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DC-3 Society Announces Dates and Program Details for Inaugural Operator Conference & Showcase
RIVERSIDE, CA | June 8, 2026 — Following D-Day commemorations honoring the generation that flew, maintained, and depended upon the legendary DC-3 and C-47, the DC-3 Society today announced the official dates and expanded program details for its inaugural DC-3 Society Operator Conference & Showcase, taking place December 4–6, 2026, at Flabob Airport in Riverside, California. The three-day gathering will bring together operators, maintainers, pilots, owners, educators, industry
Jun 82 min read
Vintage Aviation News' Announcement of DC-3 Society Fly-In & Showcase
Click on the image to access Vintage Aviation's report
Mar 171 min read
Douglas DC-3 N760 at the California Science Center
DC-3 N1944 (later N760) while flying for Union Oil Company of California. (eBay photo) DC-3 N1944 (later N760) while flying for Union Oil Company of California. (eBay photo) By Adam Estes, contributing writer Young Historians Program In the middle of Los Angeles’ Exposition Park, the California Science Center has been constructing a new building for exhibitions with the goal of being the most prestigious display of aerospace technology in southern California’s sprawling met
Jan 291 min read
DC-3 Society Launches Operations Committee to Advance Training and Safety Standards
Read more here As the DC-3 marks its 90th anniversary, the DC-3 Society is expanding its mission with the formation of a new Operations Committee dedicated to improving training and safety standards across the global DC-3/C-47 community. The committee will release the first standardized normal and emergency checklists, along with new SIC and PIC qualification syllabi, beginning in early 2026. Through these efforts, the Society aims to enhance standardization, crew interoperab
Dec 16, 20251 min read
Commemorative Air Force Aircraft Leads Navy to Victory Tour
Vintage Warbird Ready 4 Duty to Make 12,000-Mile Trip to Europe
Mar 13, 20251 min read
Historic U.S. Military Aircraft Join Hurricane Helene Relief Operations
C-47 Skytrains “Placid Lassie” and “Chalk 40” and a pair of UH-1 Hueys are among the many assets helping to deliver supplies and aid.
Feb 17, 20254 min read
First Flight of the Douglas DC-3
While December 17 is best known as the date of the Wright Brothers' first powered flights at Kitty Hawk, NC, it is also the date in which on
Dec 17, 20243 min read
DC-3 Society Announces Organizational Changes Boosting Member Support and Programs in Advance of 90th Anniversary Celebrations
For Immediate Release Contact: Bryan Fusfield bryan@ddaysquadron.org DC-3 Society Announces Organizational Changes Boosting Member...
Dec 17, 20244 min read
Douglas C-53D 42-68738 “The Yacht Club”
By Adam Estes Primus in Toto - First in Everything. That is the meaning of the Latin phrase painted within the emblem of the 62nd Troop...
Oct 7, 20244 min read
The D-Day Pilot and Flight Nurse
By Stephen P. Pedone, Lt. Col., USAF, Ret. Updated: Nov 1, 2023 Click the file below to download the full article with many photos: Click the following link to view the Friends of the National World War II Memorial 1-17-26 one-hour recorded ZOOM presentation, “The D-Day Pilot and Flight Nurse”, and live interview by Alex Kershaw, Friends Historian & Author: https://www.wwiimemorialfriends.org/monthly-conference-series/video-archives?page=5 Click on the file below to download
Sep 18, 202413 min read
DC-3 Society Member Spotlight - Claire Parr - My Dream Come True
My love affair with the DC-3/Dakota, in all its forms, began when I was 12 years old; my first flight ever in an aircraft with my parents...
Aug 1, 20245 min read
Bose Donates A30 Aviation Headsets to D-Day Squadron Following Theft
"It was a blow to our mission; we can’t say enough about Bose and their desire to remember our past,” says pilot
Jun 28, 20243 min read
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