Key facts
- Type
- Transport
- Manufacturer
- Douglas Aircraft Company
- Designer
- Donald Douglas
- Status
- Retired
- Primary users
- KNILM KLM , United States Navy , United States Marine Corps
- First flight
- 20 February 1939
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Douglas R3D-2 VMJ-2 parked c1941.jpeg
- Height
- 6.04
- Length
- 18.96
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- total produced
- 12
- service entry
- 1940-00-00
- Commons category
- Douglas DC-5
- first flight
- 1939-02-20
- service retirement
- 1949-00-00
- wingspan
- 23.77
- maximum operating altitude
- 7225
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The Douglas DC-5 (Douglas Commercial Model 5) was a 16-to-22-seat, twin-engine propeller aircraft intended for shorter routes than the Douglas DC-3 or Douglas DC-4. By the time it entered commercial service in 1940, many airlines were canceling orders for aircraft. Consequently, only five civilian DC-5s were built. With the Douglas Aircraft Company already converting to World War II military production, the DC-5 was soon overtaken by world events, although a limited number of military variants were produced.
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