Twin-engined monoplane in Eastern Airlines livery. First flown in 1935, the Douglas DC-3 became the most successful airliner in the formative years of air transportation, and was the first to fly profitably without government subsidy. More than 13,000 DC-3s, both civil and military versions, and foreign built, were produced. Many are still flying.

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