DC-3

Lobes - I could easily be wrong, but I believe the DC-3 has two engines and a range of 1500 miles.

Cheeseburger Gothic » Gentlemen’s Club. 2009

The distance from Seattle to NYC is 2408 miles. the C-130 is a wonderful machine, but the DC-3 is easier to land, maintain and fuel.

Cheeseburger Gothic » Gentlemen’s Club. 2009

The slow-flying DC-3 lumbered north along the Loire Valley, which soon made everyone in the cabin nervous except Donovan because Luftwaffe warplanes with the retreating German army still roamed the skies and the transport aircraft had no fighter escort to protect it.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

It would be the better choice - unless you are salvaging something larger than the DC-3 can handle.

Cheeseburger Gothic » Gentlemen’s Club. 2009

As the DC-3 sped toward London, Dulles tried to smother Faust with evidence he had that a viable underground remained in Germany with agents already in place, which the OSS could exploit.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

Nobody's shopping airline tickets looking to fly on a Douglas DC-3.

The Porsche 911's Last Hurrah...For Now Dan Neil 2011

The slow-flying DC-3 lumbered north along the Loire Valley, which soon made everyone in the cabin nervous except Donovan because Luftwaffe warplanes with the retreating German army still roamed the skies and the transport aircraft had no fighter escort to protect it.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

In 1941, Rickenbacker was a passenger on a DC-3 that crashed in Georgia.

Five People Who Might Have Survived Death | myFiveBest 2009

As the DC-3 sped toward London, Dulles tried to smother Faust with evidence he had that a viable underground remained in Germany with agents already in place, which the OSS could exploit.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

There are B-52's flying, and for that matter DC-3/C-47's still flying that are over 50 years old!

Russia Sees Future for its ISS Modules Beyond 2020 - NASA Watch 2009