 2024
NEWS BY CATEGORY
DC-2 - DC-3 - C-47 - Turbo DC-3 News
PROPLINER PHOTOS & VIDEOS
I receive many interesting Propliner photos and videos from viewers and I've created this page to collect and share them with others. If you have some you'd like to share, please email them to me and I will post them.
Photo & Video Submissions -- Updated 12 January 2025
LINKS
Links to some of my favorite classic aviation websites -- Updated 13 September 2024
ARTICLES
VINTAGE AVIATION NEWS ARTICLE - The Douglas DC-3 Cargo Workhorses Of DesertAir Alaska - December 2024 - by Stephen Chapis
Propliner Haven - Rand Airport/South Arican Airways Museum - May 2024
Erickson Aero Tanker DC-7B N838D/Tanker 60 - 2021 - by Dylan Phelps
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation C-97 Acquisition - December 2021
Recollections of a Firebomber Pilot - June 2022 - by Jim Buckwalter
A Queen Returns to the Skies - DC-7B N836D - July-August 2010
DC-7B N836D Restoration - Opa-locka Airport Report - September 2009
DC-7B N836D Restoration - Opa-locka Airport Report - November 2008
DC-7B N836D Restoration - Opa-locka Airport Report - January 2008
The First Time - 40 Years Ago - October 1980 - Part 3 - by Graham Robson
A Typical Day in the Life of a Southern Airways Martin 404 - October 2020 - by Raymond Brown
An Oasis for Old Propliners - October 2020 - by Graham Robson
The First Time - 40 Years Ago - October 1980 - Part 2 - by Graham Robson
William Levacher - From ENA to Buffalo Airways - by Pierre Gilliard
The First Time - 40 Years Ago - October 1980 - Part 1 - by Graham Robson
Basler Turbo Conversions - Where DC-3s are Reborn - August 2020
Buffalo Airways Curtiss C-46 Commando - August 2020 - by Pierre Gilliard for the Qu bec Aerospace Museum
Windswept and Lonely - January 2014 - by Del Mitchell
Breitling DC-3 Sightseeing Trip - August 2011 - by Rainer Spoddig
Swissair DC-4 Flying Adventure - July 1997 - by Rainer Spoddig
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