Built by Douglas Aircraft, founded in 1921, the DC-3 incorporated breakthroughs developed at Douglas and Boeing—super-charged 1,200-horsepower twin engines, cantilevered metal wings, retractable ...

A Douglas DC-3’s top speed is 230 mph, but on this particular journey the airplane was moving at a sedate 35 mph—still impressive for an aircraft whose wings had been removed. The vintage ...