The Douglas DC-5 (Douglas Commercial Model 5) was a 16-to-22-seat, twin-engine propeller aircraft intended for shorter routes than the Douglas DC-3 or Douglas DC-4.

Mar 20, 2022 · The DC-5 was the only airliner in the DC series that did not prove successful. And only one airline in the world can claim to have operated a version of each Douglas Commercial …

Feb 6, 2024 · The right aircraft at the wrong time - that is the story of the lesser-known Douglas DC-5. Developed in the late 1930s to be a 16 to 22-seat civilian airliner, the DC-5 was the first …

Feb 20, 2025 · On this day in aviation history, February 20, 1939, the Douglas DC-5 made its first flight. Less remembered than its cousins, the DC-5 was poised to make advancing strides in …

Formerly PK-ADD with KNILM and flown to Australia in 1942 to escape the Japanese advance through Indonesia. Impressed by the USAAF, it was operated by Australian National Airways …

The Douglas DC-5 airliner plays a very important role in several chapters of ‘The Java Gold’. I guess most of you have never heard of this type and don’t have a clue what such an airliner …

Feb 20, 2023 · When the war in the Pacific ended on September 2, 1945, Douglas decided not to resume production on the DC-5 because of an abundance of surplus ex-military DC-3s and …

Feb 15, 2023 · KLM was the only airline to take delivery of the DC-5. Other airlines ordered the type, but canceled their orders due to the outbreak of the Second World War. It operated just …

Apr 3, 2022 · Introduced in February of 1939, the Douglas DC-5 was designed to work as a short-haul feeder transport similar to the DC-3. Orders were placed by the original British Airways, …

The Dutch company KLM, already operating both the DC-2 and DC-3, took an option on four DC-5s on December 13, 1938. The definitive contract was signed on May 22, 1939, as war clouds …