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Vintage Transports, photos by Friends & Guests (50)

Joe mentioned he'd like to thank '... Bass Man Jed, as without him we wouldn't have the picture.
And if it's not too shameless, mention bassmantours.com/...'

McChord AFB museum
1. Catalina OA-10A, painted as '434033', but is 43-43847 (c/n 1547) - source: Survivors 2017 book.
2. Fairchild C-82A Packet painted as '857574', but is really 48-0574 (c/n 10209) - source: the new Survivors book.
3. Douglas B-18A Bolo marked as '717B', but believed to be N18AC (c/n 2505)
4. Douglas TC-47B 476502 (c/n 32834/16086)

Douglas DC-2 NC13711 (c/n 1368) is now in place inside the Museum of Flight’s pavilion at Boeing Field.
This Douglas DC-2 was preserved wearing the tailnumber NC1934D, but at some point flew registered
N4867V, fitted out as a sprayer and was also used as a smoke jumper platform, to drop parachutists near
large fires. Its history is well documented on http://rbogash.com/dc2.html

"I saw on your website that you visited the Seattle area in 2014. I was there last month (may 2017), and also
visited the Kenmore harbour facility. Top is Otter N709KA in non-standard colours. My favourite photo, from
the visit, is of Otter N50KA in special colours. I also visited Lake Union that day, but alas: all the floatplanes
had departed before I got there!"
I paid a visit to Kenmore in 2014 and also bagged a lot of Beavers and Otters (and more!). Also I did
a complete account of N50KA's history (courtesy Karl E. Hayes) on my page USA 2014 - Visit to Kenmore

A photo of deHavilland DHC-2 Beaver N188JG (c/n 1103) in an unusual 'US Army' grey paint job.
Even the floats are done in camo! Certificate Issue Date 09Sep2016, for 'Mach DHC-2 Inc' (Coral Gables,FL)

Tim noted here: "You saw Otter N90422 with floats attached. Here it is now with wheels!"

My 2014 photo of N90422, plus an expanded history, on my USA 2014 - Visit to Kenmore

Beech G18S PT-TAR (c/n BA-584) of Surinam Airways saw its flightplan terminated in the Surinam jungle.

Radda DC-3 moved (Norrtälje restaurant)
DC 3 KONDITORI NORRTÄLJE, in 'Socitetsparken', an opportunity to drink coffee
http://staffan.rahm.dinstudio.se/empty_240.html
This is the original 'DC-3 restaurant'

From my files I have the following infrmation:
DC-3 / C-47A (c/n 9911)
42-24049 SE-AYM
'42-24049 stored by Luftfartmuseet at Stockholm-Arlanda (info by 2001). Left Arlanda Museum 19Dec02 by truck, reportedly to Norrtälje.
Under restoration in Norrtälje,Sweden (reported early 2003). Once used as café, to be restored for static display again and for this parts (nose section) of DC-3 N2401 (c/n 26263/14818) has been used.

The 'Save DC-3' Facebook page.

Radda DC-3 moved (Norrtälje)
As it once was...

Through www.dc-3.se/ovriga/ I came to this:
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Konditori DC-3 Fritze i Norrtälje

DC-3:an Munin i Karlsborg


Typ: C-47A-40-DL Skytrain		Typ: C-47-DL Skytrain
Tillverkad: 1943 i Long Beach		Tillverkad: 1943 i Long Beach
Tillverkningsnummer: 9911		Tillverkningsnummer: 9103

Den första flygningen ägde rum den 19 juli 1943. (EN: first flight) Flygplanet levererades den 21 juli 1943 till US Army Air Forces som 42-24049 och det deltog bland annat vid invasionen i Normandie i juni 1944. (EN: The aircraft was delivered to the US Army Air Forces on July 21, 1943, as 42-24049 and participated in the invasion of Normandy in June 1944.) 1946 köptes flygplanet av Skandinaviska Aero AB och tilldelades interimsregistreringen SE-AYM och namnet Svea. Flygplanet flögs aldrig utan användes som reservdelsflygplan. (EN: In 1946, the aircraft was purchased by Scandinavian Aero AB and was awarded the interim registration SE-AYM and the name 'Svea'. The aircraft never flew without being used as spare parts.) Flygplanet köptes sedan av affärsmannen Karl Östman och den 12 juli 1949 invigdes det välkända Konditori DC-3 'Fritze' vid Societetsparken i Norrtälje. (EN: The aircraft was then bought by the businessman Karl Östman and on 12 July 1949 the well-known konditori DC-3 'Fritze' was opened at the Societetspark in Norrtälje.)

