Grumman TS-2A, N423DF/77 (c/n 246) of USDA Forest Service.
Photo C.Defever @Ukiah, 2000.
Grumman TS-2A, N412DF/78 (c/n 222) of USDA Forest Service.
Photo C.Defever @Fresno, 2000.
Marsh S-2F3AT Turbo Tracker, N434DF (c/n 335C) of CDF Tanker 90.
Photo C.Defever @Ukiah, 23Sep.2000.
Marsh S-2F3AT Turbo Tracker, N434DF (c/n 335C) of CDF Tanker 90.
Photo C.Defever @Ukiah, 23Sep.2000.
DouglasC-133 Cargomaster, N136AR (c/n 44706).
Photo C.Defever @Mojave desert storage, Oct.2000.
Ex-USAF 54-136 and NASA 928. Wearing the registration N136AR but officially registered N136AB since
August 1974; that registration was cancelled in October 2012. Note sister-ship N201AR in the background,
the hulks of both aircraft live(d) on at Mojave and can be seen on Google Earth imagery date October 2024.
See also www.airhistory.net/marks-all/N136AR
>>> For some time C-133s remained active on a limited scale in Alaska: see my pages C-133_by_Stu Sibitzky +
propliners by Gerben Groothuis + my Propliners on Last Frontier, 2003.
This is the second Privateer to carry registration N6884C (the first was BuNo 66284, which crashed in June 1959). This aircraft remained at Greybull for many years and eventually became part of the local Museum of Flight and
Aerial Firefighting. It was still there by mid 2016.
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, N6884C (c/n 59701) of Hawkins & Powers (Tanker 127).
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Fox ATB, by
C. Defever on 25Sep.2000.
Last noted working fires at Colorado from Jeffco (Jun02). For sale Courtesyaircraft.com Jan.'05 US$800.000,-
I have N6884C also on my USA14-GREYBULL REPORT & SCANS-ARCHIVE-COLOR #1
Lockheed C-130A. N133HP (1A-3189)
of Hawkins & Powers (Tanker 133).
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Santa Barbara,CA ATB / by C. Defever, 25Sep.2000.
I came across N133HP with Int'l Air Response (for spares) at Coolidge,AZ: USA Southwest 2008
Lockheed C-130A. N466TM (1A-3173)
of TBM Inc. (Tanker 64). Fresno,CA AAB / by C.Defever 24Sep.2000.
Ex/ USAF 57-0466, water bomber; avionics testbed from 6/08 for ASB Avionics, Mojave; Tanker 64.
Douglas DC-3 (C-47A-80-DL), 79004/13 (c/n 19771; 43-15305) of Royal Swedish Air Force. By Per Schmidt, 6-'83
From my (RL) files: '15305 D06Mar44 - 8thAF 14Apr44-9th AF 16Apr44 - Neth/Belgium - Div Denmark 14Apr
47 - OY-DDY DDL "Trym Viking" - DIlApr47 - SAS 01Aug48 - LN-LMR DNL R21May52 - Fred Olsen 21May52
Lsd - 79004 Swedish AF D160ct52 -7th Wing "74" (1978) "794" (1980)- wfu 13Mar81 at Halmsiett-Transport Aeriens Zaire. Ln Kinshasa dec96 Air Kasai 9Q-CYE. Ln 11Sep03 Kinshasa in metallic c/s n/t, wfu. 9Q-CYE has
been gifted to the Swedish paratroopers club by owner Åke Jansson; it will be ferried to Karlsborg in Sweden
in due course.' UPDATES welcomed! EMAIL
Douglas DC-3 (C-47A-85-DL), K-688 (c/n 20118) of Danish Air Force (ex/ 43-15652). By Per Schmidt.
From my (RL) files: 'Preserved, Militaire Luchtvaart Museum, Zeist. "X-5" is a fake registration; ex/
43-15652 (USAF), 31562/T-AN (RNoAF), 31562/BW-N, -BW-T, 68-688 (RDanAF), K-688; bt 1982
from RDanAF, flown to Soesterberg AB 16dec82, resprayed, by road to museum.
At QAPS (SPL painsthop) April 2010'.
Douglas DC-3 (C-47A-85-DL), K-682 (c/n 20019) of Danish Air Force (ex/ 43-15553). Date/photographer ???
Owned/operated by Foreningen for Flyvende Museumsflyin basic Danish Air Force livery.
'Delivered to the USAAF as 43-13553 in 1944. To the Royal Norwegian Air Force as 313553 in 1945, DNL as
LN-IAT in 1947 then to SAS in 1948. To the Royal Danish Air Force as 68-682 in 1953, K-682 from 1960. To
OY-BPB in 1983 and operated by Foreningen For Flyvende Museumsfly. Had different titles on each side.
Permanently grounded at Stauning in 2019.' ¬www.airhistory.net/marks-all/K682
See its history detailed by Niels Rosengaard and pix OY-BPB at 75th anniversary of D-Day at Duxford IWM
Douglas DC-3 (C-47A-85-DL), K-682 (c/n 20019) of Danish Air Force (ex/ 43-15553).
