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Fly back in time with the American Airpower Museum's WWII C-47 Scenic Flight Experience. Enjoy low-altitude tours over Long ...
A large military parade showcasing American power, requested by President Donald Trump to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary, ...
A look at scenes from Saturday's massive military parade and festival in Washington. The parade honors the Army’s ...
Millions of pounds of military equipment dating back to World War II are headed to Washington, D.C., for the Army’s 250th ...
A new year and another Spring Cleaning challenge. This year I want to take on a smaller project that I can finish in the contest time. Time to look at my shelves and see what I can take down and use.
The Hercules’ long tenure began in the 1950s, when the Korean War demonstrated the obsolescence of World War II-era piston-engine transport aircraft such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain ...
The other plane that went to Sandy Point was the Tico Belle, a World War II Douglas C-47 Skytrain that dropped Allied paratroopers over France on D-Day. The vintage plane, supplied by the Valiant ...
The airplane for the job: the Douglas C-47 Skytrain. Also known as a Dakota to the British, the C-47 was the militarized version of a DC-3 credited by Dwight D. Eisenhower as one of the four ...
Douglas C-47 Dakota 42-100882, N473DC ... C-47 42-100882 was one of 50 or so ‘Skytrain’/Dakotas fitted with Model 80 glider pick-up, or ‘snatch’ gear, to allow them to retrieve stranded assault ...
At the end of the show, the gathered supplies will be loaded aboard the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, flown by The Liberty Foundation, a nonprofit flying museum in Douglas, Georgia. The C-47 is a ...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain called “That's All, Brother” visited the Jefferson City Memorial Airport for the 2024 Show Me State Air Show. More than 80 years ago it led the main airborne invasion over ...