This translation is courtesy Howard J Curtiss, through Google Translate.
You'll see where Google Translate fails, I think what is meant that this C-47 never operated as SE-AYM,
but was used for spare parts supply.

Radda DC-3 moved (Norrtälje)
Transport from Hotell Roslagen in Norrtälje to its new location, in June 2017
From: www.norrteljetidning.se (Swedish)

Stefan Bjärkemark ('NASB Aviation') wrote: "C-47A-40-DL 224049 (USAF s/n 42-24049) c/n 9911,on
its new location in town Norrtälje, north of Stockholm. This was an old café in a park in Norrtälje.
Due to damages of cockpitsection a new cockpit was collected in Florida from N2401 (c/n 26263),
which was damaged in a hurricane."
Photo by Stefan Bjärkemark — bij NorrteljePorten.

C-47A 42-24049 (c/n 9911) has found a new spot!
Photo: Henrik Ismarker @Stora Coop Norrteljeporten.

Photo: Henrik Ismarker

And sofar I have found out it is near this location: a 4 minute walk form Hotell Roslagen! Still in Norrtälje.
C-47A-40-DL 224049 at Norrtälje
But this image is old, the spot is right in the center of that map. Now there is a big shopping center at that location...

C-47A-40-DL 224049 at Norrtälje
So the new spot is only a few minutes walk from the old spot (see DC-3 just visible under the hotel's name).
The above image is from Google Earth (screendump 23Jun2017 but I don't know how to establish the date of this image).

SEE ALSO MY GALLERY OFF-AIRPORT

Dirk Septer sent me this photo, of a 27May2017 visit to Campbell River, B.C.

deHavilland Dragon Rapide G-AHXW / N683DH

Dirk saw this DeHavilland Dragon Rapide at Campbell River (CYBL), for some fabric work done and then G-AHXW is to head back to the Historic Flight Foundation at Seattle,WA.
Might be here for a month or so.

For more info and more photos by Dirk Septer, see PAGE 2 | PAGE 1

North Weald's Save the Skymaster

Click on the above image for a link to their Facebook page

Neptune's Takner10 on display at Missoula

For recognizance read 'reconnaissance'. The devil is in the detail...

DC-3 taking off at unimproved airfield in Alaska
DC-3 taking off or landing at Driftwood, a remote and primitive site in western parts of Alaska's vast North Slope.
Marc Hookerman wrote: "Great action photo of the DC-3 at Driftwood Airstrip!
Driftwood (not to be confused with Driftwood Bay) was a research camp, just east/southeast of Icy Cape and
Point Lay LRRS along the Utukok River. Very remote area!

Now, which DC-3 / C-47 operator could this be..? Interior perhaps?
Interior Airways operated between 1947-1972. Interior Enterprises had merged with the former and operated only between 1946-1948. The former merged in turn with (an operator which later merged into) Alaska Airlines.
Unfortunately I was unable to find a fleetlist for Interior A/W, but I have to say that the name 'Interior' seems
to have been painted over here, erased, indicating this DC-3 is a former Interior Airways DC-3/C-47..?

Marc Hookerman remarked: "Interior was absorbed into Alaska Industries by 1972 (became Alaska International Air and only flew the Lockheed 382B Hercules by that point).
Their C-46s went to Fairbanks Air Service, if memory serves...
Photos of Interior Aws DC-3s are rare. Tough one to figure out as the Alaskan air cargo non-sked start-ups and mergers at that point were numerous!"

Fairbanks Air Service operated during 1946-1976, was renamed 06Jan76 to Great Northern Airlines (1976-1980). -ATDB.aero
The photos discussed here were taken during 1972.

