When you visit the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, and at its Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, you expect to see relics of a bygone era. From the original ...

Perhaps the most important aircraft in the history of commercial aviation was the Douglas DC-3. This year will mark the 90 th anniversary of the first commercial flight of the DC-3. On June 25, 1936, ...

French investigators have highlighted problems of conflicting interests in ageing pilots, and difficulties in determining medical fitness, after a Douglas DC-3 stalled and recovered at low height ...

Ahead of American Airlines celebrating its centennial, the U.S.-based airline unveiled a special livery that pays homage to one of its earliest planes, the DC-3. While it has a vintage-looking ...