Two C-47 aircraft will participate in a flyover to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day as part of the events scheduled on June 6 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. On June 6, 1944, ...

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 ...

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will host a visit by the C-47 That’s All, Brother April 20-22. That’s All, Brother, piloted by Lt. Col. John Donalson, was a lead aircraft for the airborne ...

Germany produced three outstanding modern airliners in the interwar period: the Junkers Ju 52, Junkers Ju 86 and Focke-Wulf ...

The angels rose slowly in the dead of night, thousands of them in low formation across the English Channel. From British shores the American troopers were a prayer sent, and in French skies, one ...

Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - A plane that carried paratroopers into Normandy during World War II has been brought back to life and is now on display at Chennault International Airport. Seventy-six years ...

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 ...

Half-sunk in the marshy tundra of the Taymyr Peninsula of northern Siberia, not far from the Arctic Circle and several hundred miles away from the nearest human settlement, lay the remains of a 70 ...

A vintage C-47 plane, the Bluebonnet Belle, crashed on takeoff at Burnet Airport, Texas. Thirteen people onboard survived, with most sustaining non-life-threatening injuries; one suffered severe burns ...

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 ...