A Celebration of the DC3

An aircraft is a mechanical creation that is as a rule obsolescent. Most simply wear out and break down. The utiquitous Douglas DC-3, however, has proved to be an exceptipon to the rule. The ageing but apparently ageless DC-3 was still, sixty years after its creation in the mid 1920s, a consistent and reliable performer, and its durability and versatility kept it in demand. From passenger and freight services around the world, to service in WW2, Korea and southeast Asia, along with more niche uses such as drug smuggling, gun running, oil pollution control, survey work and sky diving, the DC-3 just kept on keeping on...