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 ...

Mark your calenders, history-buffs and aviation geeks: That’s All, Brother — the historic Douglas C-47 Skytrain airplane that soared over the beachers of Normandy on D-Day 80 years ago — is returning ...

(WBIR - Knoxville) For more than 20 years, Stan Brock has taken to the skies from the Downtown Island Airport in Knoxville in an old Douglas C-47 aircraft. Brock and other volunteers with the group ...

TULSA. Okla. — The Tulsa Air and Space Museum hosted a rare World War II aircraft, a two engine military transport craft C-47 called "Hairless Joe." The plane is based at Willow Run Airport in ...

On June 6, 2024-exactly 80 years after D-Day-personnel from Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, dismantled a World War II–veteran Douglas C-47 at the Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry in ...

Part of the D-Day commemorations will happen thanks to the work of some Tulsans. On Wednesday, a formation of 30 C-47 aircraft will fly over the English Channel. They're retracing the route the same ...

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 ...

Osage SkyNews 6 captured the moment an antique aircraft landed at Tulsa International Airport on Friday. "Hairless Joe" is a C-47 cargo plane used during World War II that's visiting the Tulsa Air And ...

It is the most numerous military aircraft ever produced and the second largest number of all types, including civil, ...

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 ...