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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-7 Seven Seas / C-74 Globemaster I / C-124 Globemaster II
    Latest Model:DC-7
    Construction Number:45145
    Last Civil Registration:N401US
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-7 cn 45145 cr N401US
    Latest Owner or Location:Erickson Aircraft Collection, Madras City-County Airport, Madras, Oregon

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-7.

    13 December 1957

    To United Airlines with new c/r N6331C.
    Operated with markings: Mainliner Kansas City

    January 1964

    To US Overseas Airlines with new c/r N401US.

    1965

    To Stanley D. Weiss keeping c/r N401US.

    January 1968

    To Nathaniel Hawthorne College keeping c/r N401US.

    January 1970

    To Potter Aircraft Services keeping c/r N401US.

    December 1970

    To A. W. McDonnell keeping c/r N401US.

    April 1973

    To Hemet Valley Flying Services keeping c/r N401US.

    25 March 1976

    To Butler Aircraft Company, Roberts Field, Redmond, OR keeping c/r N401US.

    Operated as fire service #62.

    Based at Butler Aircraft Company, Roberts Field, Redmond, OR.
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    September 1994


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: N401US - DC-7C - Butler Aircraft in September 1994

    27 December 2012

    To Corsair Two Llc, Hillsboro, OR keeping c/r N401US.

    Based at Erickson Aircraft Collection, Madras City-County Airport, Madras, OR.
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    Operated as fire service #62.

    24 May 2024


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Madras, OR.
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