The DC-3 was initially developed as a widened sleeper version of the successful DC-2 airliner, being called the Douglas Sleeper Transport or DST. Reconfigured as a straight airliner with 21 passenger seats, rather than 14-16 sleeper berths, it became the ‘Douglas Commercial Three’.
The DC-3 was initially developed as a widened sleeper version of the successful DC-2 airliner, being called the Douglas Sleeper Transport or DST. Reconfigured as a straight airliner with 21 passenger seats, rather than 14-16 sleeper berths, it became the ‘Douglas Commercial Three’.