Douglas DC-3 News

Now it's confirmed: Jetman Yves Rossy will tumble backward off the skid of a helicopter at not only EAA AirVenture 2013 but the Reno, Nev., National Championship Air Races and Air Show later in the year.

When Army medic Harold Hayes climbed aboard the Army transport plane on Nov. 7, 1943, in Sicily, he anticipated landing in nearby Italy some two hours later.

When Army medic Harold Hayes climbed aboard the Army transport plane on Nov. 7, 1943, in Sicily, he anticipated landing in nearby Italy some two hours later.

After nearly four weeks of battles, the Douglas DC-3 beat out the F4U Corsair by a vote of 1,255 to 919 to win this year's AOPA Best Aircraft Showdown , sponsored by Aero-Space Reports.

Argentina, Bolivia and Chile hold the planet's largest reserves of lithium, a key component in batteries used to power a range of technologies from cell phones to laptops to electric cars.