Born in 1956 on the island of Curacao in the Dutch Antilles, Prophet’s mother introduced him to flying when he was still a baby, taking him aboard a twin-engined KLM Convair 440 for a family visit to Trinidad and Tobago.Īfter moving to The Netherlands with his parents, Prophet’s love for aviation really kicked off in 1974 when he purchased his first transatlantic ticket, flying a Pan American Boeing 707 jetliner to visit friends in New York. Prophet held a fascination for aviation (he still remembers drawing WWII aircraft in class during primary school). Prophet, standing in front of a Pan American World Airways marked Douglas DC-3 at Imperial War Museum Duxford during the celebrations for the 75th anniversary of D-Day in June, 2019.įrom a young age, Michael S. Indeed, examples of the type will likely continue flying well into the 21st century… Author, Michael S.
Furthermore, significant numbers of DC-3-type aircraft are still flying eight decades after their initial debut, a tribute to their brilliant and robust design. The DC-3 not only made air travel safer, but it also enabled the emerging airline industry to end its reliance upon postal service subsidies passenger-only flights finally became profitable. In fact, during 1937, the DC-3’s reputation for reliability allowed air travel insurance to became available to the general public. When it first flew on December 17th, 1935, the newly-minted design upended air travel to an extent probably unmatched until the advent of the jet age two decades later much of this revolution involved dramatic improvements in safety. Prophet’s newly-published book, The Legendary Douglas DC-3, a Pictorial Tribute, involves half a lifetime’s worth of travel and adventure in search of his favorite subject, Douglas Aircraft’s legendary DC-3 and its many, many variants…ĭeriving from the technology which the Douglas Aircraft Company developed for their epoch-making Douglas DC-2 passenger plane, the corporation’s DC-3 is generally considered to be the greatest commercial transport in history.
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