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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-47A-90-DL
    Last Military Serial:43-16028 USAAF
    Construction Number:20494
    Last Civil Registration:C-GKKB
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-90-DL sn 43-16028 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Kenn Borek Air Ltd, Calgary, AB

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-90-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-16028.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC100.

    To unknown owner with c/r N100 {1}.

    To unknown owner with c/r N8785.

    To unknown owner with c/r N100Z.

    24 November 1970

    To US Department of Agriculture, Odgen, UT with new c/r N142Z.

    24 November 1970

    To United States Department of Agriculture, Boise, ID keeping c/r N142Z.

    7 June 1986


    Photographer: Paul J. Hooper.
    Notes: Photographed at the DC3 Airmada Abbotsford, BC

    4 April 1991

    Certificate of airworthiness for N142Z (DC3C 1830-94, 20494) issued.

    Based at McCall Municipal Airport, McCall, ID.
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    Photographer: Unknown / Google images for Dc3s
    Notes: Undated, uncredited photo on Google images for Dc3s

    September 1995


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: McCall, ID

    17 June 1998

    To US Department of Agriculture, Boise, ID keeping c/r N142Z.

    1 January 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for N142Z (DC3C 1830-94, 20494) issued.

    6 April 2011

    To USDA Forest Service, Boise, ID keeping c/r N142Z.

    7 March 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N1427.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Calgary, AB.

    25 March 2013

    Civil registration, N1427, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Calgary Alberta.

    26 March 2013

    To Kenn Borek Air Ltd, Calgary, AB with new c/r C-GKKB.

    16 September 2015

    To Private Air Inc, Thunder Bay, ON keeping c/r C-GKKB.

    3 May 2017

    To North Star Air Ltd, Thunder Bay, ON keeping c/r C-GKKB.

    25 September 2018

    To Ken Borek Ltd, Calgary keeping c/r C-GKKB.

    25 September 2018

    To Kenn Borek Air Ltd, Calgary, AB keeping c/r C-GKKB.

    25 September 2020


    Photographer: Remi St-Gelais

    25 September 2020


    Photographer: Remi St-Gelais

    11 October 2024


    Photographer: Robert Schneider
    Notes: Colorado Springs, Colorado
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    Transport Canada
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