An estimated 160 to 400 Douglas DC-3 aircraft are still flying today, serving roles from sightseeing tours and freight to air ...

December 17, 1935, saw the first flight of the Douglas Sleeper Transport, or DST, which marked the first variant of the DC-3 series. One last major offensive in World War II is worth reflection ...

One of the recipients of Frye's letter was the Douglas Aircraft Company's Donald Douglas. TWA voiced concern over his aircraft's two-engine design, but agreed to purchase the plane if it could ...

A World War II-era aircraft took off from John Wayne Airport on Friday as part of its quest to become the oldest airplane to circle the globe. The Douglas DC-3 HB-IRJ, built in 1940, is going for ...

The Douglas DC-3 was introduced in the 1930s but still flies commercially today. Why has it endured? Jonathan Glancey investigates.

The DC-3, known as the Dakota, and its many variants served with great distinction both as a RAF military transport aircraft – including on D-Day - and as a civilian airliner.

GREENE COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – After flying a Douglas DC-3 aircraft in college, one Greene County man was back in the cockpit on Saturday 45 years later. He piloted the airplane again thanks to ...

By the late 1930s, the Douglas Aircraft Company of Santa Monica, California had firmly established itself as a world leader in the field of commercial aviation with its Douglas Commercial (DC ...

UK Civil Aviation Authority officials are willing to put a safety case before the European Commission to assist a bid by operators of vintage aircraft, notably the Douglas DC-3, to avoid being ...