This DC-3 was donated it to the Museum in 1981. It is one of the highest time DC-3s currently still flying with over 82,000 hours in the air - equal to over 12 million miles, or 492 times around the world.
Douglas DC-3
Dakota
After WWII, Dakotas continued in service with the Canadian Armed Forces until 1989, when No. 402 Squadron, based in Winnipeg, retired the last one. Many DC-3s are still in service today, 80 years after the aircraft’s first flight in 1935.