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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:C-47TP Turbo Dakota
    Construction Number:01548
    Last Civil Registration:N156PM
    Latest Owner or Location:trucked to Fort. Sumner, NM

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    Dates

    Event

    1936

    Constructed as a DC-3C.

    From Unknown to February 1954

    To American Airlines with new c/r NC16012.

    Converted to a DC-3S.
    New construction number, 43193, assigned to the airframe.

    15 September 1950

    To Capital Airlines keeping c/r NC16012.

    15 April 1952

    To U. S. Steel Co, Pittsburgh PA with new c/r N16012.

    November 1958

    To U. S. Steel Co, Pittsburgh PA with new c/r N542S.

    October 1962

    To Cook (and) Co, Hazelhurst GA keeping c/r N542S.

    20 May 1963

    To Northwestern Refining Co, Saint. Paul MN with new c/r N111SA.

    7 May 1969

    To Western Co of North America, Fort Worth TX keeping c/r N111SA.

    20 August 1969

    To Western Co of North America, Fort Worth TX with new c/r N156WC.

    From 1973 to 1974

    Converted to a C-47TP.
    Re-engined RR Darts as Super Turbo Three,Super Turbo by Conroy Aircraft/Turbo Three Corp,Three Santa Barbara CA.

    29 September 1974


    Photographer: eLaReF
    Notes: At Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, California

    3 December 1974

    To Pilgrim Aviation and Airlines Inc, New London, CT keeping c/r N156WC.

    3 December 1974

    To Pilgrim Aviation and Airlines Inc, New London, CT with new c/r N156PM.

    22 September 1977

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX156WC (DC3-S, 43193) issued.

    27 January 1979

    To Pilgrim Airlines, New London CT keeping c/r N156PM.

    16 February 1984

    Written off.
    Damaged by taxying Locheed C-130.

    11 June 1988

    To Pilgrim Aviation and Airlines Inc, New London, CT keeping c/r N156PM.

    1989

    To Erickson (and) Remmert, Roswell NM.

    1990

    Transported by ground. Delivered to trucked to Fort. Sumner, NM.

    8 May 2015

    Civil registration, N156PM, cancelled.


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