{"product_id":"the-douglas-dc-3-90-glorious-years-9781804200605","title":"The Douglas DC-3: 90 Glorious Years","description":"\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive history of the Douglas DC-3, exploring its military, commercial, and enduring global legacy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Douglas DC-3 is as iconic an aircraft design as the Mustang or Spitfire. It has endured more than any other, with a few hundred examples still in use across the world. Many fledgling US airlines blossomed due to their DC-3s, and almost every major post-war airline started running their schedules with the type, taking advantage of the surplus in military DC-3s (C-47s) after the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDouglas DC-3: 90 Glorious Years\u003c\/i\u003e, Geoff Jones explores the rich history of the aircraft from its beginnings in Southern California in the 1930s, to its participation in military operations such as the D-Day Normandy Landings, through to its use as a commercial aircraft into the twenty-first century. The Airbus and Boeing operators of today have their DC-3 operations to thank for their current success, and numerous enthusiast organisations continue to keep DC-3s airworthy and fly them for their members. Ninety years on, the legacy of this extraordinary aircraft is as strong as ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJones, Geoff:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Geoff Jones was a pilot, writer and photographer who grew up in the 1960s hearing the sounds of Cambrian Airways DC-3s thundering out of his local airport at Cardiff\/Rhoose. He wrote about and photographed many aspects of the world's civil aviation scene during a career spanning fifty years, and built a reputation as a respected author\/photographer with fourteen civil aviation book titles to his name and thousands of magazine articles. Flying a DC-3 in the Caribbean was a career highlight. Geoff died in 2017.","brand":"Fonthill Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52033957331218,"sku":"9781804200605","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a32e64c6-3596-4df2-9cbb-d4b916e60463.jpg?v=1770981695","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-douglas-dc-3-90-glorious-years-9781804200605","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}