C-47 Gooney BirdDouglas C 47 mahogany wood airplane model. The C 47 or "Gooney Bird", adapted from the DC 3 commercial airliner, is a legendary aircraft that has been widely used and loved for decades. Its initial use in 1940 was for AAF purposes, resulting in 9,348 planes procured by the end of WW II. From carrying people and cargo to towing gliders and dropping troops into enemy territory, the C 47 proved its worth in combat. Even after the war, the plane continued

400-pound B83 nuclear bombs

and deliveries to the Air Force began in July 1959

when German submarines were sinking hundreds of Allied ships

The prototype for the first production model

enabling it to reach incredible speeds of up to 644 mph

The Republic A-10 and OA-10 Thunderbolt IIs are the first Air Force aircraft specially designed for close air support of ground forces

The alternative to the S-76B is the S-76C powered by Turbomeca Arriel 1S1 turboshafts

It was designed to investigate jet aircraft characteristics at transonic speeds

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000 feet) undeveloped strips of land

The first three North Korean airplanes destroyed by U