Aircraft Photo of NC17312 | Douglas DC-3B-202 | TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	NC17312
Aircraft Original Type:	Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:	Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:	Douglas DC-3B-202
C/n (msn):	1922
Operator Titles:	TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air

Location
City / Airport:	Burbank - Bob HopeMap
Region / Country:	California, United States
Airport Codes:	ICAO: KBUR IATA: BUR Local: BUR Other: -

Photo Date:	1937
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	246953

Photo Comment
Clearly an advertising shoot with daisy-fresh 'overnight passengers' disembarking from a TWA 'Luxury Sky-Sleeper'. Although the 'widebody' DC-3 was expensively redesigned from the DC-2 as a sleeper plane, it never became popular as such. TWA's DC-3B already had a smaller, convertible sleeper cabin, with fewer upper windows than the original DST. NC17312 was commandeered by the USAAF as a C-84, but returned to TWA in 1943. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum This photo was added on 27 May 2020, and has since been viewed 640 times.

Photo Comment

Clearly an advertising shoot with daisy-fresh 'overnight passengers' disembarking from a TWA 'Luxury Sky-Sleeper'. Although the 'widebody' DC-3 was expensively redesigned from the DC-2 as a sleeper plane, it never became popular as such. TWA's DC-3B already had a smaller, convertible sleeper cabin, with fewer upper windows than the original DST. NC17312 was commandeered by the USAAF as a C-84, but returned to TWA in 1943. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

This photo was added on 27 May 2020, and has since been viewed 640 times.

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