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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-49F
    Last Military Serial:42-56636 USAAF
    Construction Number:04129
    Last Civil Registration:N715F
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-49F sn 42-56636 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Lsa Llc, Kalispell, MT

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-49F-DO by Douglas at Santa Monica, CA.

    June 1941

    To Eastern Airlines with new c/r NC33643.

    Converted to a C-49F.

    8 June 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-56636.

    27 October 1944

    To Eastern Airlines with new c/r NC33643.

    1 December 1953

    To Brooklyn National League Baseball Club with new c/r N1R.

    To Thunderbirds Airways, Medford, NJ with new c/r N71R.

    27 March 1959

    Certificate of airworthiness for N715F (SUPER DC-3, 4129) issued.

    1966

    To Thunderbirds Airways, Medford, NJ with new c/r N715F.

    1972

    To Trans Florida Airlines, Daytona Beach, FL keeping c/r N715F.

    13 September 1978

    To Sha Wanga Sport Parachute Center, New City, NY keeping c/r N715F.

    1983

    Withdrawn from use.

    15 November 1996

    To Dick G. Evans, Perris, CA with new c/r N715F.

    Based at Skylark Field, Lake Elsinore, CA.
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    13 January 2013


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At Lake Elsinore, CA

    25 March 2019


    Photographer: John W. Olafson
    Notes: Photo at Hemet Ryan Field, California - Purchased by Skip Evens who is working to restore it to its original DST configuration. Its a slow, expensive process, but I have seen some progress over the last while. The wings are back on the aircraft and the engines and props have been serviced. Now it awaits its control surfaces and then it will be complete, at least from the outside. (Comments credit to Ralph Pettersen of Air Classics Magazine)

    12 January 2021

    To Dick G. Evans Trustee, Riverside, CA keeping c/r N715F.

    11 June 2022

    To Lsa Llc, Kalispell, MT keeping c/r N715F.
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