Decades after it was built, this DC-3 was still flying as N34, once operated by the FAA for navigation inspection and other missions. [Photo: dc3dakotahistory.org] The Douglas Aircraft Company was ...

A Douglas DC-3 aircraft, an icon of the Second World War, proudly rests beside the runway at Son Bonet Aerodrome in Mallorca.

Bland Shire Council received more than $167,670 from the NSW government to repair and upgrade the plane including site works ...

Built by Douglas Aircraft, founded in 1921, the DC-3 incorporated breakthroughs developed at Douglas and Boeing—super-charged 1,200-horsepower twin engines, cantilevered metal wings, retractable ...

In July, the Museum’s DC-3, sans wings and engines, made the journey from the National Mall to northern Virginia. A Douglas DC-3’s top speed is 230 mph, but on this particular journey the ...

Built “for war”, the ‘Kaitaia Sweetheart’ is a fully restored Douglas DC-3, offering onlookers a throwback to how many World ...

the hugely successful Douglas DC-3. The DC-3 is considered one of the most successful aircraft in the history of aviation. The DC-1 traces back to 1931, when a TWA airliner (a Fokker F-10 trimotor ...

“The Douglas DC-3, which made air travel popular and airline profits possible, is universally recognized as the greatest airplane of its time. Some would argue that it is the greatest of all time.

“And people who know me well enough knew that.” A DC-3 Douglas, owned by Stefan Wood, took to the skies over Darwin on Anzac Day, 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin Mr Wood said the ...