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Details
- Instance of
- aircraft family
- Subclass of
- airliner with 2 piston-propeller engines
- Follows
- Douglas DC-2
- Operator
- American Airlines, Bavaria Fluggesellschaft, Lufthansa, Air France, British European Airways, Scandinavian Airlines, Olympic Airways, German Air Force, Royal Air Force Transport Command, Aigle Azur (1946), SATA Air Açores, Air Inuit
- Based on
- Douglas DC-2
- country of origin
- United States
- described by source
- Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook, Fourth Edition, The Complete Encyclopedia of Flight 1848-1939, Chartwell Edition
- first flight
- 17 December 1935
- length
- 19.63 m, 773.5 in
- manufacturer
- Douglas
- maximum capacity
- 32, 27
- maximum operating altitude
- 24100 ft
- military designation
- C-47 Skytrain
- nominal power output
- 2100
- powered by
- Twin Wasp S1C3G
- replaces
- Douglas DC-2
- service entry
- 1936
- speed
- 231
- topic's main category
- Category:Douglas DC-3
- total produced
- 607
- undercarriage
- retractable conventional landing gear
- vehicle range
- 2125
- wing configuration
- low wing
- wingspan
- 28.96 m, 1140 in
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Notable work of
Depicted in
- Frankfurt Airlift Memorial
- Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II
- The Complete Encyclopedia of Flight 1848-1939, Chartwell Edition
- The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft
- Encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft, Volume One
- Jane's Pocket Book of Military Transport and Training Aircraft, First Collier Books Edition
- The World's Greatest Aircraft
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