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The Douglas DC-2 is a 14-passenger, twin-engined airliner that was produced by the American company Douglas Aircraft Company starting in 1934. It competed with the Boeing 247 . In 1935, Douglas produced a larger version called the DC-3 , which became one of the most successful aircraft in history.
The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II. It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version of the Douglas DC-2 .
[6] [9] TWA (Transcontinental & Western Air) also ordered the 247, but UATC declined the order, which resulted in TWA President Jack Frye setting out requirements for a new airliner and funding Don Douglas to design and build the Douglas DC-1 prototype. Douglas eventually developed the design into the DC-2 and DC-3. [6]
Douglas DC-6 [33] Convair CV-440 Metropolitan: 5 1976 1982 Unknown Operated by American Inter-Island Airlines for St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. [34] Douglas DC-2: 16 1934 1936 Unknown Douglas DC-3: 113 1936 1955 Unknown Operated the world's first scheduled DC-3 service (from Newark to Chicago) on June 26, 1936. Douglas DC-4: 53 1946 ...
The Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair is a retired large transport aircraft powered by four radial engines.It was a Douglas DC-4-based air ferry conversion developed by Freddie Laker's Aviation Traders (Engineering) Limited (ATL), with a capacity generally of 22 passengers in a rear cabin, and five cars loaded in at the front.
The aircraft involved was a Douglas DC-8-63CF, built in 1968. The aircraft was powered by four Pratt and Whitney JT3D-7 engines. The aircraft had 7,878 hours at the time of the accident. [1]: 4–5 [4] [5] The captain was 49-year-old Joseph John May, who had 22,300 flight hours, including 7,100 hours on the DC-8.
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