History of AirplanesCoast Guard Dolphin in NYC
Aero Digest specsEast Boston (now Logan) airport in 1936.
Eight-place high-wing amphibion monoplane.
Two P. & W. Wasp engines, 450 h.p. each.
The Douglas Dolphin was an amphibious flying boat. While fewer than 60 were built, they served a wide variety of roles: private ” air yacht”, airliner, military transport, and search and rescue. [...]
The Douglas DC-2 was a 14 seat, twin-engine airliner produced by Douglas Aircraft Corporation. Designed to meet TWA requirements for a new airliner, the DC-1 (which evolved into the DC-2) made its first flight in 1933. Inspired by the success of the DC-1, the DC-2 was introduced less than a year after the DC-1’s first [...]
The Douglas B-18 Bolo was a USAAC bomber of the late 1930s, based on the Douglas DC-2. Although obsolescent by 1941, the B-18 saw service as a patrol aircraft early in World War II. It was powered by two Wright R-1820 radial engines, and could reach a speed of 215 MPH.
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Douglas B-18 Bolo [...]
A nice shot of some passengers de-planing at East Boston airport:
Douglas DC3 - one of the most famous, longest-lived airplanes. At least until the 1980’s, some were still flying commercially in South America and Africa. In World War Two, the military version was the C-47.
Douglas DST Sleeper
“an idea that didn’t work out”