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It’s a flying visit – in classic Swiss style.Swiss business magnate and historic aircraft enthusiast Hugo Mathys turned heads ...

The DC-3 can be temperamental, especially for pilots without much experience with them, says Catalina Flying Boats pilot Robby Bolling, who flies this DC-3 on a cargo route from Long Beach ...

Those fliers, of course, would soon take the DC-3 to war as the C-47, modified for cargo and troop transport. On D-Day, paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines were ferried to France aboard the C-47.

The DC-3 dominated the pre-World War II airline industry; by the mid-1940s all but 25 of the 300 airliners operating in the U.S. were DC-3s, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. Sketches of the DC-3.

First flown on December 17, 1935, the Douglas DC-3, an iteration of the DC-1 and DC-2, married reliability with performance and comfort in a way no other ...

The DC-3's safety record was better than that of most airplanes, primarily because of its great structural strength and efficient single-engine performance. Since 1935, 803 commercial transports and ...

I am lucky enough to have co-piloted a DC-3 in India. It was not, but could easily have been, one of the ‘Dakotas’ my father and his RAF colleagues protected in 1944, as each of these hugely ...

The DC-3 picks up a strong headwind down the Yellowknife runway and lifts into the air, pulling into a leisurely climb. A salmon streak of sky, the only remaining shard of light, frames the ...

The DC-3 is what’s known as a “tail-dragger,” meaning that it has a landing wheel on the back of the plane. This is a staple of older planes, but modern-day jetliners have nose wheels instead.

The first DC-3 flew Dec. 17, 1935, 32 years to the day after the Wright Brothers' historic flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. It was a good omen for an extraordinarily good plane.