Jet-powered DC-3? info please

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Ok, so am i the only one who thinks that a jet dc-3 was a thing, or could have been. of you have some inforomation on this topic. please let me know.
 
Happy to be proven wrong but I suspect the closest you will find are the various turboprop (thus gas turbine) powered variants.
 

From WIKI (YMMV)​

Turboprop conversions​


BSAS C-47–65ARTP powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6-65AR turboprop engines
From the early 1950s, some DC-3s were modified to use Rolls-Royce Dart engines, as in the Conroy Turbo Three. Other conversions featured Armstrong Siddeley Mamba or Pratt & Whitney PT6A turbines.

The Greenwich Aircraft Corp DC-3-TP is a conversion with an extended fuselage and with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65AR or PT6A-67R engines fitted.[14][15][16]


The Basler BT-67 is a conversion of the DC-3/C-47. Basler refurbishes C-47s and DC-3s at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, fitting them with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67R turboprop engines, lengthening the fuselage by 40 in (1,000 mm) with a fuselage plug ahead of the wing, and some local strengthening of the airframe.[17]

South Africa-based Braddick Specialised Air Services International (commonly referred to as BSAS International) has also performed Pratt & Whitney PT6 turboprop conversions, having performed modifications on over 50 DC-3/C-47s / 65ARTP / 67RTP / 67FTPs.[18]
 
when i saw the title i thought of a DC-3 with a booster turbojet in the tail for overload takeoffs, that vaguely rings a bell. But maybe i made it up...
 
There was a proposal drawn up by Scottish Aviation to fit a Blackburn Palas at the rear of DC.3 Pioneer and Twin Pioneer as an extra boost for take off

I should have a drawing rolled up somewhere, il try find it
 
A similar configuration was the Vickers Viking that was fitted with two Nene jet engines (after removing its Bristol Hercules radial engines) as a testbed. However, I've never seen a DC-3/C-47 configured as such.
 

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TsrJoe said:
There was a proposal drawn up by Scottish Aviation to fit a Blackburn Palas at the rear of DC.3 Pioneer and Twin Pioneer as an extra boost for take off

I should have a drawing rolled up somewhere, il try find it
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thanks
 
wikipedia page says
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"Aigle Azur (France) Douglas C-47B in 1953, with a ventral Turbomeca Palas booster jet for hot and high operations"
This is not, however, the installation i thought i remembered. The auxiliary turbojet was mounted in the tail with an s-inlet just ahead of the vertical fin. I'm still not sure i did not make that up...
 

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