"Flagship Detroit", a 1937 DC-3 , was part of a fleet of 82 DC-3s purchased by American Airlines from Douglas Aircraft Corp. Each was named after a city served by American.

The plane was purchased by the foundation after being used for agricultural spraying in Virginia. It was overhauled in 1986. It has 49,000 flight hours, a relatively low number for a plane that old, Gorrell said. Some DC-3s have as much as 200,000 hours.

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