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Together We Fly: Voices from the DC-3
Weaving together the narratives of engineers, pilots, mechanics, soldiers, and passengers, this chronicle illustrates the history of the Douglas DC-3. Beginning with creator Donald Douglas, this narrative runs through the airplane’s development and initial flight test, through its service in World War II and Vietnam, to its current status as an air show favorite.
200 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 2010
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August 20, 2012
Actual rating: 3.5 stars.
I'm a retired USAF pilot with a lifelong interest in aviation. I'm also a volunteer tour guide at one of the largest air museums in the USA. You can't talk aviation history without talking about the DC-3, and I've been looking for a copy of this book since it first came out. I'm very happy I finally was able to locate a copy and read it.
Julie Filucci has done a fine job. The book is not quite as in-depth as I thought it would be, but it's still thorough, tracing the history of the DC-3 from the 1930s-era airlines' requirements to the development of the DC-1, DC-2, and then the DC-3, which virtually overnight became to aircraft of choice for airlines all over the world; she goes on to describe its history with the airlines and then the military; she continues to follow the DC-3 as it faded from the major airlines to smaller regional passenger and cargo carriers, its role as a gunship in the Vietnam war, its popularity in remote regions of the world, and its its many fans today, who flock to airshows to see it. Each chapter contains stories from the men and women who designed it, built it, flew it, treasure it.
It's a fine read, and for me at least a useful one: many of the talking points the museum gave me to follow when telling visitors about our restored C-47 (the military version of the DC-3), it turns out, are inaccurate, and I will have to revise my presentation.
I'm a retired USAF pilot with a lifelong interest in aviation. I'm also a volunteer tour guide at one of the largest air museums in the USA. You can't talk aviation history without talking about the DC-3, and I've been looking for a copy of this book since it first came out. I'm very happy I finally was able to locate a copy and read it.
Julie Filucci has done a fine job. The book is not quite as in-depth as I thought it would be, but it's still thorough, tracing the history of the DC-3 from the 1930s-era airlines' requirements to the development of the DC-1, DC-2, and then the DC-3, which virtually overnight became to aircraft of choice for airlines all over the world; she goes on to describe its history with the airlines and then the military; she continues to follow the DC-3 as it faded from the major airlines to smaller regional passenger and cargo carriers, its role as a gunship in the Vietnam war, its popularity in remote regions of the world, and its its many fans today, who flock to airshows to see it. Each chapter contains stories from the men and women who designed it, built it, flew it, treasure it.
It's a fine read, and for me at least a useful one: many of the talking points the museum gave me to follow when telling visitors about our restored C-47 (the military version of the DC-3), it turns out, are inaccurate, and I will have to revise my presentation.
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