DC-3, A Real Man’s Airplane

Updated Nov 11, 2021 12:29 PM EST

One woman's look back at how the Douglas has lived to fly for 75 years.

Martha often flew her Cub to Ohio's Middletown Regional (MWO) to give DC-3 checkrides.

C-53D Skytrooper

The "macho" DC-3 cockpit wasn't enough to deter a determined woman.

Duggy

Martha during her type rating checkride with the iconic Hector Villamar at Miami's Opa-locka Airport (OPF) in 1984.

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