The DC-3/C-47/Dakota is one of the great airplanes. It figured prominently in the D-Day invasion and a gaggle of them returned to Normandy to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the invasion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AZ1wvK7mYM
Amazingly, quite a few of this old model are still in use; the last ones were built in 1946.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9SDagZt5i4