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what is it?
The Douglas DT bomber was the Douglas Aircraft Company's first military contract, forging a link between the company and the United States Navy. Navy Contract No. 53305 of April 1, 1921, required only 18 pages to set out the specifications that resulted in the purchase of three DT (D for Douglas, T for torpedo) folding-wing aircraft.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 15.8 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 105 years ago, in 1921.
- Wingspan of 15.8 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1921-11
- number built
- 90
- role
- torpedo bomber
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Douglas
- engines
- 1× Liberty L-12
- length
- 11.8 m
- wingspan
- 15.8 m
- height
- 4.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,308 kg
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- range
- 441 km
- ceiling
- 2,256 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1252197, Wikipedia: Douglas DT (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.