Douglas dc 3 snow. The complete story of the douglas dc 3 see. Bush air cargo 1937 dc 3 alaska bush ski flying landing on snow chelatna lake. One of a kind corporate configured 1945 douglas dc 3. Flarf in the summer of 1935 a special commission from the ussr arrived at the douglas aircraft corp plant and after much discussion and evaluation chose the more advanced douglas dc 3 aircraft.
The douglas dc 3 is a fixed wing propeller driven airliner that revolutionized air transport in the 1930s and 1940s. It has a cruise speed of 207 mph 333 kmh. Aa203 was operating bal dca and was unable to land at dca due to heavy snow. And a range of 1500 mi 2400 km.
Flight retrurned to bal and held for 75 min again unable to land due to snow. Crew decided to go to phl but was unable to use the phl radio dang due to static. Its lasting effect on the airline industry and world war ii makes it one of the most significant transport aircraft ever produced. The crew decided to crash land on jones beach long island.
Douglas dc 3 dc 3s at a northern gravel strip summer of 2006 general history the douglas dc 3 otherwise known as a c 47 dakota or gooney bird made its first flight on december 17 1935 over sixty years ago. Transcontinental western air flight 3 a douglas dc 3 nc1946 was a scheduled transcontinental coast to coast flight originating from new york city with the ultimate destination of burbanklos angeles california. A russian li 2 flying over the snow covered russian terrain. Aa203 then headed northeast into worsening weather conditions with only 30 min of fuel left.
Where are they now. Low total time with only 17896 hours. Flying 5 thousand pounds of lumber and landing on a lake. This dc 3 was the last of its model to operate carrying passengers for a part 121 air c.
Sn 34378 is the former transport of the columbia broadcasting system outboard and marine manufacturing and eaa. Since that day dc 3as have been flying all over the world hauling freight and passengers to every corner of the globe.