Aviation Legend - Douglas DC-3
1935 - 2015
In the fast paced world we live it today; it is refreshing to pay tribute to an airplane the term obsolete and not reusable may never apply: the legendary Douglas DC-3 /C-47 still linger on.
Although it has been over 80 years it has first flown, as many as a 900 examples still survive as wrecks/relics in museums and some even keep hauling passengers and cargo. This page pays tribute to the different Dakota's, DC-3s and C-47s from around the world, restored show-birds, nostalgic airliners, VIP transports, tired cargo haulers and decaying hulks from the past and present. According to the latest Air Britain worldwide DC-3 survey as off October 2010, there are 164 derelict airframes, 219 stored examples, 336 preserved airframes and 281 active airframes, totalling 991 DC-3s and 9 DC-2s.
Douglas logo′s and production factory logo's by Arthur Pearcy ”Douglas DC-3 Survivors“ Motorbooks International – Aston Publication Volume 1-2 (1987 and 1988) and Sixty Glorious Years 1995 Airlife Publishing Ltd. Aircraft reference and data: DC-3 history and aircraft date from 2006 Air Britain, The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 ”The First 70 Years“ and the 2011 75 Years Celebration Edition + 1996 The Legacy of the DC-3 by Henry Holden. Drawings from 1977 World Airline Colour Schemes – Volume Two – drawings by D.C. Nicholas
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