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The Douglas AC-47 ("Puff, the Magic Dragon") was the first in a series of fixed-wing gunships developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War.It was designed to provide more firepower than light and medium ground-attack aircraft in certain situations when ground forces called for close air support.
Operating the Douglas DC-3 for Delta was 48-year-old Captain George R. Cushing. Cushing had 11,091 hours of flight experience, 1,800 of which were on the Douglas DC-3. It was suspected that 33-year-old Clayton Berry, Delta's airport communications supervisor, who had 47 hours of flight experience, was in the right pilot's seat at the time of ...
This is a list of pages listing accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3 [a], including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2. Military accidents are included; and hijackings and incidents of terrorism are covered, although acts of war are outside the scope of this list.
This is a List of accidents and incidents involving Douglas DC-3 A variants that have taken place in the year 1947, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2 and military variants converted to DC-3 standard for post-war airline use. Military accidents are included; and hijackings and ...
This is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3 A that occurred in 1966, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2. Military accidents are included; and hijackings and incidents of terrorism are covered, although acts of war involving military aircraft are outside the ...
The 1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 Crash occurred on 11 January 1947 when Douglas C-47A G-AGJX of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) crashed into a hill at Stowting, Kent, in southeast England, killing five people outright, with a further three dying from injuries received. The aircraft had been operating a scheduled international flight to ...
1946 Railway Air Services Dakota crash; 1946 United States Air Force C-47 Crash at Yan'an; 1948 Los Gatos DC-3 crash; 1951 Rio do Sal Linhas Aéreas Paulistas C-47 crash; 1961 Malév Hungarian Airlines Douglas C-47 Skytrain crash; 1973 Sólheimasandur Douglas DC-3 crash; 1978 Finnish Air Force DC-3 crash
2009 – A Fuerza Aérea Colombiana Douglas AC-47 Spooky intelligence-gathering plane of the Escuadrón de Combate Táctico 113 Avion Fantasma (ghost planes) crashed near the Comando Aéreo de Combate No 1 Airbase at Puerto Salgar, Cundinamarca, Colombia. The aircraft was on a training flight resulting in 5 crew fatalities.