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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-47B-1-DK
    Last Military Serial:43-48459 USAF
    Construction Number:14275
    Last Civil Registration:N105CA
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47B-1-DK sn 43-48459 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Champaign Aviation Museum, Grimes Field, Urbana, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a C-47B-1-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    1944

    New construction number, 25720, assigned to the airframe.

    August 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-48459.

    September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 43-48459.

    From Circa 1965 to By December 1974

    To Military Museum, Tri-Cities Airport, Freeland, MI.
    Museum closed in Dec 1974 and sold the aircraft.

    27 March 1975

    To Texas Turbo-Jet Inc, Dallas, TX with new c/r N47071.

    12 January 1976

    To Falcon Airways, Addison, TX with new c/r N85FA.

    12 February 1976

    Certificate of airworthiness for N105CA (DC3C-S4C4G, 25720) issued.

    From October 1979 to November 1981

    Withdrawn from use.
    At Houston, TX.

    December 1981

    To Michael C. Baldwin, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N85FA.

    November 1982

    Assigned civil registration: N105CA

    April 1984

    To Coker Air Freight, Love Field, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N105CA.

    May 1986

    To Gregory Air Freight, Inc, Denver, CO keeping c/r N105CA.

    July 1987

    To Frontier America Federal Credit Union, Denver, CO keeping c/r N105CA.

    25 January 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide photographed at DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    2 April 1998

    To Alta Leasing Inc, Salt Lake City, UT keeping c/r N105CA.

    2 December 2000


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Photographed from the control tower at Cedar Rapids, IA

    August 2003

    Based at Air Tahoma, Rickenbacker Airport, Columbus, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    Withdrawn from use.

    1 January 2012

    Certificate of airworthiness for N105CA (DC3C-S4C4G, 25720) issued.

    13 March 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N105CA.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Urbana, OH.

    5 April 2013

    To Champaign Aviation Museum, Urbana, OH keeping c/r N105CA.

    Based at Champaign Aviation Museum, Grimes Field, Urbana, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    9 September 2014


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Champaign Aviation Museum

    9 September 2014


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Champaign Aviation Museum

    December 2015


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    December 2015


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Douglas DC-3 Survivors, Volume Two by Arthur Pearcy
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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