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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-65-DL
    Last Military Serial:43-30703 USAAF
    Construction Number:13854
    Last Civil Registration:N705GB
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-65-DL sn 43-30703 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Atlantic Air Cargo In, Doral, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as a C-47A-65-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    2 October 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-30703.

    6 October 1943

    Transferred to 1st Concentration Command, Baer Army Air Base, Fort Wayne, IN.

    18 June 1945

    Transferred to Central (later Eastern) Technical Training Command, Stout Army Air Field, Indianapolis, IN.

    21 June 1945

    Transferred to I Troop Carrier Command, Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base, Laurinburg, NC.

    19 August 1945

    Transferred to Pope Field, NC.

    5 September 1945

    Transferred to Central (later Eastern) Technical Training Command, Stout Army Air Field, Indianapolis, IN.

    13 November 1945

    Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

    13 December 1945

    To Sperry Gyroscope Co, Great Neck, NY with new c/r N58099.

    7 January 1948

    To Sperry Gyroscope Div. of Sperry Corp, Great Neck, NY keeping c/r N58099.

    11 July 1955

    To Sperry Gyro Div. of Sperry Rand keeping c/r N58099.

    17 March 1965

    Certificate of airworthiness for N58099 (DC3C, 13854) issued.

    24 March 1967

    To Planet Airways Inc, NY with new c/r N58099.

    30 March 1967

    To Jimmy Williams Aircraft Sales, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N58099.

    4 April 1967

    To Hudsons Bay Oil and Gas Co, Calgary, AB with new c/r CF-HBX.

    18 November 1971

    To Arctic Air Ltd, Fort Simpson, NT keeping c/r CF-HBX.

    1975

    To Eastern Provincial Airways keeping c/r CF-HBX.

    1976

    To Wright Enterprises Ltd, Edmonton, AB keeping c/r CF-HBX.

    1976

    To Aero Trades Western keeping c/r CF-HBX.

    1977

    To Patricia Air Transport keeping c/r CF-HBX.

    9 June 1978

    Withdrawn from use.

    To Transportes Aereos Professionales es SA, Guatemala with new c/r TG-SAA.

    6 November 1985

    Civil registration, TG-SAA, cancelled.

    6 November 1985

    To J and E Aircraft, Inc, Miami, FL.

    23 November 1985

    To J and E Aircraft, Inc, Miami with new c/r N705GB.

    8 August 1986

    To J and E Aircraft Leasing Inc, Miami, FL keeping c/r N705GB.

    1 January 1987


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Kendall - Tamiami in Florida

    29 January 1992


    Photographer: Richard Blata
    Notes: Photographed during my Florida trip in 1992 in Miami.

    July 1996


    Photographer: BMcD
    Notes: At Miami International

    1998

    To Atlantic Air Cargo Ltd, FL keeping c/r N705GB.

    Based at Opa Locka Airport, Opa Locka, FL.
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    22 September 2006

    To unknown owner with c/r N705GB.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Doral, FL.

    13 October 2006

    To Atlantic Air Cargo Inc, Doral, FL keeping c/r N705GB.

    16 February 2013


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Opa Locka, FL, USA

    1 January 2017

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX705GB (DC3C, 13854) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2017

    To J and E Aviation Leasing Inc, Miami, FL keeping c/r N705GB.

    22 May 2018

    To Atlantic Air Cargo In, Doral, FL keeping c/r N705GB.


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    Credits
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    Print Sources
    DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 The First Seventy Years (ISBN 0-85130-332-3) by Jennifer Gradidge

    Internet Sources
    Aviation in Malta
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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    John Bennett
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger

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