DC-4 Flown for the First Time
In 1935 while the DC-3 was still in the design phase, airlines asked for a larger plane to be designed by Douglas. That was the DC-4. American Airlines, Eastern Airlines, Pan American, and TWA all gave Douglas $100,000 to begin design. The aircraft was to carry 52 passengers in two rows and have four engines. The plan included three vertical stabilizers. The plane was the first with a nosewheel, auxiliary power units, power controls, and air conditioning.
History The first flight of the DC4-E flew on June 7, 1938, from Clover Field, California. The original design turned out to be costly to operate and maintain. Douglas redesigned the plane, and when it began delivering the aircraft to airlines, it had one vertical fin and was slightly smaller. A military variant was called C-54, and between May 1942 and August 1947 a total of 1,245 were built. The following airlines flew the DC-4 Aden Aden AirwaysNote Algeria Air Algerie Antigua and Barbuda Seagreen Air Transport Aerolineas Argentinas DC-4 at Ministro Pistarini Airport, Argentina, 1958.
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