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Estrella
Warbird Museum - C47
The C47 was
derived from the DC3 family of commercial planes. The
military was looking for a good trasport plane. The
first flight by the C-47 prototype was made from Clover
Field (now Santa Monica, CA) at 3 p.m. on 17th December
1935, which just happened to be the 32nd anniversary of
the Wright brothers' first flight.
For half a century
the Douglas C-47 and its numerous derivatives has
remained the most versatile aviation workhorse the world
has ever known, and can arguably claim the title of
World's Greatest Aircraft. Born in brassy years of the
mid-1930s, the DC-3 became the world's standard
airliner, before donning warpaint as the world's
standard military transport. Both these and other roles
have continued unabated through to current times.
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