DC-3 TWA
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DC-3 is generally considered as the most famous airliners and it earned the title of The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3. On July 1 1933 the DC-1 made its first successful flight. TWA evaluated the DC-1 and additional requirements resulted a fourteen-seat DC-2 with a more powerful engine. The DC-2 s maiden flight was on May 11 1934. There were 108 DC-2s produced. In 1934 it set a record of a coast-to-coast time of 13 hrs and 4 min. In the mid-1930s the DC-3 incorporates all of the technological advances a reliable high-power air-cooled piston enignes a variable-pitch metal propellers a retractable landing gear a duraluminum-alloy fuselage and wings and the electronic autopilot. It laso incorporates two 1 200-horsepower Pratt and Whitney engines and it cruised at a remarkable 145 knots at altitudes of up to 10 000 feet. It could carry at least twenty one passengers. The DC s maiden flight was on December 17 1935 which was the 32nd anniversary of the Wright Brother s first slight. The DC-3 was designated by many names infact all are considered their official names; its manufacturer called it the Skytrain and airlines simply called i the Three; the US Army called it the C-47; the US Navy called it the R4D and was designated as Dakota by the British. It was referred by many pilots and was fondly called as the Gooney Bird. It was considered to be one of the four most significant weapons of the War.
- Handcarved Mahogany Wood Model Airplane
- Handcrafted and Handpainted
- Comes with base stand ready to display
- Comes with base stand ready for display
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