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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-53-DO Skytrooper
    Last Military Serial:42-15875 USAAF
    Construction Number:07392
    Last Civil Registration:N90079
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-53-DO sn 42-15875 USAAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Florida Aviation Museum, Wauchula Municipal Airport, Wauchula, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-53-DO by Douglas at Santa Monica, CA.
    Douglas C-53-DO 7392

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-15875.

    29 July 1945

    To KLM (West Indies) with new c/r PJ-ALA.

    16 February 1961

    To Rutas Aereas Panamenas SA with new c/r HP-309.

    Circa 1977

    To Valdiaz SA with new c/r HP-729.

    31 May 1977

    To Chitreana de Aviacion keeping c/r HP-729.

    Circa 1978


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Panama City

    To Budget Rent-A-Plane with new c/r HI-445.

    18 December 1986

    To Hill Air Company, Fort Lauderdale, FL with new c/r N90079.

    21 March 1989

    Certificate of airworthiness for N90079 (DC3, 7392) issued.

    3 February 1992


    Photographer: Richard Blata
    Notes: Photographed during my Florida trip in 1992 in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

    24 July 1993


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Ft.Lauderdale Executive Airport, Florida

    31 August 1997

    To Glenn Goodman keeping c/r N90079.

    27 June 2001

    To Florida Military Aviation Museum, Wauchula, FL keeping c/r N90079.

    31 January 2005

    Civil registration, N90079, cancelled.

    To Florida Aviation Museum, Wauchula Municipal Airport, Wauchula, FL.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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