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DC-3, A Real Man’s Airplane

Flying Staff
Flying Staff

One woman's look back at how the Douglas has lived to fly for 75 years.

Martha often flew her Cub to Ohio's Middletown Regional (MWO) to give DC-3 checkrides.
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The "macho" DC-3 cockpit wasn't enough to deter a determined woman.
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Martha during her type rating checkride with the iconic Hector Villamar at Miami's Opa-locka Airport (OPF) in 1984.
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