Jim Magoffin, who founded Interior Airways in 1946, wrote a book (my list of books) about his life in aviation: 'Triumph over Turbulence'. On page 225 is a photo (b&w) with the caption: "Longtime Interior Airways arctic pilot Bob Jacobs with a DC-3 at Arctic Village, Alaska. 'Jake' was originally based at Umiat, but moved to Sagwon as oil company interest increased in that area'.
Sagwon was the location picked by Magoffin for Interior's own airport. It was inland far enough to escape the coastal fog but close to the area of most interest to the oil companies. At times it was a restless beehive of actitiy!
C-47 N46496
From the photo I could make out the tailnumber: N46496. Which is one of two Douglas C-47A aircraft operated by Great Northern Airlines (leased). The other one was N345A (c/n 9397).
While the ATDB aero database remarks on the latter that it moved to Air Florida Sunshine / Air Sunshine ('ultimate obscure'), N46496 went to Air Pacific Int'l, to DHL Island AW, to Basler (als ending as 'ultimate obscure').
N345A served with Aspen AW before moving to Alaska ('To Great Northern Airlines Fairbanks AS').
The photo above shows titles but I was unable to make out what ('AIR ..' in fat lettering?). The insignia on the tail however is not the waving flag of Interior A/W but rather a US flag...

I don't have a fleetlist of Fairbanks Air Service, so am unable to check which (if any) DC-3's operated with Fairbanks Air Service (1946-1972). Was Magoffin involved with Fairbanks Air Service in any way?

Elsewhere in the book (page 156, a colour photo) N46496 (c/n 9499) shows a very different colourscheme; the caption reads 'The Dewliner', Interior Airways' first DC-3, N46496. This plane put in 16 years of hard work for Interior before being sold. Here it is shown on take off at Point Barrow.'
DC-3 N49496 from 'Triumph over Turbulence'

C-46 N1663M
Curtiss C-46F Commando N1663M (c/n 22548) - Fairbanks Airport in June 1972.
The C-46 was in use at the time this photo was taken.
A photo taken at Laredo,TX a few months earlier showed N1663M in an anonymous colours, sans titles: Ron Mak #3

A bit of history on c/n 22548:
USAF (44-78725), Resort AL (N1663M), Transamerica AL (N1663M), 'Alaska AL' (N1663M), Great
Northern AL (N1663M), Northern Pacific Transport (N1663M), San Francisco Ferreteria & Implementos (N1663M) and Everts Air Fuel, but unused: N1663M was scrapped at Midland-Odessa,TX though the cockpit section was moved for Everts to Fairbanks. [-ATDB]
San Francisco Ferreteria & Implementos (1982-2009) was based in Laredo,TX.
The service with Alaska Airlines mentioned above probably refers to Interior Airways (which operated between
1947-1972).
Great Northern Airlines (formerly, during 1946-1976, known as Fairbanks Air Service) operated
during the years 1976-1980.
Interior's C-46A N4860V (c/n 30240) can be seen at my Alaska 1995 and Fairbanks 2003 reports.
I have to say that while the 'Interior'-titles could be blocked by that wing, it could equally be erased and this
Curtiss C-46F may have being operated by another operator post-1972, same as the DC-3 above!
(Mind 1972 was the year Francis Blake spent up in Alaska!).

Great Northern AL, operated several C-46s aircraft but no DC-3 (Source: www.planelogger.com/Airline/Fleet)
Northern Pacific Transport (1984-1992), ceased ops Aug,1992 when assets were repossessed. Before that the Ball Brothers owned and operated both C-46s & C-47 (also C-118s & DC-6), 1978-1984, had been formed by Albert Newton Ball; renamed Nov.1984 to Northern Pacific. Would this timespan make a better fot for when the photos were taken..?

.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airlines_of_Alaska

Francis added on the above aircraft: "The rapid turn overs and merges of airline companies in Alaska back then
was amazing!
The painted over names were confusing. I was never sure who was our cargo service that day.
Somewhere in the history mix is 'Wien'. We saw a few planes and facilities with that name, but I don't think they involved us."

While browsing my bookcase I came across this book: 'Alaskan Props' by Karl-Heinz Morawietz & Jörg Weier: staring me in the face on the frontcover is Curtiss C-46 N1663M 'sans' Interior titles!

