In many ways, my AirVenture experience at Oshkosh this year was one of my best. On the day before the official opening of the show, I won a Garmin 496. It was during Garmin's press conference where ...
The year was 1935. Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi; Kodak released the Kodachrome film, and the Douglas DC-3 took its first flight. Now, 90 years later, while Elvis may be gone, the DC-3 ...
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — 1937, the year an aviation icon was born – the Flagship Detroit. Meet Blake Butler, a volunteer pilot for the Douglas DC-3 aircraft based in Shelbyville, Tennessee. “This ...
Miss Montana has a flying partner. Another Douglas DC-3 airplane with a fascinating history will soon be in the fold at the Museum of Mountain Flying in Missoula, but not before it takes care of some ...
The D-Day veteran DC-3 PH-PBA ‘Princess Amalia' has flown her last passenger season. The aircraft will be preserved as a permanent exhibit at the Aviodrome Aviation Museum, sharing its rich history ...
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 ...
When considering the success of commercial aircraft, one important metric that can be used to quantify the argument is production numbers. In this context, there are really two big players that spring ...