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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-3-227B
    Construction Number:02202
    Last Civil Registration:N21798
    Latest Owner or Location:C R Smith Aviation Museum Foundation, Fort Worth, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    1940

    Constructed as a DC-3-227B.
    Douglas DC-3-227B 2202

    11 March 1940

    To American Airlines with c/r NC21798.
    Operated with markings: Flagship Knoxville

    April 1942

    To American Airlines with c/r N21798.

    May 1948

    To Colonial Airlines.

    June 1956

    To Eastern Air Lines.

    June 1957

    To S and W Motor Lines, Greensboro NC with c/r N393SW.

    1958


    Photographer: Midway Airport Historians
    Notes: At Chicago Midway

    1972

    To T. G. Heyward Hilton Head SC,.

    22 November 1991

    To US Grey Eagles Inc, Grand Prairie, TE.

    6 November 1992

    Certificate of airworthiness for N21798 (DC3, 2202) issued.

    Based at American Airlines C. R. Smith Museum, Euless, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
    Transferred to a museum.
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    12 May 1999

    To C R Smith Aviation Museum Foundation, Fort Worth, TX with c/r N21798.

    1 January 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for N21798 (DC3, 2202) issued.

    14 November 2012

    Civil registration, N21798, cancelled.


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood

    Internet Sources
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

    Individual Contributors
    Terry Fletcher

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