The DC-3: Changing Passengers’ Expectations

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Reliable, economical, and safer than earlier aircraft, the DC-3 did more than any other single airplane to make commercial passenger aviation a viable industry.

"United Air Lines Presents The Mainliner," 1937

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North Central Airlines Brochure, circa 1970

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North Central Airlines' 1939 Douglas DC-3 in Flight, circa 1975

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Cockpit of the 1939 Douglas DC-3 Airplane, Photographed in 2003

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Cockpit Controls inside a Ford Tri-Motor Airplane, 1927-1930 - 1

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Passengers Seated Inside a Ford Tri-Motor Airplane, October 1928

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Stout Air Transport 2AT-2 Airplane, "Maiden Dearborn" at Ford Airport, 1925

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American Airlines DC-3 Flagship Model Airplane Kit, circa 1945

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1939 Douglas DC-3 Airplane - 4

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TWA Experimental Anti-Snow Static Loop Antenna, 1937 - 1

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North Central Airlines Flight Log Sheet #19260, August 25, 1971

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North Central Airlines Douglas DC-3 Airplane Flight Log Binder, Presented to The Henry Ford on May 28, 1975

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