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DC-3 Historical Timeline

July 22, 1921: The Douglas Aircraft Co. incorporates, with its main base in Santa Monica, California, in an old movie studio. April 1936: The first Douglas Sleeper Transport is delivered to American Airlines. 1943: The 2,000th C-47 rolls out of the production hangar at Long Beach. 1944: More than 100 C-47s fill the skies over […]

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Photos: Mooney Factory Tour

Flying recently had the opportunity to see the recent updates at Mooney’s factory in Kerrville, Texas. Check out the images from the place where the new Mooney M20V Acclaim Ultra is being built.

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Technicalities: Lifetime Achievement

I kept reminding myself, late last summer, that I had to let the editor of Flying‘s back page, Bethany Whitfield, know that the first article I ever wrote for Flying had appeared in the December 1965 issue, and, therefore, would qualify for mention in the “50 Years Ago” slot in the December 2015 issue. Given […]

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R2-D2 ANA Jet Flies Star Wars Cast to Premiere

Earlier this year, in a galaxy not-so-far away, you might have caught of a glimpse of All Nippon Airways rolling out a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner dressed up as a giant R2-D2. It seems only fitting that as the latest blockbuster in the Star Wars franchise, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” sets to open this weekend, […]

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Photos: Divers Reveal Sunken Wreck of a PBY-5 Catalina

On the 74th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, NOAA and University of Hawaii archaeologists released rare images of a sunken PBY-5 Catalina, a U.S. Navy seaplane that was lost during the attack. University of Hawaii dive teams have attempted to photograph the wreckage since 1994; it wasn’t until their latest effort that they […]

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Embry-Riddle Alumni Fly-In 2015

Fliers from Spruce Creek Fly-In traveled to Daytona Beach Campus for the Embry-Riddle Alumni Fly-In and Static Aircraft Display during Alumni Homecoming weekend. Check out photos from the flight and the event.

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