This month marks a major milestone in aviation history: the 90th anniversary of the first flight of the Douglas DC-3. Introduced in 1935, the aircraft revolutionized commercial air travel, reshaped ...

The legendary Douglas DC-3, considered by many aviation experts to be one of the greatest, most significant airplanes ever built, has been nicknamed the “Gooney Bird,” “Duzzy,” “Methuselah With Wings” ...

A Douglas DC-3 shown in flight. * Photo: Corbis * 1935: The Douglas DC-3 makes its maiden flight at Clover Field in Santa Monica, California. Despite a production history lasting only 11 years, it ...

When you visit the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, and at its Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, you expect to see relics of a bygone era. From the original ...

Aircraft For Sale's "Today's Top Pick" is a 1943 Douglas DC-3, renowned as the first truly practical and profitable airliner due to its adaptability and heavy-lifting capabilities. This specific DC-3 ...

Editor’s Note: From July 14 to 20, Farnborough will be the center of the aviation world as the town hosts its biennial airshow. From the latest technology and trends to deals and developments, CNN ...

Perhaps the most important aircraft in the history of commercial aviation was the Douglas DC-3. This year will mark the 90 th anniversary of the first commercial flight of the DC-3. On June 25, 1936, ...

In 1935, Donald Wills Douglas delivered the Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture, celebrating the success of the DC-2 in commercial aviation and accurately predicting future advances like autopilots and ...

In late 1938, the revolutionary DC-3 plane departed Newark Airport for Glendale, California. Nigel Cox On an early evening in late 1938, a gleaming American Airlines DC-3 departed Newark Airport, ...

I think it’s safe to say that, in our day and time, air travel dominates the transportation industry of the world, with tens of thousands of airplanes of various shapes and sizes moving billions of ...