During the mid-1930s, the Douglas Aircraft Company of Santa ... and when WWII broke out, the DC-3 reported for duty as the C-47 Skytrain/Dakota, providing a valuable tool to the Allies ...

A military development of the Douglas DC-3 civil transport, the C-47 Skytrain became one of the most essential, if unsung, aircraft of the Second World War. As the US found the prospect of war to ...

A 1937 American Airlines DC-3, a twin-engine propeller-driven passenger aircraft, will be at the airport through Thursday. Visitors are welcome to take a look at the historic plane, thanks to ...