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Douglas DC-3
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1935 airliner family
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Within Vinony's link graph, Douglas DC-3 is referenced by 2,510 other articles, and connects out to Fokker F27 Friendship, Convair CV-240 family and R-1830 Twin Wasp.
It is catalogued under topics including 1930s United States airliners, Aircraft first flown in 1935 and Aircraft with retractable conventional landing gear.
Its subject is documented across 54 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Douglas DC-3, SE-CFP.jpg
- Length
- 773.5
- Speed
- 231
Show 11 more facts
- first flight
- 1935-12-17
- total produced
- 607
- military designation
- C-47 Skytrain
- Commons category
- Douglas DC-3
- Commons gallery
- Douglas DC-3
- maximum capacity
- 27
- wingspan
- 1140
- maximum operating altitude
- 24100
- vehicle range
- 2125
- nominal power output
- 2100
- service entry
- 1936-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner that was manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It had a lasting effect on the airline industry from the 1930s through World War II.
It was developed as a larger, improved, 14-bed sleeper version of the Douglas DC-2.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Douglas DC-3” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.