Douglas DC-3
E461722
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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Douglas DC-3 canonical | 21 |
| Douglas DC-3 airliner | 2 |
| Douglas DC-3 airliner design | 1 |
| Douglas DC‑3 (early variants / some licensed versions) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4652255 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas DC-3 Context triple: [Trans World Airlines, fleetType, Douglas DC-3]
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A.
Douglas DC-6
The Douglas DC-6 is a four-engine, propeller-driven airliner and cargo aircraft introduced in the late 1940s, widely used by airlines and militaries around the world for medium- to long-haul flights.
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B.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four‑engine, long‑range military transport aircraft developed from the DC‑4 airliner and widely used by the U.S. and allied forces during and after World War II.
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C.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain is a military transport aircraft, derived from the DC-3 airliner, that became a workhorse for Allied forces in World War II and beyond.
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D.
Curtiss C-46 Commando
The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a large American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used by the U.S. military in World War II for high-altitude, long-range cargo and troop operations.
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E.
Douglas DC-7
The Douglas DC-7 is a long-range, four‑engine propeller-driven airliner introduced in the 1950s, known as one of the last major piston-powered transports before the jet age.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas DC-3 Target entity description: 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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A.
Douglas DC-6
The Douglas DC-6 is a four-engine, propeller-driven airliner and cargo aircraft introduced in the late 1940s, widely used by airlines and militaries around the world for medium- to long-haul flights.
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B.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four‑engine, long‑range military transport aircraft developed from the DC‑4 airliner and widely used by the U.S. and allied forces during and after World War II.
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C.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain is a military transport aircraft, derived from the DC-3 airliner, that became a workhorse for Allied forces in World War II and beyond.
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D.
Curtiss C-46 Commando
The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a large American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used by the U.S. military in World War II for high-altitude, long-range cargo and troop operations.
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E.
Douglas DC-7
The Douglas DC-7 is a long-range, four‑engine propeller-driven airliner introduced in the 1950s, known as one of the last major piston-powered transports before the jet age.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airliner
ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ twin-engine propeller aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
| construction | all-metal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crew |
2
ⓘ
3 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | 333 km/h ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Douglas DC-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith |
American Airlines
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | 11800 kg ⓘ |
| nicknamed |
Dakota
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gooney Bird NERFINISHED ⓘ Skytrain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableVariant |
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Douglas C-53 Skytrooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Lisunov Li-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Showa L2D NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| powerplant |
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wright R-1820 Cyclone radial engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity |
21
ⓘ
32 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Aeroflot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Air Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ KLM NERFINISHED ⓘ Luftwaffe ⓘ Pan American World Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Trans World Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| usedInEvent | Berlin Airlift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wingspan | 29.0 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Douglas DC-3 Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Douglas DC-3
subject linked to:
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine
linked to: Douglas DC-3
subject linked to:
Wright R-1820 radial engine
subject linked to:
New England Air Museum (on airport grounds)
linked to: Douglas DC-3
subject linked to:
Gooney Bird
subject linked to:
Gooney Bird
linked to: Douglas DC-3
subject linked to:
Gooney Bird