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Description
Douglas C47 Skytrain (a.k.a. DC3 & Dakota) - 1940

Mission Transport
Max Speed 180 MPH
Range 1,200 NauticalMiles
First Flight December 1935
In Service Operational June 1936 (American Airlines) and still being used commercially across the globe
Other The C47, originally known as the DC3, started as one of the first commercial civilian airliners. Best known for the "Berlin Airlift", the C47 dropped food, clothing and medical supplies to keep Berliners alive during the Russian occupation after WWII . The museum's C47 is one of the few flyable C47's with a paratrooper configuration and is a WWII veteran, dropping troops for the D-Day invasion.

American Airpower Museum, Farmingdale NY

Description
Douglas C47 Skytrain (a.k.a. DC3 & Dakota) - 1940

Mission Transport
Max Speed 180 MPH
Range 1,200 NauticalMiles
First Flight December 1935
In Service Operational June 1936 (American Airlines) and still being used commercially across the globe
Other The C47, originally known as the DC3, started as one of the first commercial civilian airliners. Best known for the "Berlin Airlift", the C47 dropped food, clothing and medical supplies to keep Berliners alive during the Russian occupation after WWII . The museum's C47 is one of the few flyable C47's with a paratrooper configuration and is a WWII veteran, dropping troops for the D-Day invasion.

American Airpower Museum, Farmingdale NY