The book has 'Front Cover: Resident in Alaska since 1964. Curtiss C-46 Commando N1663M is
currently registered to John O'Magoffin but retains the patriotic blue and gold livery of the now
defunct Interior Airways. The snow covered peaks of the Chugach Mountains can be seen in the background'.
No indication of date and location, but that last line may indicate Anchorage or Palmer.
Alaska Props was published by Osprey Publishing Ltd (London,UK) in 1988.

Jim Magoffin, who founded Interior Airways in 1946, wrote a book about his life in aviation: 'Triumph over Turbulence' and is an excellent source to read about these airlines and aviation in Alaska.
I am assuming the John O'Magoffin mentioned is the same person as Jim Magoffin.

C-130 Hercules N9265R of Interior
Lockheed L.100-20 Hercules N9265R (c/n 4300) of Interior Airways
Delivered as N9265R to Alaska Airlines, but probably operated by Interior Airways(as we see that tailnumber and
titles 'Interior' on the photo). Ownership changed to Markair, reregistering as N104AK, and later various owners
brought this airframe to many continents: Transamerica AL, Southern Air Transport (N908SJ), Air Foyle, Pacific
Rim A/W (leased), Transafrik (S9-CAW), United Nations Organisation (leased), National AL (leased, based based Iraq/Afghanistan) and Transafrik Uganda (5x-TUB, Stored at Fujairah-FJR anno 2017).

A little bit more on Interior Airways:
The airline began its life in late 1946, founded by James Magoffin (Fairbanks,AK), carrying cargo throughout the American territory of Alaska.
In the late 1960s the airline bought Lockheed L-382 Hercules aircraft to service construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
In 1972 it changed its name to Alaska International Air, to reflect its international charter business.
In 1980 Alaska International Air bought a regional passenger/cargo airline named Great Northern Airways.
In 1984 new colors and the name MarkAir were brought to the airline as it inaugurated passenger/cargo service from Anchorage to the Alaska bush communities
en.wikipedia.org:_MarkAir

Boeing C-97s stored at salvage yard
Boeing C-97s stored at a salvage yard; where could this have been..?
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Paul van der Horst offered: "The 'C-97's' appear to be Boeing 377 Stratocruisers. I can see 2 Transocean (TAA)
examples and 5 Northwest 'Strats'. My guess would be the Mojave B377 boneyard!"

David responded on the Classic-Propliner forum (Yahoo): "This location was used in an episode of Cannon in a shooting scene.
(Frank) Cannon was an American 1960’s detective TV-series. They filmed a chase scene a Mojave in and around the C-97s.
YouTube: Cannon Series 3 Episode 7 'Night Flight to Murder'. Look for aprox 36 mins and the scene ends around 44.
Boeing 377s as background to filming a Frank Cannon epsiode
Boeing 377s suggested as background to filming a Frank Cannon episode. But closer examination makes it unlikely.

Having seen this, Francis Blake insists that his photo of the Stratocruisers was taken at Fairbanks!
On damaged Boeing's on the YouTube screendumps are not to be found on Blake's photo. Nor did I see
the one sitting on his tail in Cannon's shoot-out... So two major salvage yards here...?

More Classic Propliners by Francis Blake on my website

Greenwood Lake Airport and Constellation

See my tripreport USA & Canada 2009

C-119 at Asmara (Google Earth)

N67017 at Mesa Falcon Field, by Ron Mak (1978)
Douglas C-54 N67017 at Mesa Falcon Field near Phoenix (AZ), by Ron Mak (1978)
I wondered which aircraft supplied the forward fuselage for N67017 was later repaired...
Malcolm Nason provided the answer!
N67017 in Oct.1982 - by Malcolm Nason
"N44913 was the donor - incident date not known but repairs were prior to October 1982, when I took this photo
at Mesa of N44913 fitted with the damaged nose of N67017! Obviously they did a test grafting with it."
Link to image above on Flickr or tinyurl.com/yb5rnxm7

Stinso and WACO at Wolverhampton 2017 Fly In
NC12467 is a 1932 Waco UEC and Stinson AT-19 / V-77 NC33543 (ex/ FB645) dates from 1944.

Wolverhampton 2017 Fly In
For a Terry's full coverage see www.flickr.com
One can only envy England for such occasions! The British do have a special appreciation for heritage & history.

