The DC-3 is the plane that made civilian transport that made
civilian transport a profitable reality, and has become a legend in
its own time. It has many names and designations - Skytrain,
Spooky, Puff the Magic Dragon, DC-3, C-47, R4D, Li-2 and others.
But the name that most pilots know it by is the "Gooney Bird." And
it has played many roles besides being an aerial workhorse to
transport people and cargo. It has been a bomber, fighter, airborne
communications center, amphibian, living quarters, hospital, flying
washing machine, and command post. When some of the more than
10,000 built, and additional hundreds in Japan and Russia, ended
their days, they have been made into a hamburger stand, tea house,
mobile home, seaside cottage, an officers club and even a chicken
coop. Many have been put on static display at more than 200 museums
around the world. After more than sixty years, 1,000 of them are
still flying the world\s skies. The DC-3/C-47 has surpassed all
other aircraft ever built in faithful service, dependability and
achievement. This is the story of its conception, design and
amazing life in war and peace. Carroll glines is also the author of
The Doolittle Raid, Attack on Yamamoto, and Chennault\s Forgotten
Warriors: The Saga of the 308th Bomb Group in China (all available
from Schiffer Publishing Ltd.).
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