The Douglas Sleeper Transport (DST), the initial variant of the iconic DC-3, made its first flight on December 17, 1935, coincidentally on the 32nd anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight.

More than 30 Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Dakota will retrace their flights from Britain to the original D-Day Drop Zones in Normandy, France. Two thirds will be coming from North America. On Jun. 5 2019 ...

The Douglas C-47, the militarized version of the DC-3, has been hauling humanitarian relief supplies since the days of the Berlin Airlift, and it will be doing so again, according to officials at the ...

American Airpower Museum continues its popular C-47 D-Day Living History Flight Experience on Saturday, Sept. 6, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Passengers will fly in ...

This video features a recreation of the flight of the Douglas C-47 (DC-3) registered LV-FYJ, which traditionally operated ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A C-47 aircraft from World War II will be on public display this week outside of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing flew a ...

Mark your calenders, history-buffs and aviation geeks: That’s All, Brother — the historic Douglas C-47 Skytrain airplane that soared over the beachers of Normandy on D-Day 80 years ago — is returning ...

The angels rose slowly in the dead of night, thousands of them in low formation across the English Channel. From British shores the American troopers were a prayer sent, and in French skies, one ...

Russian specialists are progressing with restoration of a Douglas C-47 transport which was recovered from Siberian tundra in the country’s Taimyr region. The aircraft – bearing the registration ...

On June 6, 1944, a lone C-47 led the Normandy invasion. Seventy-five years later, the plane will do it again. On the night before the D-Day landings on June 6th, 1944, an aerial armada set out from ...