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