An 81-year-old plane begins a 12,000-mile journey honoring WWII's end and US Navy's 250th anniversary ... a U.S. Navy Douglas R4D-6S Skytrain dubbed "Ready 4 Duty" with the vintage ...

According to a release from the museum, the C-47 war veterans ‘That’s All, Brother’ and ‘Placid Lassie’ will be joined by a Navy R4D ‘Ready 4 Duty’ and a civilian ‘Western Airlines ...

Each volume opens with a short overview of the origins and early history of the DC-3/C-47/R4D (to give it it's commercial, Army, and Navy designations), which is followed by a short discussion of the ...

It was flown in by "Ready for Duty", a Douglas R4D-6S which served for the US Navy, during World War Two. It is the last of its kind still flying.