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Douglas DC-3
is an American fixed-wing, propeller airliner designed by
Douglas
. It was very successful, with 607 DC-3s being built. Even today, some companies still use DC-3’s despite better jet planes being for sale.
It was basically a longer version of Douglas’s earlier airplane, the
DC-2
. It was revolutionary to the airplane market when the DC-3 started being built in 1936, as it could fly farther than most aircraft at the time.
During
WW2
, a military version of the DC-3 known as the
C-47 “Skytrain”
was the primary transport of the
US Military
. It was used in major events like
D-Day
.