NAC DC-3s - fin markings?

[ianbw12]

Hi all,

Can anyone please advise what the marking on the tail fin of some of the early (circa-1950s) NAC DC-3s are please? They sit above the flash / stripe with the registration in and seem to be a circle with lines mid-way through, placed on both sides of the fin. Are they an early NAC emblem of some sort?




I also posted this in the DC-3 pictorial thread, so apologies if someone has already seen this.

Thanks very much,
Ian

[planewriting]

Probably the best images are on page 1 of the DC-3 pictorial thread as referred to above. In particular look at Neville Drake's colour photo of ZK-AOJ.

The word Douglas is in red spread across the globe and if I recall correctly from the 1960s there were 3 DC-3s somewhere in the emblem. Interesting to note that while in this livery the Douglas emblem did not always appear. I tried googling the logo but didn't find a perfect match.

[ianbw12]

Thanks! Now you mention it, I can see the word Douglas... sort of like this perhaps...



... but without the jet?

Cheers,
Ian

[davidd]

The aircraft in this insignia were supposedly representing the four Douglas aircraft which were the first to circle the World (in the early 1920s I think). However the actual aircraft used on that famous flight, were very old-fashioned biplanes with large floats, rather than the streamlined beauties of the tail-borne insignia as shown above! The actual aircraft were christened as "Douglas World Cruisers" or DWC for short.
David D

[ianbw12]

Great, thanks

[AussieBob]