Description

This three volume publication, containing over 1,000 pages, is the best source of historic information about the aircraft that established the world’s civil air transport system and have provided military air transport for over 70 years. Jennifer Gradidge, the foremost DC-3 historian, led a team of Air-Britain (and AAHS) historians to produce this book.

This item is Volume 1 & it contains four chapters.

Chapter 1 deals with the developmental history in the United States, Japan and the Soviet Union. Chapter 2 covers technical data including detailed information regarding Approved Type Certificates, civil customer model variants, military variants, airframe modifications, technical description and performance information, as well as, comparative drawings. Chapter 3 provides detailed historical and fleet information on military operators. The last chapter in Vol. 1 gives historical and fleet information on commercial operators. This chapter includes an index of commercial operators.