Lockheed Constellation N90831 of Lake Havasu City
This is one photo of 12 I uploaded & updated today (07Jun2017) to Bill Hill's gallery.
The operator 'Lake Havasu City' is little known and this particular aircraft is the only surviving C-69, preserved..

Michel van Voorst sent me this photo, taken during a chance opportunity while enjoying holidays in Malaysia. CL.415 74-01 Maylasian Navy

CL.415 M71-01 Maritim Malaysia @Langkawi Airport, on 03May2017

The Canadair CL-415, later known as the Bombardier 415, is an amphibious aircraft from Canada purpose-built as a water bomber.
It is an aircraft designed and built specifically for aerial firefighting and is based on the company's CL-215.
In Malaysia the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency ordered two CL-415MP and Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor received two CL-415MPs.
[Wikipedia]

'Two colourful CL-415MPs were accepted by the APMM in 2009. They are based at Subang.' -Scramble, OrBat

DC-3 NC16009 American Airlines 'Flagship", contributed by Phil Brooks
ATDB.aero provided the history of this Douglas DC-3A (c/n 1545)-
After Douglas' delivery to American Airlines and operations as NC16009 (note the 'U.S. Mail Air Express'-titles),
it saw use by Parks Air Lines on a lease), was also flown apparently by American A/L also as N16009, then moved to
Latin America for VASP and was registered as PP-SQH. After VASP c/n 1545 went to Nacional and it was reg'd
as PP-ANU and later this DC-3A-178 went to VARIG.

Below photos show a period of neglect but apparently, I suppose, the move to VARIG was to preserve it
and this has taken place: 'Preserved at POA @Museo do Varig, as PP-VRG.'
PP-ANU turned PP-VRG for preservation

This was on 05Sep1978, a long walk to civilization if you got stranded here.

Lufthansa's Starliner restoration project

I have visited this location twice: see MY REPORT

N56V by Warren Reed (Facebook)
The 'Piedmont DC-3 undergoing a cosmetic restoration at North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC.

The tailnumber N56V causes some confusion! This is c/n 4900 while another N56V is c/n 33153 which
is preserved at the Erickson Aircraft Collection of Madras,OR.

C/n 4900 was previously on display in Durham,NC: preserved by the, North Carolina Museum of Life & Science.
Delivered on 24Mar42 to the USAAF (41-20130), as NC18600 it was leased by Western A/L (bt 01Aug49) and
became N56V Piedmont A/L named "Potomac Pacemaker" (bt 12Jan56).
It will be restored for static display, in a former railroad barn I understand!

More on C-FDTD on my 2009 report USCAN 2009 and the gallery I host for Ken Swartz HERE...

Here's an update of C-119 N8501W by 'JoeJoe' Prince, dated 28May2017:
C-119 N8501W at Palmer 2017
More on both C-119s, long time residents of Palmer,AK on my 2003 report (w/ link to updates)

I have a gallery hosted on my website of Martin 'JoeJoe' Prince Jr: PAGE 1 + PAGE 2 + PAGE 3

This is N1394N, some parts have been removed; does not look good...
C-119 N1394
My Photos by Friends & Guests #66 has a 01Dec2023 update, both are renunited on the operational ramp,
next to the Forestry Service office (on PAAQ).

C-46 War Memorial Seoul, S.Korea

C-46 War Memorial Seoul, S.Korea
Curtiss C-46D Commando, registration 10-541 (c/n 22364)

C-46 War Memorial Seoul, S.Korea
The 'Remove Before Flight'pin & banner: in Korean, of course!

Paul shared this on his Facebook:
1970s @Sitka

Paul Weston here: "This is @Sitka in the late 1970s.
Eagle Air had a USFS support contract with 5 Beavers and a few helicopters. Since it was not under FAR 135
regulations, our flight time was not limited. I flew this Beaver 800 hours in about 5 months!"

Unidentified C-47 at Yanks Museum
Tim remarked: "This WW2 DC-3 is outside the Yanks Air Museum at Chino. No registration visible."
This is Douglas C-47D Skytrain N60480 (c/n 9530); ex/ USAF 42-23668. That USAAF serial will
probably be added at some later date: 223668 or maybe in full?
My visit & report to Chino in 2008 still showed it as '0-23668' in grey/white colourscheme: HERE...

