The C-47 Skytrain, derived from the DC-3, served in World War II and beyond, supporting airborne operations before retiring ...

(WBIR - Knoxville) For more than 20 years, Stan Brock has taken to the skies from the Downtown Island Airport in Knoxville in an old Douglas C-47 aircraft. Brock and other volunteers with the group ...

What began as a routine military flight over Alaska on Feb. 5, 1954, turned into a catastrophe that killed seven passengers, three crewmen and left six airmen — Rupert Pratt, Eli LaDuke, Huey ...

TULSA. Okla. — The Tulsa Air and Space Museum hosted a rare World War II aircraft, a two engine military transport craft C-47 called "Hairless Joe." The plane is based at Willow Run Airport in ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A C-47 aircraft from World War II will be on public display this week outside of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing flew a ...

Part of the D-Day commemorations will happen thanks to the work of some Tulsans. On Wednesday, a formation of 30 C-47 aircraft will fly over the English Channel. They're retracing the route the same ...

In 1943, the Placid Lassie took to the skies for the U.S. Army Air Forces, and since that date, it has never stopped. But this C-47 is not just a Frankenstein-esque hull of itself. It is not a replica ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A C-47 aircraft dubbed "That's All, Brother," was the lead aircraft in a fleet of more than 800 that was a key part of the Allied ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A powerful piece of history touched down in the “Air Capital of the World” this weekend. Visitors at the Kansas Aviation Museum got a close-up look at a restored C-47 aircraft ...

The Placid Lassie flew in from its homebase in Poughkeepsie, New York, for the Wings N' Wheels event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Claire Barrett) In 1943, the Placid Lassie took to the skies for ...