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The Hangar Jul 24, 2026

The Douglas DC-3, the Gooney Bird That Made the Airlines Pay and Then Went to War, Told From the Vintage Rows at Oshkosh

How the Douglas DC-3 made airlines profitable for the first time and then carried paratroopers into Normandy as the C-47 Gooney Bird.

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The Hangar Apr 27, 2026

Ernie Gann and Fate is the Hunter, the pilot who wrote the truth about luck

Ernest K. Gann's Fate is the Hunter remains the finest aviation memoir ever written, a brutally honest account of luck, skill, and survival.

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