DC-3, A Real Man’s Airplane

Thursday, August 26, 2010

One woman’s look back at how the Douglas has lived to fly for 75 years.

Martha often flew her Cub to Ohio’s Middletown Regional (MWO) to give DC-3 checkrides.

C-53D Skytrooper

The “macho” DC-3 cockpit wasn’t enough to deter a determined woman.

Duggy

Martha during her type rating checkride with the iconic Hector Villamar at Miami’s Opa-locka Airport (OPF) in 1984.

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