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The Grand Old Lady
Douglas DC-3 (1946)
The Douglas DC-3 is emblematic of luxurious air travel in the 1930s and 1940s. It rose to fame as a reliable cargo aircraft. During the Berlin airlift, numerous DC-3s maintained a supply lifeline to Berlin.
In passenger service as of 1946
With this legendary passenger aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s, Swissair began passenger services in 1946 – using a refitted C-47 from the US Air Force.
Technical data:
| Manufacturer: | Douglas Aircraft Co. Inc., Santa Monica, Calif. |
| Registration: | HB-IRN |
| Passengers: | 28 - 32 depending on the version |
| Wingspan: | 28.96 m |
| Length: | 19.65 m |
| Height: | 5.16 m |
| Wing area: | 91.62 m² |
| Maximum take-off weight: | 11,441 t |
| Range: | 2400 km |
| Max. fuel capacity: | 3800 l |
| Cruising speed: | 300 km/h |
| Top speed: | 368 km/h |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp R-1830-92 18-cylinder twin row radial engines |
| Engine power: | 2 x 1 217 PS |
| Number produced: | 10,926 |
