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Douglas DC-2 = TWA Airlines 1935 - Seattle Museum
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“There is not the slightest doubt that American airliners now surpass the designs of every other country. Without prejudice to the other fine ships, the Douglas DC 2 may be recorded as the supreme American achievement in transport design.” - Scientific American, January 1935

Once TWA took possession of the DC 1, it did not take long for them to realize they had a unique airplane. They saw a chance to recapture the market lost after the Rockne crash, so they ordered 20 more DC 1s with some improvements. Some were in the interest of enhancing performance and others for passenger comfort. Combined these changes resulted in a major redesign of the airframe.

Producing an improved DC 1 was not just a matter of mass producing the DC 1 with some assembly line changes. It meant new drawings, a mock up, and new tooling. The Wright Engine Company had just introduced their 855 hp engine, and with the increased power, Douglas could stretch the DC 1 airframe. He added two feet to the fuselage, which allowed for another row of seats. Stretching the cabin changed the centre of gravity so the wing had to be moved, effectively creating a new transport. The Douglas engineers reviewed the changes and decided to call the new aircraft the Douglas Commercial 2 or DC-2.
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TWA received the first of their DC-2s on May 14, 1934, with the delivery of ship #301. It made its first airline flight on May 18, when it flew the Columbus - Newark - Pittsburgh route.
To assure a marketplace, TWA introduced in-flight movies on the new Douglas.
“The Flying Hostess” was the first feature film. This “extra” drew even more passengers.
The DC-2 was such a success that orders poured into the Douglas Santa Monica factory. Douglas had estimated he might have to fill orders for fifty to saturate the market. To Douglas’ surprise, six months after the introduction of the DC-2, he had orders for 75.
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Douglas DC-2 – NC13711, owned by the Museum of Flight in Seattle, has finally arrived in Seattle. Restoration of this airplane began in 1982, when the airplane was leased from the Donald Douglas Museum by the Douglas Historical Foundation - primarily a group of Douglas retirees. When they towed the airplane from Santa Monica to Long Beach, it was a basket case. Thousands of volunteer man-hours over a 20 year period were contributed by many Douglas retirees towards its restoration. After its sale to the Museum of Flight, it was moved to Van Nuys for completion of the lengthy and meticulous restoration by Museum Trustee and Board Member Clay Lacy, at his facilities in Southern California.
The airplane, now completed, was flown from Van Nuys, California to Boeing Field in Seattle on 7 June 2007.
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