Douglas DC-3 Dakota - Owners' Workshop Manual by Paul and Louise Blackah, Haynes Publishing, 160pp, ///us, hbk, £19.99 A fine tribute to the subject of this month's Spotlight section, this superb book - published in the style of the famous Haynes Car Owner Manuals - examines the history and mechanics of the long-lived DC-3. Tough, reliable and easy to operate, the DC-3 (or C-47 in US military guise) played a crucial role in World War Two with all the major Allied powers. Gen Dwight D Eisenhower is said to have remarked that four things won the war: "the bazooka, the Jeep, the atom bomb and the C-47 'Gooney Bird'." No wonder then that the 'Dak' or 'Gooney Bird' is widely regarded as the most significant transport aircraft ever to fly.
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机译：道格拉斯（Douglas）DC-3达科他州-保罗和路易丝·布莱克（Paul and Louise Blackah）的业主研讨会手册，海恩斯出版社（Haynes Publishing），160pp，/// us，hbk，19.99英镑这本精湛的书籍对本月“聚光灯”部分的主题表示敬意，以这种方式出版著名的海恩斯车主手册中的内容-研究了寿命长的DC-3的历史和技术。坚固，可靠且易于操作的DC-3（或美军名义上的C-47）在第二次世界大战中与所有主要的同盟国一起发挥了至关重要的作用。据说德怀特·D·艾森豪威尔将军曾说过四件事赢得了战争：“火箭筒，吉普车，原子弹和C-47'高尼鸟'。”因此，难怪“达克”或“傻瓜鸟”被广泛认为是有史以来最重要的运输机。
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