Description: Nicely stored negative of a Douglas C-39 dated 1938. The Douglas C-39 was a military transport aircraft that combined the fuselage and outer wings of the DC-2 with the centre wing section, engine nacelles and larger tail of the DC-3. The larger tail had first been used on the single C-38, and it cured the instability that had been the one of the few flaws of the DC-2/ C-33, although it isn’t entirely clear why the C-39 was ordered instead of a transport plane based on the DC-3. Like the C-33 the C-39 had a large cargo door on the port side of the fuselage. It was powered by two 975hp Wright Cyclone engines, which increased its cargo capacity from 2,400lb to 3,600lb. Thirty five C-39s were built for the Army Air Corps in 1938-39. When the last C-39 was delivered in September 1939, it was the last version of the DC-2 to be completed (the C-41 and C-42 staff transports may have had higher type numbers, but they were actually produced in the middle of the C-39 production run). Negative is in excellent condition and measures 3”x5.”
Price: 200 USD
Location: Reno, Nevada
End Time: 2025-01-12T12:06:39.000Z
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Type: Photo Negative
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
