The Placid Lassie flew in from its homebase in Poughkeepsie, New York, for the Wings N' Wheels event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Claire Barrett) In 1943, the Placid Lassie took to the skies for ...

Mark your calenders, history-buffs and aviation geeks: That’s All, Brother — the historic Douglas C-47 Skytrain airplane that soared over the beachers of Normandy on D-Day 80 years ago — is returning ...

At 00:52 on June 6, 1944, the first phase of Operation Overlord began. On the ground, occupied France awaited the Allied airborne pathfinders preparing to jump. The transport aircraft, down low and ...

TULSA. Okla. — The Tulsa Air and Space Museum hosted a rare World War II aircraft, a two engine military transport craft C-47 called "Hairless Joe." The plane is based at Willow Run Airport in ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A C-47 aircraft from World War II will be on public display this week outside of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing flew a ...

Part of the D-Day commemorations will happen thanks to the work of some Tulsans. On Wednesday, a formation of 30 C-47 aircraft will fly over the English Channel. They're retracing the route the same ...

Terre Haute, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV)— Hoosier Aviation will be hosting tours of one of the aircraft that led the D-Day invasion. The plane is a C-47 aircraft named the That’s All Brother, and it’s one of the ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A powerful piece of history touched down in the “Air Capital of the World” this weekend. Visitors at the Kansas Aviation Museum got a close-up look at a restored C-47 aircraft ...

WASHINGTON — World War II aircraft that moved troops and cargo across the North Atlantic to Europe are being retooled, fueled and readied to make the same journey the aircraft did 80 years ago for a ...

In 1943, the Placid Lassie took to the skies for the U.S. Army Air Forces, and since that date, it has never stopped. But this C-47 is not just a Frankenstein-esque hull of itself. It is not a replica ...