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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-7 Seven Seas / C-74 Globemaster I / C-124 Globemaster II
    Latest Model:DC-7BF
    Construction Number:44921
    Last Civil Registration:N381AA
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-7BF cn 44921 cr N381AA
    Latest Owner or Location:Opa Locka Airport, Opa Locka, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as a DC-7B.

    23 March 1956

    To American Airlines with new c/r N381AA.

    3 June 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N381AA (DC-7BF, 44921) issued.

    1960

    Converted to a DC-7BF.

    1965

    To Zantop International with new c/r N750Z.

    1965

    To Californian Airmotive keeping c/r N381AA.

    4 June 1965

    Certificate of airworthiness for N381AA (DC-7BF, 44921) issued.

    1966

    To Universal Airlines keeping c/r N750Z.

    1969

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Wakeman, Ohio.

    1979

    To La Mancha Aire Inc keeping c/r N750Z.

    1982

    To La Mancha Aire Inc with new c/r N101LM.

    1983


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: At Miami International

    1988

    To Onyx Aviation keeping c/r N101LM.

    5 September 1988


    Photographer: Paul Hooper
    Notes: Photographed at Brownsville, TX.

    19 July 1989

    To Onyx Aviation Inc, Oklahoma City, OK keeping c/r N101LM.

    21 December 1998

    To Turks Air Inc, Miami, FL with new c/r N381AA.

    Based at Saint Lucie County International Airport, Fort Pierce, FL.
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    11 March 1999

    To Turks Air Inc, Miami, FL keeping c/r N381AA.

    21 October 2000


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N381AA at Opa Locka, FL

    1 January 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for N381AA (DC-7BF, 44921) issued.

    18 December 2007

    Civil registration revised, N381AA (DC-7BF, 44921), indicating ownership by Turks Air Inc, Miami, FL.

    Based at Opa Locka Airport, Opa Locka, FL.
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    24 October 2014


    Photographer: John Tomlinson
    Notes: At New Smyrna Beach Airport in Florida

    18 January 2018

    Civil registration, N381AA, cancelled.
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