Douglas DC-4

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The Douglas DC-4 is a four-engine propeller-driven airliner developed in the 1940s that became a widely used long-range civilian transport aircraft after World War II.

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Douglas DC-4 canonical 25
Douglas DC‑4 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airliner
civil transport aircraft
four‑engine propeller‑driven aircraft
aircraftCategory transport aircraft
construction all‑metal stressed‑skin
countryOfOrigin United States
crew 4
cruiseSpeed 280 kn
developedInto Douglas DC-6
Douglas DC-7
engineModel Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp
engineType piston engine
era 1940s
firstFlight 1938-06-07
fuselageType all‑metal
height 8.4 m
introduced 1942
landingGear tricycle retractable landing gear
length 28.6 m
manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company
maximumPassengerCapacity 80
maximumTakeoffWeight 29700 kg
militaryDesignation C-54 Skymaster
R5D
notableFeature pioneered long‑range post‑war civilian air travel
numberBuilt 1245
numberOfEngines 4
pressurization unpressurized cabin
primaryUsers American Airlines
Pan American World Airways
United States Army Air Forces
United States Navy
propulsion four propellers
range 4300 km
retired fromMajorAirlineServiceIn1960s
role long‑range airliner
military transport aircraft
serviceCeiling 22800 ft
successor Douglas DC-6
tailConfiguration single vertical stabilizer
typicalPassengerCapacity 44
usedFor aerial firefighting (converted aircraft)
cargo transport
transoceanic passenger services
usedInConflict Berlin Airlift
World War II
wingConfiguration low wing
wingspan 38.9 m

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Civil Air Transport aircraftUsed Douglas DC-4
East African Airways fleetIncludes Douglas DC-4
Swissair operatedAircraftType Douglas DC-4
Donald Wills Douglas Sr. designed Douglas DC-4
Douglas DC-6 developedFrom Douglas DC-4
Douglas DC-3 successor Douglas DC-4
Douglas C-54 Skymaster developedFrom Douglas DC-4
subject linked to: Skymaster
Douglas DC-5 successor Douglas DC-4
Braathens SAFE fleetType Douglas DC-4
Zero Hour! aircraftTypeDepicted Douglas DC-4
subject linked to: the 1957 film Zero Hour!
Sabena operatedAircraftType Douglas DC-4
CAT operatedAircraftType Douglas DC-4
Donald Wills Douglas Sr. notableWork Douglas DC-4
subject linked to: Donald
World Airways operatedAircraftType Douglas DC-4
Martin 2-0-2 contemporaryWith Douglas DC‑4
subject linked to: Martin 2-0-2 airliner
linked to: Douglas DC-4
Capital Airlines fleetTypeUsed Douglas DC-4
National Airlines (US) fleetType Douglas DC-4
Western Airlines fleetType Douglas DC-4
60 Squadron SAAF operatedAircraft Douglas DC-4