Yesterday we went for a flight around the area in an old R4D. The R4D was the Navy version of the Douglas DC-3.

昨天，我们乘坐一架老式的R4D飞机在周围兜了一圈，这架R4D是道格拉斯dc - 3的海军版。

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The plane, a Douglas DC-3 aircraft, was built in 1943 and was one of three used by New Zealand's South Pacific Airlines from 1961 to 1966.

这架道格拉斯DC-3飞行器于1943年建造，是1961~1963年新西兰南太平洋航线最早投入使用的三架飞机之一；

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Put another way, do you recall flying from Los Angeles to New York, in the 1980s, on a Douglas DC-3?

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