Douglas DC-2

The Douglas DC-2 was a 14-seat fixed-wing, twin-propeller driven airplane produced from 1934 through 1936; approximately 150 DC-2s were produced. The DC-2 was the first airplane to demonstrate that commercial passenger air travel could be comfortable, reliable, and safe. The DC-2 is the first airplane that Ernest Gann was assigned to co-pilot and he soon learned the various idiosyncratic aspects of the pioneering design. Although much harder to fly than the DC-3, the DC-2 was also more reliable under extremely adverse conditions such as heavy wing ice. The airplane was powered by twin Wright Cyclone engines and could achieve a maximum speed of 210 mph, although typical cruising speeds were much slower

Douglas DC-3

The Douglas DC-3 was a 21-to-32-seat fixed-wing, twin-propeller driven airplane produced from 1936 through 1945; approximately 10,500 were produced. The DC-3 was in many aspects an evolution of the earlier DC-2 though it was larger and featured...