On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made their first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and those 12 seconds changed the world. But did you know that just 32 years later, on the same day in 1935, the Douglas DC-3 made its first flight?

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 Wright Flyer to the space shuttle Discovery, visitors can ...

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 during practice for an air show. The aircraft, flown by its ...

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, an American Airlines DC-3 flew from Chicago to New York.