Douglas DC-3 / C-47

Douglas. A light piston aircraft for small operators.

Seats
Standard 28, Executive 21
Range
1,500 km
Cruise
290 km/h
Payload
2,900 kg
Take off run
900 m
Fuel burn
620 kg per block hour
Reference price
$190,000 in 1958 dollars
Production ends
1947-01-01
Confidence
estimated (to be verified)

Source: Checked field by field against published sources, see evidence. Fields not listed under verifiedFields are estimates.

Evidence

Figures below were checked against published sources. The game value can differ from the checked value where sources used another definition, for example a range at maximum fuel against a range with a full load. Agreement describes the game value at the time of checking. Checked figures that agree: mtowT.

FieldChecked valueAgreementSource
cruiseKmh333 km/hcloseen.wikipedia.org, aircraftinvestigation.info
rangeKm2540 kmdiffersen.wikipedia.org, aircraftinvestigation.info
payloadKg2700 kgcloseen.wikipedia.org, aircraftinvestigation.info
mtowT11.43 tonnesconfirmedboeing.com, en.wikipedia.org
takeoffRunM562 mdiffersaircraftinvestigation.info
newPrice75000 USDdiffersen.wikipedia.org
introDate1936-06-25 ISO datediffersaircraftinvestigation.info, en.wikipedia.org
seats21 (airline day layout); 14 (VIP); up to 32 seatscloseen.wikipedia.org, aircraftinvestigation.info

Caveats are kept in the repository file docs/research/aircraft-verification.json. The web pages cited were read through a summarising fetch tool, so figures should be rechecked against the originals before any release.