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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-3-201D
    Construction Number:02247
    Last Civil Registration:N408D
    Latest Owner or Location:American Aerolux Llc, Sparta, TN

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-3-201D.

    From 1940 to January 1952

    To Eastern Air Lines with c/r NC15596.

    1958

    To Mowhawk Air Lines/North Central Airlines with c/r N408D.

    13 November 1964

    Certificate of airworthiness for N408D (DC3-G202A, 2247) issued.

    22 April 1970

    Certificate of airworthiness for N408D (DC3-G202A, 2247) issued.

    6 April 1986


    Photographer: Nathan Wilburn
    Notes: Taken at a desolate, high desert airfield near Apple Valley and Victorville, California.

    6 May 1992

    To Big Sky Air Inc, Dallas, TX.

    19 August 1998

    To Big Sky Air Inc, Dallas, TX.

    22 August 2004


    Photographer: Michael Fuller
    Notes: At Skydive Chicago, Ottawa IL

    22 August 2004


    Photographer: Michael Fuller
    Notes: At Skydive Chicago, Ottawa Illinois

    2006

    Damaged.
    Damaged by Tornado.

    Based at Skydive Chicago Airport, Dayton, IL.
    In derelict condition.
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    1 January 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for N408D (DC3-G202A, 2247) issued.

    13 May 2014

    To Big Sky Air Inc, Dallas, TX.

    24 August 2017

    To American Aerolux Llc, Sparta, TN.

    7 November 2018


    Photographer: Dan Grew
    Notes: Punta Gorda FL.


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