DesertAir then flew fish seasonally in Alaska with the reliable workhorse of the Alaskan interior, the Douglas DC-3. In 2001, the company began year-round charter air freight cargo service to ...

In 1939 the DC-3 was called on to aid the military fleets of the world. Many commercial carriers in Europe put their DC-3s to use as military transports. The United States ordered new versions of the ...

On this leg the DC-3’s height varied from 150-225ft and it passed within 0.12nm of a 150ft tower between the aircraft and the runway, before entering a descending left turn to intercept the ...

"Lady Luck" is a retrofitted World War II era Douglas DC-3 cargo plane perched in the trees. The U.S. Marine Corps used the planes for military transport between Guam, Midway, and Pearl Harbor.

DEERBROOK, Wisc. — It was a two-engine cargo and passenger plane that shuttled supplies across the Pacific Ocean for the United States Marines during World War II. Now, this 1941 DC-3 is the ...