Show 40 Years of Aviation Progress i t t F 4 T r f x r i d' d 9 f It 1 W Anniversaries are old hat to the curable rable I Douglas I DC 3 C 3 which this year Is celebrating another another an- an other oilier one one 40 40 years since It first entered commercial service This aviation legend still in servIce service serve ice throughout the world parks here beside Its big brother the McI McDonnell onnell I Douglas I DC 10 a product of the many advances in flight fight technology since the first I DC DC 3 C 3 3 began its Us airline service servIce service ice In 1936 Three times longer loner and twice as wide as that stalwart of early-day early aviation the DC 10 10 carries 15 times more passengers and has a nonstop ran range e of miles compared to the 1500 miles for the DC Three DC DC lOs can fly 1000 passengers ers from New York to Los Angeles In five hours nonstop nonstop Three DC however could haul only 84 New Yorkers coast- coast to coast t and the flight would take lake 15 hours with three stops McDonnell I Douglas estimates esti estimates mates that about of the DC built are still in operation while more I DC lOs DC-lOs C 10 IOs are arc arcin in airline service In the United States than any other wide-cabin wide jetliner |