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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-7 Seven Seas / C-74 Globemaster I / C-124 Globemaster II
    Latest Model:DC-7CF Seven Seas
    Last Military Serial:7230 RRAF
    Construction Number:45188
    Last Civil Registration:N869TA
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-7CF sn 7230 RRAF cn 4518...
    Latest Owner or Location:Trans Air Supply Corp, Hialeah, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    1957

    Constructed as a DC-7C.

    14 July 1957

    To KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines with new c/r PH-DSI.
    Operated with markings: Zuider Zee

    1962

    Converted to a DC-7CF.

    1962

    To KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines keeping c/r PH-DSI.

    1969

    To Aer Turas with new c/r EI-ATV.
    Operated with markings: City of Cork

    1969

    To Affretair with new c/r TR-LNZ.

    1979

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Rhodesian Air Force with s/n 7230.

    1980

    To Affretair with new c/r VP-YTY {2}.

    1982

    To La Manche Aire Inc with new c/r N103LM.

    15 November 1982

    Certificate of airworthiness for N869TA (DC-7, 45188) issued.

    1984


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: At Miami International - for La Manche Aire - in ex Affretair colours - no titles

    1984

    To Millon Air keeping c/r N103LM.

    2 April 1985

    To Trans-Air-Link Corporation, Miami, FL with new c/r N869TA.

    25 November 1988


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Miami International, Florida

    31 January 1991

    To Trans-Air-Link Corporation, Miami, FL keeping c/r N869TA.

    15 February 1996

    To Trans Air Supply Corp, Hialeah, FL keeping c/r N869TA.

    Scrapped.

    1 January 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for N869TA (DC-7, 45188) issued.

    6 May 2015

    Civil registration, N869TA, cancelled.
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