On this day in aviation history, December 23, 1941, the first Douglas C-47 Skytrain ever built made its maiden flight from ...

A Skytrain and a Flying Boxcar are the lucky recipients of a much-needed makeover here at Fort Campbell, Ky. The aircraft, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, are on static ...

Airlifter, Gunship, Spy Plane, VIP Transport and More: It’s Important to Understand the C-47. It is a bit bumpy despite calm weather. She skids back and forth on her tail in light crosswinds and level ...

A pair of World War II-era C-47 Skytrain planes that flew in the D-Day invasion landed Wednesday at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, dropping some 17 volunteer paratrooper-reenactors along ...

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 ...

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain was one of the aircraft on display at the Joint Base Andrews Air & Space Expo 2019 that was held last weekend in Camp Springs, Maryland, May 11 and 12. Nearly 75 years ago, ...

Wichita’s favorite B-29 bomber “Doc” is getting a visitor this weekend. “Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber,” a restored Douglas C-47 Skytrain, will make a two-day stop at the B-29 Doc Hangar, Education and ...

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 ...