First, a correction: We credited the photo of the Lockheed L-O49 Constellation at 20:23 to "Bob Willis" of Dublin Ireland. His correct name is Mark Willis who kindly gave us permission to use this photo. We apologize to Mark for this error.
This is Part 3 of a 4-Part series on two iconic aircraft that defined the fledgling airline industry in the U.S.--the FORD TRIMOTOR in the first two parts and the DOUGLAS DC-3 in the second two. In this Part 3 of our “AIRLINE INDUSTRY WOEFUL START SERIES” we begin with the events that led to the disastrous Great Airmail Crisis of 1934 and how that impacted the forward evolution of the airlines and then cover the contemporaneous development of the Douglas DC-3 which is often termed “The Plane that Changed the World”. This plane literally molded the airlines into what they are today. We then view some modern-day footage of several DC-3’s in action, along with a military C-47 variant.
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