The C-47 that led the entire D-Day airborne formation spent fifty years lost in civil registries before a CAF volunteer researcher tracked it down and flew it over Normandy again.
TaildraggerHow researcher Matt Scales tracked down serial 42-92847 - the C-47 that led the entire D-Day airborne assault - and how the CAF flew her over Normandy 75 years later.
TaildraggerThe Douglas DC-3 made commercial aviation profitable in 1936 and still flies today - the aircraft that reshaped how the world moves people.
TaildraggerThe Douglas DC-3 revolutionized air travel in 1936, then became the C-47 that carried paratroopers into Normandy and earned Eisenhower's designation as one of four weapons that won WWII.
TaildraggerThe Douglas DC-3 made commercial aviation profitable for the first time in 1935, defined Allied air transport in WWII, and still flies revenue cargo routes on every inhabited continent today.
TaildraggerThe Douglas DC-3 was the first airliner to make commercial aviation profitable on passenger revenue alone - and it's still flying nearly 90 years later.
TaildraggerHow 'That's All, Brother,' the C-47 that led the D-Day airborne assault, was rescued from a scrap line and flown home by volunteers.
TaildraggerHow the Douglas DC-3 made airlines profitable for the first time, then won a war as the C-47 Gooney Bird - and why it still flies today.
TaildraggerHow the Douglas DC-3 became the first airplane to make airlines profitable - and why it's still flying freight nearly 90 years later.
TaildraggerThe Douglas DC-3 first flew in 1935, made passenger air travel profitable, won a war, and 90 years later still refuses to retire.
TaildraggerThe Douglas DC-3 first flew in 1935 and still hauls freight worldwide 90 years later - here's why it was never truly replaced.
TaildraggerHow the Douglas DC-3 made airlines profitable, won a war as the C-47, and became the longest-serving working aircraft ever built.
TaildraggerThe Douglas DC-3 was the first airliner to profit on passengers alone, then won a war as the C-47 - and it's still flying today.
TaildraggerHow 'That's All, Brother,' the C-47 that led the D-Day airborne assault, was saved from a Wisconsin scrapyard and restored to flight.
TaildraggerHow the Douglas DC-3 made air travel profitable, won a war as the Gooney Bird, and still flies for a living today.
TaildraggerHow the C-47 that led the D-Day airborne invasion was rescued from a turboprop conversion line and restored to fly over Normandy again.
TaildraggerHow the Douglas DC-3 made airlines profitable for the first time and then carried paratroopers into Normandy as the C-47 Gooney Bird.
TaildraggerThe C-47 'That's All, Brother' led the D-Day airborne invasion, was rescued from a scrapyard, and flies again today.
TaildraggerThe Douglas DC-3 first flew in 1935, made airlines profitable, helped win WWII as the C-47, and still flies today.
TaildraggerThe Douglas DC-3 transformed commercial aviation in 1936 and went on to serve in WWII, the Berlin Airlift, and Vietnam - with hundreds still flying today.
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