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This Day in Aviation History: First Flight of the Douglas C-47 Skytrain
On this day in aviation history, December 23, 1941, the first Douglas C-47 Skytrain ever built made its maiden flight from Long Beach Airport, California. A military development of the Douglas DC ...
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“Puff the Magic Dragon”: The AC-47 Gunship Was the Viet Cong’s Worst Nightmare
Of course, in the parlance of the Counterculture movement that was taking hold alongside the Vietnam War (in opposition to that conflict), “puff the magic dragon” had a very different connotation. As ...
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Island in the Sky - Full Cast & Crew
Pilot John Dooley and his crew of four are flying an Air Force mission in a Douglas C-47 Skytrain (the military version of the DC-3). They experience icy conditions in the uncharted wilderness ...