Aircraft Data for: Douglas DC-3 - | Updated: Feb. 22nd 2009 |
| Summary: | The Douglas DC-3 is a fixed-wing propeller-driven aircraft that revolutionized air transport in the 1930s and 1940s. With it's impact on the airline industry it is perhaps the most important airliner in history. The Douglas C-47 Skytrain is the military transport version that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. | | |
Country of origin: United States
First flight: 1935
No. built: 10665
No. in service: 300 (approx.)
Crew: 2
Passengers: 21
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| | | | Power: | 2 x Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp (775 - 825 hp) or Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 (950 - 1425 hp) piston engines |
| | Wright Cyclone 9 R-1820 series engine used on earliest aircraft, Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp on all other models including the C-47. |
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| Dimensions: |
| Length: | | 64 ft. 5 in.
| | Wing Span: | | 95 ft. 0 in.
| | Height: | | 16 ft. 0 in.
| | Empty Weight: | | 18,300 lbs.
| | Max. Weight: | | 26,900 lbs.
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| | | Performance: |
| Max. speed: | | 237
mph | | Cruise speed: | | 200
mph | | Ceiling: | | 24,000 ft.
| | Normal range: | | 900
nm | | Max. range: | | 1,025
nm |
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Operator Data for: Royal Air Force (RAF ) | Updated: Nov. 20th 2008 |
| Summary: | The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air arm of the British Armed Forces it has 41,440 personnel. The majority of the RAF's aircraft are based in the United Kingdom while others are serving in operations abroad especially in Iraq and Afghanistan | | |
Based in: United Kingdom
Headquarters: London
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Fleet Size: 1077
Year Founded: 1918
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Location Data for: Hamburg Airport (HAM / EDDH) | Updated: Jan. 8th 2009 |
| Summary: | Hamburg Airport is located 8.5km from the city and is the oldest airport in Germany currently operating. Flights link Hamburg to Europe, USA, Africa and Asia. | | |
Class: Civil
Operator: Hamburg Airport GmbH
Opened: 1911
| | | | Statistics: |
Commercial movements: 173,500 (2007)
Passengers: 12.78 million (2007)
Cargo: 77,173 tons (2006)
| | | | Location: |
Hamburg,
Hamburg & Schleswig-Holstein,
Germany Elevation: 53 ft. | | |
| Runways: |
| Direction | | Length | | Surface | | Notes |
| 05/23 | |
10663 ft. |
| Asphalt | |
| 15/33 | |
12028 ft. |
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