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Quick Statistics:
Body Length - 11.50 in.[29.20 cm.] •
Span - 17.00 in.[43.20 cm.] • Height - 3.00 in.[7.60 cm.]
Scale - 1:67 |
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The model shown will be supplied with a plain base only unless the customizable option is chosen. A “gear up” version can also be produced. The DC3 above is also available from ModelBuffs in any major airline colors at no extra cost. Just specify in the “Remarks/Suggestions” box when ordering the “Standard Model “which airline colors you require. If you require a fully customized model including the base please select the “Customized” option upon checkout and give full details on the accompanying form. Delivery for standard and customizable models 2-3 weeks.
The DC-3 was engineered by a team led by chief engineer Arthur E. Raymond and first flew on December 17, 1935 (the 32nd. anniversary of the Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk). The plane was the result of a marathon phone call from American Airlines CEO C.R. Smith demanding improvements in the design of the DC-2. The amenities of the DC-3 (including sleeping berths on early models and an in-flight kitchen) popularized air travel in the United States. With just one refuelling stop, transcontinental flights across America became possible. Before the DC-3, such a trip would entail short hops in commuter aircraft during the day coupled with train travel overnight.
A Douglas DC-3 of the Air Atlantique Historic Flight taking off at Hullavington airfield, EnglandEarly U.S. airlines like United, American, TWA, and Eastern ordered over 400 DC-3s. These fleets paved the way for the modern American air travel industry, quickly replacing trains as the favored means of long-distance travel across the United States.
During World War II, many civilian DC-3s were drafted for the war effort and thousands of military versions of the DC-3 were built under the designations C-47, C-53, R4D, and Dakota. The armed forces of many countries used the DC-3 and its military variants for the transport of troops, cargo and wounded. Over 10,000 aircraft were produced (some as licensed copies in Japan as Showa L2D, and in the USSR as the Lisunov Li-2).
Douglas DC-3, taking off from Pangnirtung Airport (Nunavut, Canada)After the war, thousands of surplus C-47s were converted to civil service, and became the standard equipment of almost all the worldÂ’s airlines, remaining in front-line service for many years. The ready availability of ex-military examples of this cheap, easily maintained aircraft (it was both large and fast by the standards of the day) jump-started the worldwide post-war air transport industry. Douglas had developed an improved version with a greater cargo capacity and a different wing which it attempted to sell during this time frame, but with all these surplus aircraft, the Super DC-3 did not sell.
Numerous attempts were made to design a “DC-3 replacement” over the next three decades (including the very successful Fokker Friendship) but no single type could match the versatility, rugged reliability, and economy of the DC-3, and it remained a significant part of air transport systems well into the 1970s. Even today, 70 years after the DC-3 first flew, there are still small operators with DC-3s in revenue service and as cargo planes. The common saying among aviation buffs and pilots is that “The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3.” The ability to start and land on grass or dirt runways also makes it popular in developing countries where the runways may not always be tarmac.
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