On this day in aviation history, December 23, 1941, the first Douglas C-47 Skytrain ever built made its maiden flight from Long Beach Airport, California. A military development of the Douglas DC-3 ...

Douglas C-47A Skytrain, s/n 43-15512. This particular aircraft was delivered to the U.S. Army Air Forces on April 3, 1944, and on May 15, 1944, it was assigned to the U.S. Ninth Air Force and operated ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A C-47 aircraft from World War II will be on public display this week outside of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing flew a ...

The American Airpower Museum will offer a "Living History Flight Experience" this Saturday, in which reenactors will take passengers for a flight on a World War II-era Douglas C-47 Skytrain — the kind ...

The Central Texas Wing of the Commemorative Air Force is keeping alive the memory of the young paratroopers who jumped from the plane "That's All, Brother" into Normandy, France, on D-Day -- June 6, ...