C47 Twin Engine Transport Suspended National World War II Museum New Orleans United States NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Painted with high-visibility invasion stripes, a C-47 twin-engine transport aircraft is suspended by cables above visitors at the National WWII Museum. Developed as a militarized adaptation of the 1935 DC-3 airliner, the aircraft incorporates a reinforced floor and a modified side door engineered for loading artillery and deploying paratroopers. Powered by two 1,200-horsepower engines, the rugged airframe features an astrodome behind its two-person cockpit for celestial navigat

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