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.

道格拉斯 DC-5，可能是最不出名的DC 客机 系列，是一个有16到22个座位，采用双发动机 螺旋桨 的飞机，旨在比道格拉斯 DC-3 或道格拉斯DC-4适合更短的飞行路线。 然而，到1940年它进入商业服务时，许多航空公司取消飞机订单。 因此，只建造了五个民用DC-5。 随着道格拉斯飞机公司已经转型为 第二次世界大战 生产军用飞机，虽然生产了有限数量的军事变种，但是DC-5很快被遗忘。 [1] 不管是商用飞机还是军用飞机，道格拉斯的直接竞争对手是 波音公司。 当时四台DC …

For several decades Douglas Commercial Aircraft and the letters DC stood for successful commercial aircraft, which served all over the world to the general satisfac-tion of companies, pilots and passengers. There was one excep-tion, however – the Douglas DC-5, of which only 12 were built and only four were used for commercial service.

2022年3月20日 · The DC-5 was the only airliner in the DC series that did not prove successful. And only one airline in the world can claim to have operated a version of each Douglas Commercial (DC) model from the DC-2 through the DC-10: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. DC-5 IN FLIGHT. DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT PHOTO FROM THE JON …

2024年2月6日 · KLM became the first airline customer for the DC-5 with four orders, the first two of which went to the Caribbean island of Curaçao and were used to fly between there and Paramaribo in Suriname. The other two aircraft were dispatched to the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), where they were later joined by the two aircraft from the Caribbean.

2022年4月3日 · Introduced in February of 1939, the Douglas DC-5 was designed to work as a short-haul feeder transport similar to the DC-3. Orders were placed by the original British Airways, KLM, Pennsylvania Central, Colombian airline SCADTA and military versions for the US Navy as R3D-1 and R3D-2 for the USMC.

From a model for MS Flight Simulator. The DC-5 was designed in the Douglas Aircraft Company's El Segundo plant as a short-distance transport. It is characterized by its high wings with landing gear affixed to the engine nacelles. The airplane was available with Pratt & Whitney R-1690 or Wright Cyclone engines.

2024年2月4日 · dc5飞机是道格拉斯飞机公司在1938年开发的一款双发螺旋桨客机，设计用于比dc3或dc4更短的航线。它是第一架采用肩翼和三点式起落架的客机，具有良好的地面操纵性和视野。

The Douglas DC-5 airliner plays a very important role in several chapters of ‘The Java Gold’. I guess most of you have never heard of this type and don’t have a clue what such an airliner looked like. So here’s a picture of a KNILM DC5. The …

The Douglas DC-5 is a twin engined propeller driven 16-22 seat aircraft. This aircraft was designed for shorter routes then the DC-3 and DC-4 but by the time it was put into production a lot of airlines had cancelled there orders and only five civilian aircraft where ever produced.