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Swiss billionaire Hugo Mathys thrilled aviation fans in Cork by flying vintage WWII aircraft during a private family holiday ...

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 ...

This beautiful DC-3, Flagship Detroit, is one of the oldest still flying. American Airlines took delivery of it in 1937, and the airplane is now owned, maintained and operated by Flagship Detroit ...

One of Catalina Flying Boats’ historic DC-3 aircraft flew over Long Beach Airport Wednesday afternoon for what amounted to an aerial farewell before its final departure. The company, which hauls ...

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.

Today’s Top Pick is a 1943 Douglas DC-3 Yes, this aircraft’s maximum gross takeoff weight is 29,000 pounds, not the 2,900 or so that might make more sense to pilots of light piston singles.

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 ...

De piloten van de DC-3 Dakota “Prinses Amalia” zijn druk bezig met hun ‘refresh’ trainingsprogramma. Ze vlogen circuits boven Lelystad Airport. PH-PBA is het eerste regeringsvliegtuig van NL.

Many fans of the DC-3 and C-47 know that there was also a famed gunship version of the iconic aircraft. One that sported more high-caliber guns in one airframe than almost anything else in the sky.

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.