Key facts
- Type
- Transport
- Manufacturer
- Douglas Aircraft Company
- Designer
- Donald Douglas
- Status
- Retired
- Primary users
- KNILM KLM , United States Navy , United States Marine Corps
- First flight
- 20 February 1939
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Encyclopedic overview
The Douglas DC-5 (Douglas Commercial Model 5) was a 16-to-22-seat, twin-engine propeller aircraft intended for shorter routes than the Douglas DC-3 or Douglas DC-4. By the time it entered commercial service in 1940, many airlines were canceling orders for aircraft. Consequently, only five civilian DC-5s were built. With the Douglas Aircraft Company already converting to World War II military production, the DC-5 was soon overtaken by world events, although a limited number of military variants were produced.
Design and development
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Douglas DC-5” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.