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Together We Stand Christmas Cards Philip West. Share your love of aviation history with this set of ten beautiful Christmas cards featuring a C-47 Skytrain in D-Day invasion stripes taking a break from the action on a cold winter morning. Message inside reads, "With Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year." Measures a generous 8¼"x 4" and includes envelopes. #0060906 Price: $16.95   C-47 / DC-3 Aircraft  Models Prices are subject to change without notice, click on item for the latest price. Aviation Legends 2009 Calendar A perennial favorite, this special edition 16-month wall calendar is filled with stunning air-to-air color photographs of beautiful Golden Age and post-World War II aircraft, including a 1941 Fleet, a 1946 Piper J-3 Cub, a 1943 Beechcraft Staggerwing, a 1952 Cessna 195, a 1946 Howard DGA-15, a 1945 Stearman PT-17 (once owned by Steve McQueen), a 1929 General Aristocrat, a 1945 Spartan Executive, a 1945 Douglas DC-3, and others. Large and dramatic, each photograph is of a quality worth framing. 20"x 14". #0080165 Price: $14.95 C-47 Dakota 1/72 Kit Plastic Model Kit When WWII began, the famed DC-3 was adapted for military use and entered service as the C-47, also known as the "Skytrain." Eventually, some C-47's were  even converted to heavily armed gunships and used in Vietnam. Plastic kit  features recessed panel lines, detailed landing gear, full cargo bay floor and bulkheads, and 3 optional types of carburetor air intakes on top of engine  cowling. 15?" wingspan, includes choice of markings. 84 pieces; assembly  required.  .....#0090512 $24.95 Curtiss C-46 1/72 Kit Plastic Model Kit The Curtiss C-46 Commando was an outgrowth of an airliner design first flown during 1940, and was used extensively in the Pacific Theater during WWII, primarily for transporting supplies over the Himalayan "hump" between India and China. Plastic kit  can be built with a selection of various decals (nose art decals included!), propeller  types and wheels. Assembly required.   .....#0009219 $32.95 C-47A Skytrain 1/72 Model Pre Built Mahogany Model Made of Philippine mahogany, this 1/72 scale model measures 11" in length and has a wingspan of 16". Hand painted and detailed, model comes ready to display on the  included mahogany base. .....#0009363 $159.95 C-47 Pewter Model Desk Set Recreated in fine pewter, fitted to a pewter stand, and mounted to a hardwood base with inset descriptive coin, this C-47 replica is approximately 4½" in length and 5" in wingspan. Included chrome pen makes it the perfect desktop accessory. (Also available without pen; search on "pewter"). #0006407 Price: $79.95 Douglas DC-3 Balsa Wood Kit Balsa Wood Model Kit This beautiful reproduction includes decals for both civilian DC-3 and military C-47 construction. For display purposes only, kit is 1/32 scale and has a 24" wingspan  when completed; assembly required. .....#0008907 $54.95 Douglas DC-3 1/72 Model American Airlines Pre Built Mahogany Model Made of Philippine mahogany, this 1/72 scale model measures 11" in length and has a wingspan of 16". Hand painted and detailed with American Airlines markings, model comes ready to display on the included mahogany base. .....#0009273 $169.95 Douglas DC-3 1/72 Model Delta Air Lines Pre :Built Mahogany Model Made of Philippine mahogany, this 1/72 scale model measures 11" in length and has a wingspan of 16". Hand painted and detailed with Delta Air Lines markings, model  comes ready to display on the included mahogany base .....#0009418 $169.95 Douglas DC-3 1/72 Model Eastern Air Lines Pre Built Mahogany Model Made of Philippine mahogany, this 1/72 scale model measures 11" in length and has a  wingspan of 16". Hand painted and detailed with Eastern Air Lines markings, model comes ready to display on the included mahogany base. ....#0009417 $169.95 Douglas DC-3 1/72 Model TWA Pre Built Mahogany Model Made of Philippine mahogany, this 1/72 scale model measures 11" in length and has a  wingspan of 16". Hand painted and detailed with TWA markings, model comes ready  to display on the included mahogany base  ....#0009419 $169.95 C-47 / DC-3 Aviation Art Prices are subject to change without notice, click on item for the latest price. D-Day Invaders Stan Stokes.  A C-47 Skytrain, the military version of the DC-3, passes over the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944 during the "Great Crusade", Eisenhower's term for the D-Day invasion of Europe. 16"x 11½" signed and numbered limited edition print.  ....#0007790 $39.95 Flagship Over Manhattan Robert Watts.  Depicts a 1936 American Airlines DC-3 outbound from La Guardia Airport. Below, the distinctive Manhattan skyline and busy New York waterfront add to the nostalgic mood. Limited edition of 1000 signed and numbered by artist. 32"x 25" print.  ...#0007707 $125.00   Sponsored Advertisement    Sponsored Advertisement C-47 / DC-3 Books          C-47 / DC-3 Movies DC-3 History Notes Dear Jeff, I thoroughly enjoyed Stephan Wilkinson's article "Call Her Connie" in the July 09' issue of AVIATION HISTORY.  In the sidebar on page 29 "10 Connie Oddities", I noted in item "4", ..."The first-ever bombed airliner was a Canadian Pacific DC-3 in 1949, when a Quebecois Albert Guay tried to collect life insurance on his wife."  I don't want to sound negative but, Rodney Stich in his book "Unfriendly Skies" and multiple Internet sources recount that the FBI verified nitroglycerin bombing on October 10, 1933 of a UAL Boeing 247D (NC 13304) enroute from Cleveland to Chicago, is the first proven case of airliner sabotage in aviation history.  The 247D exploded and crashed at about 9:15pm near Chesterton/McCool, Indiana.  No survivors. Sincerely, John D. 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