Douglas DC-2

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airliner twin-engine aircraft

The Douglas DC-2 is a pioneering 1930s American twin-engine airliner that helped establish reliable commercial air travel and directly influenced the design of the famous DC-3.

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Douglas DC‑2 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airliner ⓘ
twin-engine aircraft ⓘ
airlineOperator KLM NERFINISHED ⓘ
LOT Polish Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lufthansa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pan American Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swissair NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transcontinental & Western Air NERFINISHED ⓘ
category 1930s United States airliners ⓘ
Douglas aircraft NERFINISHED ⓘ
twin piston-engined tractor aircraft ⓘ
configuration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
construction all-metal ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crew 2 ⓘ
3 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed 274 km/h ⓘ
developedFrom Douglas DC-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedInto Douglas DC-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
emptyWeight 7,940 kg ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
era 1930s ⓘ
firstFlight 1934-05-11 ⓘ
height 5.08 m ⓘ
influenced Douglas DC-3 design ⓘ
introduced 1934 ⓘ
landingGear retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
length 19.96 m ⓘ
manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
maximumPassengerCapacity 14 ⓘ
maximumSpeed 338 km/h ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight 11,430 kg ⓘ
militaryOperator Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Army Air Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableUse MacRobertson Air Race NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberBuilt 156 ⓘ
powerplant 2 × Wright R-1820 Cyclone radial engines ⓘ
range 1,700 km ⓘ
role commercial airliner ⓘ
military transport ⓘ
serviceCeiling 7,620 m ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
typicalPassengerCapacity 14 ⓘ
16 ⓘ
wingspan 25.90 m ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pratt & Whitney Hornet → application → Douglas DC-2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas DC‑2
Douglas DC-2 (militarized) → basedOn → Douglas DC-2 ⓘ
Donald Wills Douglas Sr. → designed → Douglas DC-2 ⓘ
Douglas B-18 Bolo → developedFrom → Douglas DC-2 ⓘ
Douglas Aircraft Company → notableProduct → Douglas DC-2 ⓘ
Wright R-1820 radial engine → usedOnAircraft → Douglas DC-2 ⓘ
subject surface form: Wright R-1820