The Amazing Gooney Bird: The Saga of the Legendary DC-3/C-47 by Carroll V. Glines AptifyID2698192 it was the perfect escort

it was the perfect escort

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The Amazing Gooney Bird: The Saga of the Legendary DC-3/C-47 by Carroll V. Glines AptifyID2698192 it was the perfect escortThe DC 3 is the plane that made civilian transport a profitable reality, and has become a legend in its own time. It has many names and designations Skytrain, Spooky, Puff the Magic Dragon, DC 3, C 47, R4D, Li 2, and others. But the name that most pilots know it by is the "Gooney Bird." And it has played many roles besides being an aerial workhorse to transport people and cargo. It has been a bomber, fighter, airborne communications center, amphibian,