Douglas DC-3 N8704, built in 1944, recorded near Ypsilanti
The aircraft was reported near Ypsilanti, Michigan. Plane Alert DB lists it in the Historic aircraft category.
Aircraft type · DC3
Douglas DC-3 observations
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About the Douglas DC-3
- The Smithsonian describes the DC-3 as an all-metal aircraft with cantilever wings, retractable landing gear, trailing-edge flaps and two cowled radial engines. [1]
- The DC-3’s sweptback outer wing panels were not intended for the high-speed reasons associated with later jet aircraft. [2]
- The Douglas DC-3 first flew on December 17, 1935. [1]
- Douglas DC-3 | National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
- Chapter 3: The Design Revolution — On a Streamline to the DC-3, NASA
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An 82-year-old Douglas DC-3, N8704, in the Michigan sky
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Historic aircraft on Plane Alert DB: Douglas DC-3 N8704 in flight
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Douglas DC-3 N8704, an 82-year-old airframe over Michigan
Reported near Ypsilanti, the aircraft recorded 125 knots and an altitude of about 2,000 feet during the flight.