near here, doesn`t have a high-tech hub, a fleet of jets or a flashy logo. But its pair of creaky, oil-dripping DC-3s will fly almost anything, anywhere, anytime, in any weather. For instance ...

This aviation icon even stars in a reality TV show. Almost 80 years after its introduction, a few hundred DC-3s are estimated to still be flying worldwide. That’s kind of unbelievable in an age ...

Two Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engines power most DC-3s and their military variants, but early versions (including the DST) originally featured the Curtiss-Wright R-1820 Cyclones.

Even today, DC-3s, which cruise at 130 mph and have a maximum speed of 220 mph, may be found on the tarmac at John Wayne and other regional airports. Two DC-3s are permanently displayed at the ...

Operated by a number of commercial and institutional groups, a fleet of around 30 DC-3s take off from Villavicencio, a small city in the foothills of the Andes, and travel to a number of remote ...

And both Carley and Kaplan laughed at finding that each, as grade schoolers, had been admonished for drawing airplane pictures instead of paying attention to their teacher (Carley drew DC-3s and ...

“That’s their job, to finish it,” he said. The DesertAir DC-3s are truly some hard-working freight dogs. With cargo doors measuring 84 ½” wide, 70 ½ to 55 ½ tall and a max cubic ...

"When you get out of the airplane, it looks like you've been scared real bad," says Miami Valley chief pilot Kevin Uppstrom, who has 10,000 hours in DC-3s. The engines leak too. Oil and exhaust ...

He bought three Vickers Viscounts, has an option on 37 more, to replace most of his Constellations, DC-3s and DC-4s. Total price: $45 million. To towering (6 ft. 4 in.) Slim Carmichael the Vickers ...

It was the 21st of 84 DC-3s built for American Airlines’ DC-3 Flagship service, which boasted transcontinental flights with sleeper berths, comfortable seating, smoother rides and other luxuries.