#dc-3

[nocternalrandomness]

Douglas DC-3 with a Nord Noratlas

#Douglas #DC-3 #Airliner #Nord Noratlas #Nord 2501 #Military transport #vintage airplane #airshow #aviation

[thestonecuttersguild]

Liberty Airways grand arrival. Oshkosh 2023

#liberty airways #dc-3 #vintage #airplane #eaa #aviation #airventure #oshkosh

[lonestarflight]

"The Space Shuttle Enterprise is mounted atop a NASA 747 carrier aircraft on the runway of the Edwards Air Forces Base in southern California after the third captive-active flight (CA-3) of the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT). CA-3 was a full dress rehearsal for the shuttle's first free flight the following month, and the pilots were Fred Haise and Charles Gordon Fullerton."

Note: the R4D and Mini-Sniffer in foreground.

Date: July 26, 1977

NASA ID: EC77-8143

1157145138

#ALT-11 #Captive-active flight 3 #Captive-active flight number 3 #Approach and Landing Tests #Space Shuttle #Space Shuttle Enterprise #Enterprise #OV-101 #Orbiter #NASA #Space Shuttle Program #Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft #Boeing 747 SCA #Boeing 747 #747 #Shuttle Carrier Aircraft #July #1977 #Douglas DC-3 #DC-3 #my post

[enriquemzn262]

Basler BT-67

Modernized DC-3 of the United States Forest Service.

#aviation #america #firefighters #dc-3 #bt-67

[pwlanier]

A model of a DC-3 "Dakota" airplane

American; Modern, 20th century

Detailed with fuselage, wing and tail panels, windows, propellers, landing gear doors, lights, all in polished aluminum.

Displayed on a chrome stand.

Bonhams

#airplane model #dc-3 #mcdonnell douglas

[bigglesworld]

Douglas DC-3. The first commercial airliner to depart from Barkley Regional Airport (West Paducah, KY) was a Chicago and Southern Air Lines DC-3. 1st April 1946

#Douglas #DC-3 #airliner #airlines #passenger aircraft #commercial aircraft #Chiago #civil aviation #Barkley #general aviation

[californiasplit]

airplane

#french #my best friend the #dc-3

[nelc]

Columbian AC-47T, featuring new turboprop engines, new wing-tips, forward fuselage extension, and a FLIR turret.

#AC-47T #C-47 #DC-3 #Dakota #aviation

[onthebeach1974]

Swissair Douglas DC-3 (1940)

Found here and here

#aviation #swissair #dc-3 #planes #40s #postcard #mine

[misforgotten2]

Saturday Evening Post   April 24th 1937

#airplane #TWA #airliner #dc-3

[nocternalrandomness]

”DC-3 Sunset”

#Douglas #DC-3 #Airliner #Passenger plane #Aviation photography #Airplane #Civil aviation

[thestonecuttersguild]

Another Skytrain rolling out. Oshkosh 2022

#c-47 skytrain #dc-3 #warbird #airplane #eaa #aviation #airventure #oshkosh

[lonestarflight]

McDonnell Douglas MD-2001 "Orient Express" Hypersonic Transport (NASP).

source

#McDonnell Douglas MD-2001 Orient Express Hypersonic Transport #McDonnell Douglas MD-2001 #National Aero-Space Plane #NASP #X-plane #Spaceplane #Cancelled #Douglas DC-3 #DC-3 #ad #my post

[enriquemzn262]

I absolutely adore the ongoing history of the Douglas DC-3, a design born in the early 30’s as the DC-2 passenger plane

Which showed so much potential it was improved into the current DC-3 version just a few years later

Then the US Army Air Corps took notice of the plane, equally liked it, and turned it into quite the formidable military transport, eventually helping win WW2

But her military carrier didn’t end there, as the airframe proved rugged and reliable enough to be turned into a gunship barely 20 years after WW2

Meanwhile enjoying massive success in the post-war civilian market, with so many made they basically became a mainstay of airports all over the world, even somehow turning into a floatplane in the process.

But as the years went on, the type proved to be virtually irreplaceable, so rather than retiring it, many operators opted to upgrade it, ending with a full modernization effort that basically turned the plane into a turboprop

Which was also reflected in its earlier military form, now deadlier than ever

And while some failed yet interesting attempts where made along the way to give the plane other uses, like this long-range three-engine variant

The success of the original design has ensured we will keep seeing them in the skies above long after it turns 100 years, arguably the most remarkable aircraft design of the XX century.

#aviation #air force #america #history #dc-3 #douglas

[toasters-and-rockets]

Delta Flight Museum, Atlanta, GA

Aircraft on Display

#planes #aviation #history #museum #delta flight museum #delta airlines #Boeing #McDonnell-Douglas #Douglas #DC-3 #Boeing 747 #Boeing 767

[bigglesworld]

Douglas DC-3

#Douglas #DC-3 #airliner #airline #Passenger aircraft #commercial aircraft #civil aircraft #civil aviation #Swissair