Martin & Company in Gresham, Oregon, and delivered to Howard Hughes’ Hughes Tool Company on April 6, 1942. This aircraft (N47753) was built in 1941 by Glenn L. Pratt and Whitney Wasp Major Twin-Engine aircraft engine. The aircraft’s original engine was a 400 h.p. Note: The maximum take-off weight is less when there is no passenger. The aircraft has three wheels, two in the front and one beneath the tail. Speed: 192 miles per hour/308 kilometres per hourĪccommodation: 3 crews and 14 sleeper passengers, or 21 to 28 day passenger, or 3725 to 4500 pounds freight(1135 to 1371 metres) Power plant: Two 1200 horsepower Wright Cyclone radial engines Ric Hallquist, a veteran Chief DC-3 Pilot with Missionary Flights International who flew and worked on the hefty twin-engine cargo jet for almost 30 years, provided us with some information about this aircraft. Because of its tremendous and long-lasting impact on the airline business and aerospace engineering, the DC-3 is widely known as one of the most significant transport aircraft in history. The Douglas DC-3 was launched to the globe the same year as the German airship Hindenburg crossed the Atlantic.
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