| JimDuncanUK | 06 Jun 2019 12:37 p.m. PST |
When did they start calling Dakotas Daks. I've been around for a few decades but I have never heard of Dakotas or C47s being called Daks. Is it a generation thing or something used inside air interest groups or am I having a selective memory loss? |
| Tango01 | 06 Jun 2019 12:37 p.m. PST |
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79thPA  | 06 Jun 2019 12:55 p.m. PST |
I found this list of nicknames, but it doesn't mention dates. link |
| JimDuncanUK | 06 Jun 2019 1:01 p.m. PST |
Thanks 79 I'm British but do not recall seeing the expression Daks anywhere. DAK yes, but that's a North Africa term for something completely different. |
martin goddard  | 06 Jun 2019 1:03 p.m. PST |
Probably the same folk who call every military force a "faction". |
| Garde de Paris | 06 Jun 2019 3:21 p.m. PST |
My two daughters went – for two years – to DC-3 – the Delaware County Community College. Neither they, nor the other students, had no idea of the plane! GdeP |
| JimDuncanUK | 06 Jun 2019 3:29 p.m. PST |
GdP That's the generation factor. Then again both my daughters could tell a Spitfire from a Hurricane from a Dakota but seeing them every year at an airshow helps a bit. |
| D A THB | 06 Jun 2019 6:24 p.m. PST |
I heard that on the 6pm News last night and thought they were talking about something entirely different. |
| Zephyr1 | 06 Jun 2019 9:16 p.m. PST |
"When did they start calling Dakotas Daks." They do it because they are too lazy to say the whole word (most likely a habit from texting.) At least they didn't say "Daleks over Normandy" (though that would be a good way to mock them… ;-) |
| Lion in the Stars | 07 Jun 2019 12:04 p.m. PST |
I'm pretty sure I've read 'Daks' for 'Dakotas' in 1950s books. Remember, this is from the same country that calls Wellington boots 'wellies'. |
| Come In Nighthawk | 09 Jun 2019 8:02 p.m. PST |
Hmm, like "Spits?" Too lazy to say Spitfire? Have you heard how the Aussies murder the King's English? Something to behold! |
| poiter50 | 10 Jun 2019 11:41 p.m. PST |
Have you heard how the English murder the Queen's English? Dialects, regional pronunciation etc. Knew them as Daks or Gooneys when I was in Air Cadets and Air Force Reserve almost 50 years ago. |
 jensutkremp | 12 Jun 2019 5:55 a.m. PST |
Never heard that before ….. But as I spend last week in Normandy for 75th anniversary on all flyers and posters I saw that. And then I saw real flying C47 in masses and jumping Paras … link |
| Puster | 13 Jun 2019 7:08 a.m. PST |
Never read the term "Dak" for a Dakota. |