Yanks Museum
EXIF data show the date of the above photos to be 21Apr2017.

The Lockheed VC-121A Constellation 'Bataan' was been sold to Lewis Air Legends of Texas. In January 2016,
the 'Bataan' was flown to Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA for restoration by Fighter Rebuilders.
The restoration is expected to be completed in 2018.

On the above images Tim wrote: "I recently had an enjoyable trip to the greater Los Angeles area, and
thought I would send a few photos of the various propliners I saw. Apologies as some of the photos aren't great!

"The bare metal DC-3 is believed to be N47TF and was seen at Planes of Fame, Chino. Identity confirmation needed!"
ATDB.aero: N47TF Preserved by Planes of Fame Air Museum at Chino.
That stripe on the rudder clinches the identityin my opinion to former N47TF in PSA colours; it seems that warbirds are far more popular at air shows, so I think this one will also be put in in inevitable WW2 scheme with invasion stripes...
C/n 12317 was ex/ 42-92509 (USAF), KG320 (RAF & RCAF), was reg'd CF-BVF (C-FBVF) for Terra Mining & Exploration, to Icarus Aviation, to Cotenair, leased by Avn Boréal and ATDB shows it being rereg'd N47TF "DAC Organization; Cinema Air Jet Center; Chino Warbirds / David Tallichet; Air Museum Inc (30Jan09)".
It was previously restored to a Pacific Southwest colourscheme - see my photo in that c/s www.ruudleeuw.com/images/2008/us08/ca/chino/pages/3897-n47tf.htm or my 2008 report of the visit to Chino.

In 2024 I added this airframe on Don McDonald's gallery here, as CF-BVF flown by him for Terra Mining & Exploration. Photos from the early 1970s.

Next is Connie N422NA 'Bataan'. This was also at Planes of Fame @Chino. It had it's tail removed for inspection and restoration. As it has been on (open) display in Valle,AZ for some time, I was not aware it was actually airworthy, but it managed to fly to Chino somehow!"
[Note from the Webmaster- Lockheed C-121A Constellation N422NA / '8613' (c/n 2605) was preserved Planes of Fame Museum at Valle Airport Grand Canyon and was indeed quite the eye-catcher for people driving by. See my 2008 report including the history of 'Bataan']

Tim: "I got the distinct impression that the PoF and Yanks Museums are trying to out-do each other, as they both had quite a few of the same aircraft types on display. The main difference was the very new and air conditioned hangars at the Yanks Museum!"
And with both adding recently a Connie to their collection one does indeed get an impression of competition!

Constellation N548GF at Chino by Tim Chaloner
Constellation C-121T N548GF (c/n 4363) at Chino's Yanks Museum, by Tim Chaloner. Ex/ USAF 53-0548.
This Super Connie (L.1049) was on display at the Pima Air Museum '81-'94, and I came across it in 1995 having
moved to Camarillo,CA and N548GF was reg'd 07apr95 to Waynes Aviation Inc. Restored by
Wayne (!) Jones (of Global Aeronautical Foundation), but airworthiness work may have been done by Lockheed
Aeromod of Tucson,AZ) & this C-121T was subsequently flown on a limited show circuit on US Westcoast 1995-2000.
Then the owner (Wayne Jones?) died in 2001 and '548' was up for sale in March 2002 (usd 595.000,-). I think by
that time it had been grounded because wing corrosion was found. It remained for many years at Camarillo, grounded. Reg'd 24Jan06 to Yanks Air Museum. And it was ferried from Camrillo to Chino on 14Jan2012. In 2013 the museum
started a fundraiser to get 53-0458 back into the air but will probably need more doing, dollars & time...

See my April 2018 visit to the Yanks Air Museum

Propliners at Chino by Tim Chaloner

Tim: "The Martin 4-O-4 nose is also in the boneyard at Yanks in Chino, identity unknown; but presumably it was from one of the ex-PBA aircraft stored in Stennis? [RL: See my report on my 2001 visit to Stennis HERE..]
The unmarked C-123 is believed to be N87DT, which is stored in the 'boneyard' at the Yanks Museum."
Replies to the above: Martin 404 N40407, c/n 14107; indeed ex/ Provincetown-Boston Airline (PBA).

