The Amazing Gooney Bird: The Saga of the Legendary DC-3/C-47

by Carroll V. Glines

The DC-3 is the plane that made civilian transport that made civilian transport a profitable reality, and has become a legend in its own time. It has many names and designations - Skytrain, Spooky, Puff the Magic Dragon, DC-3, C-47, R4D, Li-2 and others. But the name that most pilots know it by is the "Gooney Bird." And it has played many roles besides being an aerial workhorse to transport people and cargo. It has been a bomber, fighter, airborne...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764300644
• ISBN13: 9780764300646
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.7" x 11.3"