Production. C-47 transport planes. The flexible performance of C-47 transport plane is due to their 1200-horsepower radial engines and to three-blade variable pitch propellers. Picture taken at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. The versatile C-47 performs many important tasks for the Army. It ferries men and cargo across the oceans and mountains, tows gliders and brings paratroopers and their equipment to scenes of action