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    The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s...
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    in 1934. It competed with the Boeing 247. In 1935, Douglas produced a larger version called the DC-3, which became one of the most successful aircraft...
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    The Douglas DC-5 (Douglas Commercial Model 5) was a 16-to-22-seat, twin-engine propeller aircraft intended for shorter routes than the Douglas DC-3 or...
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    The Douglas DC-1 was the first model of the famous American DC (Douglas Commercial) commercial transport aircraft series. Although only one example of...
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    The Douglas DC-7 is an American transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1953 to 1958. A derivative of the DC-6, it was the last major...
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    Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast, single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was initially produced as the Douglas DC-9...
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    The Douglas DC-8 (sometimes McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is an early long-range narrow-body jetliner designed and produced by the American Douglas Aircraft...
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    The Douglas DC-4 is an American four-engined (piston), propeller-driven airliner developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Military versions of the plane...
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    McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is an American trijet wide-body aircraft manufactured by McDonnell Douglas. The DC-10 was intended to succeed the DC-8 for long-range...
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    The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. Originally intended as a military...
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  • The 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen disaster was the crash of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Stockholm via Copenhagen on 26 January...
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    The Douglas R4D-8 (later redesignated C-117D) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3S (Super DC-3) airliner. It was...
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  • accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2. Military...
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    This is a list of variants of the Douglas DC-3 family of airliner and transport aircraft. Data from: Civil DC-3 variants - 607 Military C-47 derivatives...
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    The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used...
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    Korean War. Like the Douglas C-47 Skytrain derived from the DC-3, the C-54 Skymaster was derived from a civilian airliner, the Douglas DC-4. Besides transport...
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  • Douglas D-906 Douglas DA-1 Ambassador (1928) Douglas DC-1 (1933) Douglas DC-2 (1934) Douglas DC-3 (1935) List of Douglas DC-3 family variants Douglas...
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  • Missouri. Douglas Aircraft profited during World War II. The company produced about 10,000 C-47s, a military variant of the Douglas DC-3, from 1942 to...
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    The List of original Douglas DC-3 operators lists only the original customers who purchased new aircraft. With the availability of large numbers of surplus...
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    The Douglas DC-4E was an American experimental airliner that was developed before World War II. The DC-4E never entered production due to being superseded...
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    could keep them from reaching the small island. On 28 December 1948, a Douglas DC-3 aircraft, number NC16002, disappeared while on a flight from San Juan...
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  • passengers and crew on board. November 14 – In the 1946 KLM Douglas DC-3 Amsterdam accident, a Douglas DC-3 crashed while attempting to land at Amsterdam Schiphol...
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    aircraft. In the 1970s, McDonnell Douglas began development of the first derivative or second generation of the DC-9 family, a lengthened version of the...
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    On 3 March 1942, PK-AFV, a Douglas DC-3-194 airliner operated by KNILM, was shot down over Western Australia by Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service fighter...
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    research for a new aircraft, McDonnell Douglas designated the program DC-10 Super 60, previously known for a short time as DC-10 Super 50. The Super 60 was to...
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  • involving the Douglas DC-3A that have taken place in the period 1980–1989, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain...
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    installation of new carpeting and restored seats has been completed. This Douglas DC-3-G202A, registration number NC1945, serial number 3294, was built in Santa...
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    The 1996 Texel Douglas DC-3 crash occurred on September 25, 1996, when the Douglas DC-3 aircraft, nicknamed "Dakota" and registered as PH-DDA, operated...
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  • Sabena (redirect from Sabena DC-7C (OO-SFA))
    initially consisted mainly of Douglas DC-3s. There were thousands of surplus Douglas C-47 Skytrains (the military variant of the DC-3) available to help airlines...
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    McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1979. ISBN 0-370-00050-1. Gradidge, Jennifer M. The Douglas DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 – The First...
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