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DC-3
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A DC-3 operated in period Scandinavian Airlines colors by Flygande Veteraner flying over Lidingö, Sweden (1989)
Role Airliner and transport aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company
First flight December 17, 1935
Introduction 1936
Status In service
Produced 1936–1942, 1950
Number built 607
Unit cost US$79,500 (equivalent to $1,696,900 in 2022)
Developed from Douglas DC-2
Variants Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Lisunov Li-2
Showa/Nakajima L2D
Basler BT-67
Conroy Turbo-Three
Conroy Tri-Turbo-Three

Douglas DC-3 is a American fixed-wing, propeller airliner designed by Douglas. It was very successful, with 607 DC-3s being built. Even today, some companies still use DC-3’s despite better jet planes being for sale.

It was basically a longer version of Douglas’s earlier airplane, the DC-2. It was revolutionary to the airplane market when the DC-3 started being built in 1936, as it could fly farther than most aircraft at the time.

During WW2, a military version of the DC-3 known as the C-47 “Skytrain” was the primary transport of the US Military. It was used in major events like D-Day.

Images for kids

  • PP-ANU (aircraft) 5

    DC-3 airliner cabin

  • DSTunitedOAK (4412476240)

    Douglas Sleeper Transport (DST) showing the second row of windows for the upper bunk beds, above the airline titles

  • Engine of Douglas DC-3

    Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 engine of American Airlines "Flagship Knoxville"

  • Ntps-c47-N834TP-071112-01cr-16

    BSAS C-47–65ARTP powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6-65AR turboprop engines

  • Douglas DC-3 Aigle Azur Palas Jet 1953

    Aigle Azur (France) Douglas C-47B in 1953, with a ventral Turbomeca Palas booster jet for hot and high operations

  • Douglas C-47B EP-ACK Iranian Natnl Ringway 24.04.54 edited-2

    Iranian National Airways DC-3 in 1954

  • DC-3 on Floats N130Q

    DC-3 on amphibious EDO floats in 2003.

  • Two DC-3s - one loading, one taxiing

    Two C-47s - one boarding skydivers, while another taxis by, 1977

  • CX-DC3-VRHDB2

    Betsy, a DC-3 now in the Hong Kong Science Museum inaugurated operations with Cathay Pacific in 1946

  • C-47s at Tempelhof Airport Berlin 1948

    C-47 Skytrains during the Berlin Airlift

  • DC-3 in SoAfrica

    Rovos Air C-47A operating in South Africa, 2006

  • RNZAF C-47 Dakota, 2010

    DC-3 now flown as a warbird, previously flew for the Royal New Zealand Air Force and New Zealand's National Airways Corporation.

  • TransNorthern DC-3 landing at ANC

    TransNorthern Super DC-3 (C-117D) in Anchorage, Alaska

  • Maritime Patrol and Rescue Conroy Tri-Turbo Three Fitzgerald

    The only example of the Conroy Tri-Turbo-Three at the 1978 Farnborough Airshow. This aircraft saw service in both the Arctic and Antarctica

  • Showa L2D

    Nakajima L2D in Japanese markings showing engine and cockpit glazing differences on later variants.

  • DC3 Silh

    Douglas DC-3 3-view drawing

  • N34---Douglas-DC3-Cockpit

    DC-3 cockpit

See also

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