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Douglas Propliners DC-1-DC-7 by Arthur Pearcy w/ dust jacket
Douglas Propliners DC-1-DC-7 by Arthur Pearcy
Hard Cover with dust jacket
160 pages
Copyright 1995
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements7
Introduction 8
Chapter One Air Transport - the Beginning11
Chapter Two Donald Wills Douglas and the Douglas Commercial19
Chapter ThreeDouglas DC-125
Chapter FourDouglas DC-233
Chapter Five Douglas DC-355
Chapter SixDouglas DC-3S (Super DC-3)89
Chapter SevenDouglas DC-3 Turbo97
Chapter EightDouglas DC-4105
Chapter NineCanadair DC-4M117
Chapter TenATL-98 Carvair121
Chapter ElevenDouglas DC-5129
Chapter TwelveDouglas DC-6137
Chapter Thirteen Douglas DC-7147
Chapter Fourteen Survivors153
Appendix - Technical Data156
Index157
Douglas Propliners
Arthur Pearcy's book is the first comprehensive volume to cover the legendary Douglas Propliners.
The aircraft were manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Corporation which was established in California by Donald Wills Douglas. The series began with the DC-1 in 1933 but only one of these was built. A modified version containing two extra seats and known as the DC-2 followed shortly afterwards.
The most famous of the series was the DC-3. Known in Britain as the Dakota, this model brought unheard of prosperity to the major airlines of the world during a period of worldwide depression. The DC-4, which first flew in 1942, became involved in World War II, and was the unsung workhorse of the immediate post-war airline period. The success of the DC-5 was short-lived and only twelve were built and in April 1947 the DC-6 went into service.
The series ended with the DC-7 which was launched in 1953 and the final version was the DC-7C which appeared in 1956.
Meticulously researched and written with the full co-operation of the Douglas Aircraft Company, Douglas Propliners contains a wealth of new material both factual and photographic.
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