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Item GUI 804, Wing Span 35.5 inches, Scale 1/32. Considered to be the single most
important aircraft in the history of air transportation, the DC-3 first flew in
1935. Douglas Aircraft built it as a replacement for the smaller DC-2. Its 180
MPH cruising speed made it the fastest of its day, and carried 11 more
passengers than the Boeing 247. By 1938, 80 percent of all American commercial
airline traffic was carried on DC-3's. During World War 2, the military
conversion of the DC-3, the C-47 was used by the thousands in every theatre of
the war. After the war, many of the surplus C-47's were converted back to
civilian service.
PVHC Price: $47.85
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