Oldest DC3 Flying, Walkaround by Les Abend Inspection part 2

From Wikipedia: The DC-3 was engineered by a team led by chief engineer Arthur E. Raymond, and first flew on December 17, 1935 (the 32nd anniversary of the Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk). The aircraft was the result of a marathon phone call from American Airlines CEO Cyrus Smith to Donald Douglas requesting the design of an improved successor to the DC-2. The amenities of the DC-3 (including sleeping berths on early "DST" -- Douglas Sleeper Transport -- models and an in-flight kitchen) popularized air travel in the United States. With only three refueling stops, eastbound transcontinental flights across America taking approximately 15 hours became possible. Westbound trips took 17 hours 30 minutes due to typical prevailing headwinds - still a significant improvement over the competing Boeing 247. Before the arrival of the DC-3, such a trip would entail short hops in commuter aircraft, during the day, coupled with train travel overnight

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[wanagthigh]

Is it yours?

[angelica14709]

See one of the other videos, it explains who owns the plane. Search "Dave Gorrell". I wish it was mine.

[ChasenSFO]

The term "First Officer" was invented because Les Abend is never second.

[stealhty1]

come on abend show us how to fly this thing

[ThunderAppeal]

To think that merely 20 years after the DC3 came out the B52s were unleashed.

[ferretmobile]

haha sweet the dude from flying mag