It has just gone midnight on July 26, 1944, and deep in the heart of occupied Poland, a daring top-secret mission known as ...

More than 30 Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Dakota will retrace their flights from Britain to the original D-Day Drop Zones in Normandy, France. Two thirds will be coming from North America. On Jun. 5 2019 ...

The Douglas Sleeper Transport (DST), the first variant of the DC-3 series, had its first flight on December 17, 1935, the 32nd anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight. Military versions of ...

PALM SPRINGS, Fla. (CBS 12) — A historic World War II Douglas C-47 Dakota Skytrain is being delivered to the G-Star School of the Arts for Film, Animation and Performing Arts next Wednesday. The war ...

The Douglas C-47, the militarized version of the DC-3, has been hauling humanitarian relief supplies since the days of the Berlin Airlift, and it will be doing so again, according to officials at the ...

As the 75th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy approached this month, Garrett Fleishman, a 20-year-old college sophomore, flew a restored Douglas C-47 Dakota troop carrier named Placid ...

The Dakota C-47, also known as the DC-3, was a workhorse of Australian military aviation. Serving in crucial roles from World War II to Vietnam, this aircraft is now being preserved by dedicated ...

Half-sunk in the marshy tundra of the Taymyr Peninsula of northern Siberia, not far from the Arctic Circle and several hundred miles away from the nearest human settlement, lay the remains of a 70 ...

Grass Valley native and airline pilot, Juan Browne in conjunction with the Golden Empire Flying Association, has laid plans for a most memorable Veterans Day Weekend for those who love aviation and ...