This growing success of the DC-3 was felt the world over when KLM became the first European carrier to own and operate the DC-3s in 1936, and this was swiftly followed by airlines in Switzerland ...

Although NX14988 was the first Douglas DST/DC-3 built, it was always intended to be a production aircraft, and once the aircraft received its type, c/n 1494 became NC14988, and was sold to ...