Photographer Bohnstedt-Petersen(?), May 1984.
UPDATE MARCH 2026: 'DC-3 Vennerne, the Danish Dakota Friends, have received administrative approval from
the Danish aviation authorities to start work on getting the airplane back in airworthy state again. It will still cost
a lot of work and money before this DC-3 can return to the skies.' ¬ Scramble.nl 3-2026
Douglas C-47A-80-DL, PT-KZV (c/n 19775; ex/ 43-15309). Photo: J.A. Simioni.
from my (RL) files: '43-15309 D06Mar44 - 8thAF 25Apr44 - 9th AF 25Apr44 - USA 20Jul45 - 2039 F A
Brasil 10Dec46 - St Campo dos Afonsos - RICO Taxi Aereo 05May80 Reservation canc - 15Dec80 - to Opa
Locka, FL (Sep81) - A Bovadilla, San Diego, Chile - 160ct80 PT-KZV active at Manaus (Aug83)'.
Updates welcomed
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Douglas C-47A, C-FNWS (c/n 12419) of Northwest
Territorial. (Via) Per Schmidt, probly Nov.1986.
From my (RL) files: 'C-FNWS Points North Air, Points North Landing,Sask. ex/RCAF KG389 "Empress of
Fond du Lac" C-FNWS (JP93). Knox Air Svc C-FNWS based Red Lake, Ont. In Prop75p11 noted as "gone thru
ice 1994, Points Air had her replaced"=sld to Knox Air? Ntu? Landings.com 05jan02: Reg cancelled last owner
Points North Air Svcs.'
Brad MacKay commented on Facebook (5-2025): "Now looking the same in Calgary at the Museum. Still looks good."
Douglas C-47A-90-DL, T3-13 (c/n 20596; ex/ 43-16130) of Spanish Air Force.
Dec.1980, by/via Per Schmidt?
From my (RL) files: '43-16130 Preserved, USAF Museum, 8th AF Museum, Barksdale AFB, LA. Preserved
as 43-16130, reg as N3753C. Ln 4/96. 43-16130 D Jun44 -no card - USAF - xx N86453 Charlotte Avn 1962 -
T3-33 Spanish AF 05Dec61 - wfu 18Apr78 - G-BGCF Fairoaks Avn Svces 20Nov78 -canc 30Jan80 -
N3753C Westair Intl, Monument, CO R11Apr80/D23Sep80 - Canc May83.' Updates welcomed EMAIL
Douglas C-47A-85-DL, T3-27 (c/n 20002; ex/ 43-15536) of Spanish Air Force.
Dec.1980, by/via Per Schmidt?
Douglas C-47A, RP-C132 (c/n 19897) of Continental Airways.
Via/by Per Schmidt, no date nor location.
From my (RL) files: '43-15431 D22Mar44 - Brisbane Tacloban - Excl 01May46- PI-C132 Philipi RP-CI32,
Rr Nov73 -Continental A/W.' >> Updates welcomed EMAIL
Douglas C-47B-DL, RP-C490 (c/n 20626; ex/ 43-16160) of Village Airways. No date nor photographer's name.
From my (RL) files: 'RP-C490 Village Airways. Slide via Per Schmidt. 43-16160 Jun44 - no card - USAF -
xx N9858F - PI-C490 Philippine A/L Jun60 - Filipinas Orient - E E Black Ltd - RP-C490 - Village A.AXI Inc (03Dec75 to 1978) - in use Nov80 - used for spares & for sale (mar83).'
Updates welcomed EMAIL
Douglas C-47A, PT-KVX (c/n 20210). Via/by Per Schmidt, no location. On Kodachrome frame 'Mrz 86'.
From my (RL) files: '43-15744 D05May44 -ATC USA 02Aug44 ARP 17Nov49 -C-47 2061 Brazilian
1949 -
PT-KVX Construtora Andrade Gutierrez B13Apr76/R26jan78.' >>Updates welcomed EMAIL
Douglas C-47A-DL, HK-1505W (c/n 20473; ex/ 43-16007)
of Colombian Petroleum Company. No details.
From my (RL) database: '43-16007 D07Jun44 - Alaska ATC 10Jun44 - Northwest A/L 15nov44 -
USA 01Sep45 09Jul46 - NC79026 - LV-AFX Lineas Comerciales 25Feb48 - LV-FDF Tiro Alberto 03May51 - N3957C 1952 - HK-1505E E28Oct52 rr HK-1505W Colombian Petroleum Co, Bogota to 1978 - wfu (Nov79).
Wreck went into Bahama waters (likely), features on Bahamas postcard...?
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Michael Prophet sent me an image of DC-3 HK-1505W. Bogota Nov.'77 by Stephen Piercey (Chris Mak collection)
Douglas VC-47D, N103BL (c/n 20830) of DHL island Airways. Via/by Per Schmidt (no location nor date).
'How it all began - in DHL's infancy, they specialised in carrying documents from the Hawaiian islands.
