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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-7 Seven Seas / C-74 Globemaster I / C-124 Globemaster II
    Latest Model:DC-7B
    Construction Number:45353
    Last Civil Registration:N4889C
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-7B cn 45353 cr N4889C
    Latest Owner or Location:American Museum of Aviation Inc, Stafford Springs, CT

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    Dates

    Event

    1957

    Constructed as a DC-7B.

    31 December 1957

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4889C (DC-7B, 45353) issued.

    31 December 1957

    To Delta Air Lines with new c/r N4889C.

    30 June 1966

    To Atlanta Skylarks Travel Club keeping c/r N4889C.

    1973

    To Cornhusker keeping c/r N4889C.

    June 1975

    To Aerial Applicators Inc keeping c/r N4889C.

    July 1981

    To Douglas County Aviation keeping c/r N4889C.

    October 1982

    To T and G Aviation Inc keeping c/r N4889C.

    12 April 1983

    To Douglas County Aviation Inc, Chandler, AZ keeping c/r N4889C.

    11 October 1984


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1984 photo at Chandler Memorial, Arizona

    7 August 1996


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 1996 photo at Chandler Memorial AZ

    14 August 2008

    To Scroggins Aviation, Las Vegas, NV keeping c/r N4889C.

    In the inventory of Scroggins Aviation, Las Vegas, NV.
    View the Location Dossier

    In the inventory of American Museum of Aviation, Las Vegas, NV.
    The website indicate the airframes is to be restored in Victorville, CA but did not happen.
    View the Location Dossier

    3 May 2012

    To American Museum of Aviation Inc, Stafford Springs, CT keeping c/r N4889C.

    11 March 2017


    Photographer: Steffen Rhode

    October 2017


    Photographer: Ruud Leeuw

    7 March 2018

    Civil registration, N4889C, cancelled.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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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
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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