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DC-3 airliner cabin Douglas Sleeper Transport (DST) showing the second row of windows for the upper bunk beds, above the airline titles "DC" stands for "Douglas Commercial". The DC-3 was the culmination of a development effort that began after an inquiry from Transcontinental and Western Airlines (TWA) to Donald Douglas.
Aero operated the aircraft until 1 April 1967, when it flew Aero’s last DC-3 scheduled passenger flight. [2] In 1970 the aircraft, along with the other DC-3s owned by Finnair, was sold to the Finnish Air Force, and was given the registration DO-11. In 1985, the Air Force retired its DC-3s. and OH-LCH, along with OH-LCD, were sold to ...
The last DC-3 flight was early 1969; NC was the last local service carrier to use it. In 1969 North Central Airlines moved its headquarters to the south side of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport; in 2009 the building was the Building C Maintenance and Administrative Facility of Northwest Airlines. [11]
Both aircraft were operating domestic scheduled passenger flights from La Vanguardia Airport, Villavicencio to El Yopal Airport. [93] [94] August 4, 1972: Douglas DC-3 N31538 None Suffered an in-flight engine fire shortly after take-off from NAS Point Mugu, California on a cargo flight to Hollywood-Burbank Airport. The aircraft departed the ...
The aircraft was on a survey flight. [89] April 10, 1977: Douglas DC-3 HK-556 35: Crashed into Rio Guape at an altitude of 7,200 feet (2,200 m). The aircraft was on a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight from La Vanguardia Airport, Villavicencio to El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá. The wreckage was not discovered for 35 days.
In subsequent years, researchers into unexplained disappearances have included the flight among others said to have disappeared in what came to be termed the Bermuda Triangle. [1] A plane similar to the DC-3 has been found by divers in the Bermuda Triangle. [1] It is possible that this is the lost aircraft, but this has not been verified.
This DC-3 was delivered to Eastern Air Lines on 7 December 1937 and on its retirement from Eastern service in December 1952 was donated to the National Air and Space Museum. A Transcontinental & Western Air DC-3 in 1941 United States. American Airlines [12] Braniff Airways [13] Capital Airlines - the only purchaser of the DC-3S Super DC-3 post ...
11 August: A Douglas DC-3 of Ethiopian Airlines was hijacked on a domestic flight from Bahir Dar Airport to Addis Ababa Airport. [36] 16 August: A Douglas DC-3 of Olympic Airways was hijacked on a domestic flight from Ellinikon International Airport, Athens to Agrinion Airport. The aircraft, possibly registered SX-BBF, landed at Valona. [37]