Other airlines soon began lining up after TWA to place orders ... still small operators using DC-3s in revenue service or as cargo aircraft. Current uses of the DC-3 include passenger service ...

The DC-3 is considered one of the most successful aircraft in the history of aviation. The DC-1 traces back to 1931, when a TWA airliner (a Fokker F-10 trimotor) crashed after one of its wooden ...