1935    First flight of the Douglas DC-3 airplane.

1948    The DC-3 airliner ''NC16002'' disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida.

1952    Catalina affair: a Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.

2001    A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela killing 24.

2004    A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Russian MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the three crewmen are left in place, pending further investigations.