This month marks a major milestone in aviation history: the 90th anniversary of the first flight of the Douglas DC-3. Introduced in 1935, the aircraft revolutionized commercial air travel, reshaped ...
In 1938, Douglas transports flew a distance of 13.5 times around the world each day (that's more than 336,000 miles). Yes, just three years after the first flight of the Douglas Sleeper Transport-the ...
French investigators have highlighted problems of conflicting interests in ageing pilots, and difficulties in determining medical fitness, after a Douglas DC-3 stalled and recovered at low height ...
The Douglas DC-3 is celebrating the 90th anniversary of its first flight on December 17, 1935. The DC-3 Society is marking this milestone with a weeklong broadcast series featuring experts, pilots, ...