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* Regular Style Model * Scale 1:54 * Length is 14.25 inches * Wing span is 21.125 inches * Furnished with desk stand * Kiln dried mahogany * Hand carved and finished * All details are hand painted * No decals are used DC-3 Gooney Bird History: The Douglas DC-3 is responsible for rewriting the rules of commercial air transportation. The DC-3 helped the airplane industry to be able to carry enough people fast enough so that the operator could actually make a profit. This was a novel concept at this time because no one had yet to figure this concept out. It’s been reported that by 1940, nearly 80 to 90% of all airline passengers in the United States rode on a DC-3. When World War II came about, the DC-3 was kicked into high gear. It’s estimated that only 455 DC-3’s had been made for the airliners at that time. Before that war was over nearly 10,000 Gooney Birds had been built in America alone, with Russia making a thousand more. Today, there is one Delta Airlines Gooney Bird still flying the skies. The “City of Atlanta” DC-3 Gooney Bird makes her home at the Jackson Hartsfield International Airport where she was given her certificate of airworthiness from the FAA on October 26, 1999. References: http://www.flightjournal.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=9453C1928AC24B3D9505B8F3E1625B4F&nm=Site+Features&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=0EE266C9B72B4CF1AF0510C510BB919D http://www.douglasdc3.com/delta41/delta41.htm
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