Aircraft became N102DH in 9.83 and ended up derelict at Manila with Asean Air. It was still there
as of late 2010 but eventually scrapped.' ¬ www.airhistory.net/marks-all/N103BL
'Delivered to the USAAF as 43-16364 in 1944. To N103BL in 1976 and N102DH in 1983. Withdrawn from use at Manila in 1998. Still there in 2014, but reportedly broken up in 2015.' ¬www.airhistory.net/ /N102DH
Douglas C-47A, N200TA (c/n 19998; ex/ 43-15532) of Mobil Oil/David L. Diamond.
N200TA registered to R R Sarmiento. Reported Der at Nassau '89. On FAA Registry '96.
No details where/when/by whom. C/n 19998 was built in April 1944 for USAAF as 43-15532.
After many other operators, it flew
for Tricon International from Nov.'73 to Sep09.'76, based Canada then Libya.
Douglas C-47A-90-DL, C-GYBA (c/n 20215; ex/ 43-15749) of Yellow Bird Air. No details where/when/by whom.
From my (RL) files: 'Dakota Air Museum,Mason (NH); ex/C-GYBA Skycraft Air Transport + ex N347AB (rereg'd
N33623 10/94). Owned by museum since 1993, fully airworthy, '97 in full Northeast Al c/s. Located Sanford,ME.
At some point based Mason, New Hampshire,owner is Mike Hart, a Delta AL pilot. The name could be incorrect,
sources refer to owner as Mike Farrey, DL pilot! But Hurt was also DL pilot, maybe co-owner at some point?
>>I have c/n 20215 pic'd 13Oct09 at Mason,NH with its details and many photos during its career!
Kenneth Swartz wrote me (May 2025): "The photo of C-GYBA was taken at the south terminal of Vancouver airport. It might have been an image I took for Aviation Letter Photo Service in the late 1970s.
If I recall correctly, Yellow Bird got the aircraft from Pacific Alaska in the Seattle area and gradually stripped
it of all paint until it was natural metal with a large yellow logo and titles." |
Keith Simpson wrote me in August 2025:
"Recent research conducted on Harrison Airways of Vancouver, BC, led me to a former Harrison pilot named Cliff Sandison, who founded Yellow Bird Air in 1979 with a DC-3, C-GYBA.
I was interested to find your informative page about this aircraft and its later life in the USA, and even more surprised to read the discussion about the image of the aircraft at Vancouver by an "unknown" photographer, sporting a stripped metal tail.
After scrupulously studying the aircraft position and cloud pattern, I believe the (above) slide was taken by me on 15 March 1980, the same day of Glen Etchell's visit, whom I have known since my time in Vancouver (I now reside in the UK).
In fact, I have Glen's slide in my possession, which replaced my original with the Twin Otter in the background when I foolishly sold off a large portion of my original collection in the early 2000s.
Coincidentally, I have been in touch with Glen just recently, and have arranged for our adult son to act as "courier" for a few timetables from Glen's admirable collection when he visits us shortly.
I was never fully pleased with any of my early images, as I was still perfecting the craft (and probably a little shy to get closer to the machines!) with my small Olympus viewfinder, and had yet to upgrade to a Pentax SLR, which was far more effective.
My thanks to you, Sean Keating, John Kimberley and Glen for the enlightening comments on your website,
which I am hoping you will allow me to reference to expand the Harrison Airways story, which is scheduled to be part of the Propliner 2026 edition."
Thanks again,
Keith. |
Douglas C-47B-1-DL, N54610 (c/n 20607; ex/ 43-16141) of Visionair International. No details where/when/whom.
'Delivered to the USAAF as 43-16141 in 1944. To the Moroccan Air Force as 316141/CNALC in 1962 then to N54610 in 1978. To the USAF Museum for preservation at Burlington, VT by 1992. Moved to Little Rock,AR by 2010 and marked as 43-15326.' ¬www.airhistory.net/marks-all/N54610
Is this @Bradenton? Or Ft.Lauderdale-Exec (KFXE), 1981-1983? Updates welcomed EMAIL
C-47A-90-DL, N28889 (c/n 20520; ex/ 43-16054) of Monroe County Mosquito
Control Dept.
Date July 1984, no details on location (likely Florida?) nor credentials of the photographer.
Crashed 02May1989 while spraying (hit mangrove trees in low level turn), NTSB Identification: MIA89GA144.
N54607 (c/n 20669, 10073) of Euroworld. No details where/when/by whom.
>> Fuselage remains; nose section @Luchtvaart Hobby Shop (www.aviationmegastore.com), Aalsmeerderbrug, near
Schiphol-Amsterdam IAP).
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Douglas C-47A-80-DL, 9Q-CSL (c/n 19809; ex/ 43-51343). No details where/when/by whom.
From my (RL) files: S.N.E.L. '20Sep93 @Kinshasa-N'dolo, no titles. 43-15343 D Mar44 - no card -
USAF VC47A (Sep54) - xx - N4696T - Univ of Illinois, Urbana,IL (1966 to 1972) - Constructeur
Inga Shaba, Boise,ID 1974 - 9Q-CSL Zaire Govt (1979). Ln 11Dec03. Ln 11Dec03 Kinshasa/Ndolo.
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