The Fairchild C-123K Provider is indeed N87DT (c/n 20030); ex/ USAF 54-0581.
I have N87DT with faded markings on my Propliners & Warbirds at Chino,CA (2008); at that time I had found that it had been registered to the Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation (MARC) since 12mar87.
Founder & President of MARC (a.k.a. Yesterday Air Force - YAF) David Tallichet died on 31Oct2007. Vice President is/was Cecilla Tallichet and the Chief Engineer Joe Krzeminski. The base was/is here at Chino Airport, California.
I found this on the website Pacific Wrecks (www.pacificwrecks.com/restore/usa/marc.html) which also included the following information: "Founded in the early 1970s as 'Yesterday's Air Force'. It is one of the longest running aircraft recovery and salvage companies, with hangers and storage space at Chino Airport.
Later renamed 'Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation' (MARC), they have been involved in dozens of recoveries, and a few restoration projects.
Tallichet is a WWII veteran himself, who served in Europe, and a successful businessman with a passion for old airplanes.
MARC is a private company, there is no museum open to the public, or displays."
N87DT was reg'd 17Apr17 to Yanks Air Museum.

See my April 2018 visit to the Yanks Air Museum

Tim continued his travels.

DC-3 N2298C
This 'Catalina Flying Boats' DC-3 is seen here at Long Beach, and not going anywhere for a while..!
Douglas C-47B N2298C c/n 33201/16453. Even in Aug.2009 it was reported @Long Beach in this state.
On 17Jul2017 it was reg'd to Preferred Air Parts (Kidron,OH), with DC-3's N882TP and N403JB.

DC-3 NC1005 'American Flagship', former ERA Classic Aviation N1944M.
"American DC-3 NC16005 in immaculate condition at the Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana-Orange County/SNA.

C/n 19394 was once flown by Salair (Spokane, WA) as N394CA, until it moved in 1995 to Anchorage,AK for ERA Aviation which reconfigured it to freighter and it was rereg'd N1944M.
I came across it in ERA Classic Aviation c/s in Alaska (see my report) and I have it on my website Walt Brubaker looking back on flying ERA's N1944H.

In Oct.2003 I learned that both ERA Classic Aviation's N1944H and N1944M had moved to Reno,NV for the costs of the compulsory cockpitdoor reinforcement did not warrant their keep and both were offered for sale.
On 09May2008 it was reg'd N1944M LLC (Deleware,DE), rereg'd N16005 02Dec08 and noted in august 2009 at the newly established Lyon Air Museum in California.
N1944H was restored as a fine vintage airliner in PAA livery, see my D-Day 75, Daks over Duxford (2019) report.

" The interior shot is from this aircraft also."
DC-3 NC1005 'American Flagship'
The above photos date from 22Apr2017

Next is Palm Springs (23Apr2017)
C-47 476423 at Palm Springs
C-47 476423 (N60154, c/n 32755/16007) at Palm Springs,CA.
Its previous identities were: 44-76423 KN381 OT-CWR/K-39 476423 4X-FNV/035 4X-DCE

C-119 preserved at Palm Springs Air Museum
C-119 '927' preserved at Palm Springs Air Museum
"This C-119G nose was also at the museum. I attach a photo of the construction plate, which appears to show # 257."

I could keep my research for this C-119 close to home as I have quite a dossier on it on my own website!

'927' belonged for many years to Ed Rachanski 's Vintage Racing Car and Aviation Museum in Henderson,NV.
Ed flew a C-119G from Ashiya (Japan) and modified this airframe to resemble 'his' plane.
But it is in fact 53-8154 (USAF, C-119G converted to C-119L in 1973) which he acquired from H&P of Greybull,WY (N90267, c/n 257).
Joe Baugher's website (www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1953.html) added: 'To civil register as N4999P, then as N90267, Stebbins Air Transport, broken up at Anchorage, AK. Forward fuselage on display at Palm Springs Air Museum, California in May 2013.'
My C-119 Dossier, page 2 has links to how I found it still at Greybull as well as a pic of '927' going on transport to California and its initial display outside the Palm Spring Aviation Museum.

Created: 23-May-2017

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