Description: This is a used hardback book in GOOD SOLID CONDITION—from a smoke-free environment. The photo you see is of the actual item you will receive. Please feel free to ask any questions you have about this listing. GRAND OLD LADY – Story of the DC-3 – by Lieutenant Colonel Carroll V. Glines, Jr. and Lieutenant Colonel Wendell F. Moseley. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Published by Pennington Press - ©1959 – Library of Congress No. 59-13741 – 250 pages. This is an excellent chronological history of the iconic DC-3 (Douglas Commercial aircraft, third model), also known as the C-47 (Cargo) in the US Army Air Forces and R4D in the US Navy, Good Old Gooney Bird, Dear old Dakota, and Grand Old Lady. She was noisy, drafty, easy to fly and utterly dependable. One thing Donald Douglas demanded was that she hold her altitude on one engine. She became the luxury airliner of the late 1930s and made air travel practicable. More than 11,000 DC-3s were built for the military during World War II, and several hundred are still flying. This book defines the versatility of this aircraft for delivering cargo of all kinds, dropping paratroopers, evacuating wounded, towing gliders (three at a time), and, with engines removed, being gliders, landing on studded snow tires, skis or pontoons as the mission required, then being reconverted to airline service after the war. The book is in good condition; normal reading wear; binding tight; name and service number written and stamped on the front end page – text pages unmarked--no writing, no underlining, no highlighting; pages are age discolored; corners bumped; top and bottom of spine bumped; no jacket; normal shelf wear. Good solid copy. G&M stock #2fe(jane23)
Price: 10.55 USD
Location: Round Rock, Texas
End Time: 2024-12-23T21:00:10.000Z
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