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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:DC-3-277B
    Construction Number:02200
    Last Civil Registration:N573R
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Recovery Inc, Opa Locka, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    1940

    Constructed as a DC-3-277B.

    From March 1940 to July 1948

    To American Airlines with new c/r NC21795.
    Operated with markings: 95, Flagship Massachusetts

    June 1948

    To Colonial Airlines with new c/r N21795.

    31 May 1956

    To Eastern Airlines keeping c/r N21795.

    8 January 1957

    To Remmert Werner Inc, Saint Louis, MO keeping c/r N21795.

    31 March 1958

    To Beldex Corp, Saint Louis, MO keeping c/r N21795.

    11 April 1958

    To Beldex Corp, Saint Louis, MO with new c/r N92U.

    28 June 1958

    Certificate of airworthiness for N573R (DC3A, 2200) issued.

    3 February 1959

    To Fairbanks Morse keeping c/r N92U.

    27 March 1959

    To Fairbanks Morse with new c/r N18M.

    17 June 1960

    To Beldex with new c/r N9313R.

    3 March 1964

    To Carey Baxter (and) Kennedy Inc, Kansas City, MO with new c/r N573R.

    12 May 1966

    To CBK Industries, Kansas City, MO keeping c/r N573R.

    July 1967

    To Schwab Enterprises, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N573R.

    23 May 1969

    To U C Computer Inc, Memphis, TN keeping c/r N573R.

    1 November 1972

    To Bill Bates, T/A Tex-Sun Land Corp, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N573R.

    12 March 1975

    To JC Hagins, Corsicana, TX keeping c/r N573R.

    12 December 1975

    To Onyx Avn Inc, Okla City, OK keeping c/r N573R.

    27 February 1979

    To Basler Flight Svces, Oshkosh, W keeping c/r N573R.

    5 February 1986

    To Western Breeze Inc West Palm Beach FL keeping c/r N573R.

    March 1987


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Miami International, Florida

    11 October 1991

    To Blue Metals Inc, Miami, FL keeping c/r N573R.

    6 February 1992


    Photographer: Richard Blata
    Notes: Photographed during my Florida trip in 1992 in Miami.

    19 May 1993

    To Air Recovery Inc, Opa Locka, FL keeping c/r N573R.

    31 July 2002

    Civil registration, N573R, cancelled.
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