14 Douglas DC-1, DC-2 and DC-3 Following the pioneering Boeing Model 247, Douglas Aircraft used this series of airliners to change how people flew. They quickly made other airplanes obsolete. Just one DC-1 was produced and it flew for the first time on July 1, 1933. (It was subsequently purchased by Howard Hughes.) With each succeeding year, the Boeing heritage company introduced a new model. The DC-2 made its first flight on May 11, 1934. The bigger and faster Douglas Sleeper Transport, soon to be known as the DC-3, made its first flight on Dec. 17, 1935. By 1939, more than 80 percent of U.S. domestic scheduled airline service was handled by the DC-2 and DC-3. The DC-3, and its military derivatives, became one of history’s best-known airplanes. •
Frontiers July 2016 Issue
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