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Weeklong broadcast series will honor the iconic taildragger’s maiden flight and lasting aviation legacy.

Designed in the Golden Age, the DC-3 remains a relevant load hauler in modern aviation.

The tech giant’s latest version takes advantage of gaming technology with scenery that may rival that of commercial flight simulators.

The Douglas Aircraft Company was a pioneer in early aviation and produced a number of different aircraft. However, it is best known for its DC-3, among the most important aircraft ever built.

During what came to be called the Golden Age of Flight in the first half of the 20th century, the Douglas Aircraft Company so revolutionized the aviation industry that its DC-2s and DC-3s were flying more than 90 percent of all U.S. airline passengers by the end of the 1930s. By the mid-1940s, all but […]

Was it the greatest airplane of its time—or all time?

The Air North C-47A conversion Yukon Sourdough returned to service in its first step toward the airshow circuit.

The first flight of the Douglas DC-3 series turned modern air transport into reality.

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 airplane had before. So much greater than the sum of its parts, an apt description for an airplane that has earned the right to be called “timeless” more […]

When the D-Day Squadron joined other groups from around the world in planning, preparing for, and executing the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day in 2019, the organizers came away with the concept of creating a type club for the venerable, historic Douglas DC-3 and its variants. None existed at the time—which struck them […]