Douglas DC-3 : livres - histoire, modèles et technique

Douglas DC-3 and C-47 in Latin American Military Service

This book examines in detail one aspect of the DC-3/C-47 history which is not that well known, the fact that DC-3s and their military equivalents and derivatives have been in continuous service in that geographically diverse region of the world known as Latin America for more than 75 years, longer than anywhere else in the world.

The DC-3 and C-47 came upon the scene at precisely the right moment in every nation. They were in use from the Rio Grande south all the way to Antarctica and from the remote Galapagos in the Pacific to the Antilles chain in the Caribbean.
As always, they were used as workhorses and heavy-lifters, but a significant number, surprisingly, saw combat service in a number of most exotic circumstances, both as ad hoc bombers and combat aircraft.
C-47s were not only the most numerous type in some national inventories, but often the most heavily utilised and valued.

Richly illustrated, with tables describing the often extraordinary individual services lives of each-and-every known aircraft, this is a testament to the men and women who, for three-quarters of a century, have sweated, cursed and yet loved these magnificent aircraft.

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Douglas DC-3: 80 Glorious Years

Like the P-51 Mustang and Supermarine Spitfire, the Douglas DC-3 is an iconic aircraft design. It has endured more than any other with several hundred still in use worldwide in locations as far apart as Africa, Antarctica and the US. Many of the current operators use turbine conversions of the DC-3mainly using Basler, SAAF and Dodson International the main proponents.

Just about every major post-war airline began their schedules with the DC-3. Many took advantage of post-war military surplus C-47s that had already written huge volumes of history with their roles with the US Army Air Corps in the Second World War such as the D-Day landings. Many enthusiast organisations still keep DC-3s airworthy and fly them for members. However, the days of DC-3 operations are now nearing an end thanks to spares unavailability, cost and the shortages of Avgas fuel in remote parts of the world.

As this book recounts, the Douglas DC-3 is to aviation what the Volkswagen and Ford were to motoring, and what the DC-3 operators started, the 21st century Airbus/Boeing operators continued thanks to the astonishing legacy of this remarkable aircraft.

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C-47 Skytrain - The 'Gooney Bird' from Douglas (Legends of Warfare)

Le Douglas C-47 Skytrain et son homologue, le C-53 Skytrooper, étaient essentiels au transport aérien américain pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Ces avions transportaient non seulement du fret, mais aussi des parachutistes, notamment lors du débarquement en Normandie. Ils remorquaient également des planeurs et avaient la capacité remarquable de les arracher du sol en vol.
Basé sur le Douglas DC-3, le C-47 a servi dans les forces américaines et alliées en Corée et au Vietnam, notamment dans l'hélicoptère de combat AC-47D lourdement armé. Ce volume couvre le développement de l'avion, son utilisation militaire et les détails de sa construction.

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Douglas DC-3

L'histoire de l'avion de ligne pratique commence avec le concepteur américain Donald Douglas et le légendaire DC-3, qui a posé les bases de l'aviation commerciale moderne. Ce premier véritable avion de ligne a conduit au développement de centaines d'avions de pointe au cours des 80 dernières années.
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le besoin d'un avion de transport fiable a donné naissance au C-47, une version militaire du DC-3. Après la guerre, les surplus de C-47 ont été vendus à des acheteurs civils, aidant de nombreuses nouvelles compagnies aériennes et opérateurs à se développer.
Il est remarquable que le DC-3 soit toujours utilisé aujourd'hui. Bien qu'il ait été remplacé par des avions plus gros et plus rapides, il reste un avion fiable et durable.

Ce livre, avec plus de 110 photographies, célèbre le DC-3, ses différents rôles et les différentes livrées qu'il a portées.
Précédemment publiée sous le titre "Aeroplane Classic Airliner: The Douglas DC-3", cette édition offre un aperçu détaillé de l'héritage de cet avion emblématique.

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Douglas DC-3 - A Legends of Flight Illustrated History (Legends of Flight)

Le Douglas DC-3, un avion de ligne bimoteur qui a volé pour la première fois en 1935, a été un pionnier du vol commercial international. Connu pour son élégance et sa durabilité, il est devenu l'avion de ligne américain le plus utilisé avant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, utilisé par de grandes compagnies aériennes comme Delta, Eastern, Pan Am, United et bien d'autres.
Pendant la guerre, le DC-3 a été converti en C-47 Skytrain pour le transport militaire, également connu sous le nom de "Gooney Bird". Il a été utilisé par le Royaume-Uni sous le nom de "Dakota" et par l'Union soviétique sous le nom de Lisunov Li-2. Le service de l'avion en temps de guerre a consolidé son statut comme l'un des plus grands avions de l'histoire.
Ce livre fournit une histoire visuelle concise du Douglas DC-3 et de son impact durable sur l'aviation commerciale et militaire.

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The Amazing Gooney Bird : The Saga of the Legendary DC-3/C-47

The DC-3 is the plane that made civilian transport that made civilian transport a profitable reality, and has become a legend in its own time. It has many names and designations - Skytrain, Spooky, Puff the Magic Dragon, DC-3, C-47, R4D, Li-2 and others.
But the name that most pilots know it by is the "Gooney Bird." And it has played many roles besides being an aerial workhorse to transport people and cargo. It has been a bomber, fighter, airborne communications center, amphibian, living quarters, hospital, flying washing machine, and command post.

When some of the more than 10,000 built, and additional hundreds in Japan and Russia, ended their days, they have been made into a hamburger stand, tea house, mobile home, seaside cottage, an officers club and even a chicken coop. Many have been put on static display at more than 200 museums around the world.

After more than sixty years, 1,000 of them are still flying the world's skies. The DC-3/C-47 has surpassed all other aircraft ever built in faithful service, dependability and achievement. This is the story of its conception, design and amazing life in war and peace.

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