The Douglas DC-2 was a twin-engined, 14-passenger airliner built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1934, developed from the one-off DC-1 with a longer fuselage and more powerful engines. It competed with the Boeing 247 and was first ordered by Transcontinental and Western Air, then by American and European airlines, the European customers KLM, LOT, Swissair, CLS and LAPE buying through Fokker. A total of 130 civil aircraft were built along with 62 for the United States military. The type showed that air travel could be comfortable, safe and reliable, and a KLM DC-2 named Uiver finished second in the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race from London to Melbourne. Its larger successor was the DC-3.
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Manufactured By
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Douglas Aircraft Company starting in 1934
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a retired American 14-passenger twin-engined airliner
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Design and development
Douglas test pilot Carl Cover flew the first test flight of the DC-2 on May 11, 1934.
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twin-engined airliner
Variants, civilian
powered by two Wright R-1820 Cyclone radial piston engines
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is a retired American 14-passenger twin-engined airliner
Specifications
Empty weight: 12,408 lb (5,628 kg)
Specifications, maximum mass
Gross weight: 18,560 lb (8,419 kg)
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Douglas Aircraft Company starting in 1934
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a retired American 14-passenger twin-engined airliner
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