The 1942 Douglas C-47A/DC-3C "Yukon Sourdough," featuring a distinctive Air North livery, successfully completed its return-to-service flight after 13 years. The 40-minute test flight at Hagerstown ...
Hundreds of different passenger airliners have gone into service in the last century-plus. Only a handful went on to be remembered in any substantial way. But the Douglas DC-7 sure did, if not always ...
On this day in aviation history, 91 years ago-May 11, 1934-the Douglas DC-2 made its maiden flight. Developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company, this twin-engined airliner was a significant advancement ...
In decades gone by, air travel was very exclusive indeed. In the late 1920s and the beginning of the commercial flight boom, two round-trip tickets for a flight across the United States cost as much ...
The history of flight is, perhaps, one of the most astonishing stories we've ever told as a species. It's surreal to think just how fast tremendous advances in the field were made: There were ...
The aircraft, which flew sightseeing tours for tourists with DDA Classic Airlines and was previously part of the D-Day paradrop and Operation Market Garden, was saved from retirement by the famous ...