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 ...

The DC-3 was developed by Douglas Aircraft Company in the early 1930s. Boeing's 247 was really the only option for commercial flight at the time, first flown by United Air Lines in 1933, and was ...

"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.

The safety of the responders remains our top priority," Capt. Christopher Culpepper, the commander of Coast Guard sector ...

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 ...

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 ...

The three disused cargo planes, a DC-6, a Douglas DC-9, and a Boeing 727, are being converted into accommodations for the flight school's students, and tourists.