The Legendary DC3

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{detailed description}Introduction:
The last seven and one-half decades the world has seen literally thousands of different kinds of airplanes come and go. In this time, four big wars and scores of small ones have proven the airplane to be a valuable weapon. Between wars, the airplane has become an instrument of peace. It is now universally recognized that no more wars will be fought and no peace truly lasting without the airplane playing a dominant role as an instrument of power-either military or economic. In just the short span of a man's lifetime, the airplane has changed from a symbol of folly and daring to a symbol of strength and national vigor.
Of all the airplanes ever built that have contributed in some measure to aviation progress, there is one which has far surpassed all others in faithful service, dependability, and achievement. It has been parked on the ramps of the world's air terminals for over forty years. It was born during the days of wooden propellers and is still flying as we pass from the jet age into an era of space flight.
This book is about that airplane: its birth, its development, its adoption by the airlines and the military services, its uses in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, its conversion to civilian use after the wars, its innumerable feats as an angel of mercy, its employment as a jack-of-all-trades, and, finally, its future.
{Author / Publisher / Date}by Carroll V. Glines and Wendell F.Moseley
published by David and Charles 1979 1st (UK) edn. 224pp illustrated, index, appendix. 16x24
{condition}ex lib. re-backed, replaced hinge tape, d/j stuck to boards, fold-ins removed with pastedowns re-glued, front free end paper removed, some library stamps and marks, otherwise near good.
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