Douglas DC-3

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The Douglas DC-3 is a pioneering twin-engine propeller-driven airliner and transport aircraft introduced in the 1930s that revolutionized commercial aviation with its reliability, range, and capacity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airliner
transport aircraft
twin-engine propeller aircraft
aircraftConfiguration low-wing monoplane
construction all-metal
countryOfOrigin United States
crew 2
3
cruiseSpeed 333 km/h
developedFrom Douglas DC-2
enteredServiceWith American Airlines
United Airlines
firstFlight 1935-12-17
height 5.2 m
historicalSignificance enabled profitable passenger air service without government subsidy
revolutionized commercial air travel in the 1930s
introduced 1936
landingGear taildragger
length 19.7 m
manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company
maximumTakeoffWeight 11800 kg
nicknamed Dakota
Gooney Bird
Skytrain
notableVariant Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Douglas C-53 Skytrooper
linked to: C-53 Skytrooper

Lisunov Li-2
Showa L2D
numberOfEngines 2
powerplant Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine
Wright R-1820 Cyclone radial engine
propulsionType piston propeller
range 2400 km
role cargo aircraft
civil airliner
military transport aircraft
serviceCeiling 7300 m
status some aircraft still in service
successor Douglas DC-4
typicalPassengerCapacity 21
32
usedBy Aeroflot
Eastern Air Lines
KLM
Luftwaffe
Pan American World Airways
Royal Air Force
Trans World Airlines
United States Army Air Forces
usedInConflict World War II
usedInEvent Berlin Airlift
wingspan 29.0 m

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Trans World Airlines fleetType Douglas DC-3
Varig fleetTypeOperated Douglas DC-3
Eastern Air Lines fleetType Douglas DC-3
Pratt & Whitney Hornet application Douglas DC‑3 (early variants / some licensed versions)
linked to: Douglas DC-3
Civil Air Transport aircraftUsed Douglas DC-3
East African Airways fleetIncludes Douglas DC-3
Pacific Western Airlines fleetType Douglas DC-3
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp notableApplication Douglas DC-3
Swissair operatedAircraftType Douglas DC-3
Donald Wills Douglas Sr. designed Douglas DC-3
Donald Wills Douglas Sr. notableWork Douglas DC-3 airliner
linked to: Douglas DC-3
Haitian Air Force operatedAircraft Douglas DC-3
Wright R-1820 usedOnAircraft Douglas DC-3
subject linked to: Wright R-1820 radial engine
Lisunov Li-2 basedOn Douglas DC-3
New England Air Museum notableExhibit Douglas DC-3
Jat Airways operatedAircraftType Douglas DC-3
Dakota basedOn Douglas DC-3
Dakota derivedFrom Douglas DC-3 airliner design
linked to: Douglas DC-3
Douglas C-47 Skytrain basedOn Douglas DC-3
subject linked to: Gooney Bird
Douglas C-47 Skytrain derivedFrom Douglas DC-3 airliner
subject linked to: Gooney Bird
linked to: Douglas DC-3
Douglas C-47 Skytrain civilianDerivative Douglas DC-3
subject linked to: Gooney Bird
Intra Airways operatedAircraftType Douglas DC-3
Nakajima L2D basedOn Douglas DC-3
Nakajima L2D licenseBuiltFrom Douglas DC-3
Nakajima L2D hasVariantOf Douglas DC-3 family
linked to: Douglas DC-3
Douglas Dakota alsoKnownAs Douglas DC-3 (military variant)
subject linked to: Douglas Dakota aircraft
linked to: Douglas DC-3
Douglas Dakota civilianDerivative Douglas DC-3
subject linked to: Douglas Dakota aircraft
Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp usedOnAircraft Douglas DC-3 (some late or converted variants)
linked to: Douglas DC-3
Douglas DC-1 successor Douglas DC-3
Douglas DC-1 developedInto Douglas DC-3
Douglas DC-2 developedInto Douglas DC-3
Douglas DC-5 predecessor Douglas DC-3
Aloha Airlines operatedAircraftType Douglas DC-3
Eastern Provincial Airways notableAircraftType Douglas DC-3
subject linked to: EPA
Braathens SAFE fleetType Douglas DC-3
Sabena operatedAircraftType Douglas DC-3
Cyprus Airways operatedAircraftType Douglas DC-3
CAT operatedAircraftType Douglas DC-3
Boeing 247 successor Douglas DC‑3
linked to: Douglas DC-3
Aero O/Y notableAircraftOperated Douglas DC-3
Air Mali (historical) fleetIncluded Douglas DC-3
Donald Wills Douglas Sr. notableWork Douglas DC-3
subject linked to: Donald
Martin 2-0-2 introducedAsSuccessorTo Douglas DC‑3
subject linked to: Martin 2-0-2 airliner
linked to: Douglas DC-3