TWA Flight 3 was a twin-engine Douglas DC-3-382 propliner, registration NC1946, operated by Transcontinental and Western Air (TWA) as a scheduled domestic passenger flight from New …

The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller -driven airliner manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II. It was …

ACCIDENT SYNOPSIS: Transcontinental & Western Air Flight 3, a Douglas DC-3 (NC1946) was a scheduled transcontinental coast to coast flight originating from New York City with the …

Aug 11, 2022 · Was it the greatest airplane of its time—or all time? Twelve TWA DC-3s and DC-2s lined up at Newark Airport in the late 1930s.

16 January 1942: Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc., Flight 3, was a transcontinental passenger flight enroute to Los Angeles, California from New York City. The airplane was a …

By the late 1930s, American’s DC-3 “Mercury” service was competing with the slightly faster DC-3 Sky Chief operated by TWA (Transcontintental & Western Air, whose name was change to …

The Museum's DC-3 was built in 1940 for American Airlines, delivered as NC15591. It was acquired by Transcontinental & Western Airlines (TWA) in 1942 and operated by TWA and …

In August, TWA opened service with their DC-2s between New York and the Grand Central Terminal following a more direct northern route authorized in Brown’s airline reorganization …

It was delivered to Transcontinental and Western Airlines (TWA) at Kansas City, Missouri on March 4, 1941. Approximately sixty percent of all DC-3 aircraft went to war as military …

Under the season’s snowy canvas, wreckage from Flight 3 litters the mountainside, both engines and landing gear still rest among the rocks today. Aircraft: Douglas DC-3, NC1946, serial …