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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-25-DK
    Last Military Serial:10916 RCAF
    Construction Number:16095
    Last Civil Registration:N161PR
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47B-25-DK sn 10916 RCAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:N161PR Llc, California, MD

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47B-25-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    New construction number, 32843, assigned to the airframe.

    17 March 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-76511.

    From 8 April 1945 to 5 September 1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KN417.

    18 December 1951

    To Babb Ltd with new c/r CF-GBH.
    Registered for ferry flight to Canada.

    From 5 June 1952 to 7 August 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 10916.

    August 1968

    To Priority Air Transport System Inc, Redwood City, CA with new c/r N6677.

    6 February 1970

    To World Weather Inc, Midland, TX keeping c/r N6677.

    17 January 1972

    Civil registration, N6677, cancelled.

    From 21 March 1972 to Circa 1976

    To North Canada Air of Prince Albert, SK with new c/r CF-CTA.

    By 1978

    To North Canada Air Ltd, Prince Albert with new c/r C-FCTA.

    2 October 1985

    To Rhoades International Inc, Seymour, IN with new c/r N142JR.

    15 October 1985

    Certificate of airworthiness for N142JR (DC3, 32843) issued.

    24 March 1987


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Memphis, TN

    15 July 2003

    To Rhoades International Inc, Seymour, IN keeping c/r N142JR.

    23 August 2005

    Civil registration, N142JR, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    15 June 2006

    To TAC Air Services Inc of Gimli, MB with new c/r CF-FTR.

    28 November 2006

    To FNT First Nations Transportation Inc, Winnipeg, MB keeping c/r CF-FTR.

    24 July 2009


    Photographer: David A. Montgomery
    Notes: Veteran of the USAAF, RAF and RCAF, Douglas C-47B Skytrain CF-FTR of First Nations Transportation (FNT) Inc. is sitting at Gimli Industrial Park Airport, Gimli, Manitoba. Displaying the slogan Serving the North, the airline supplied remote communities, but lost its operators licence over the course of 2009

    12 May 2010


    Photographer: David Osborn
    Notes: At Red Deer Airport, Alberta, Canada

    11 June 2010

    To FNT First Nations Transportation Inc, Libau, MB keeping c/r CF-FTR.

    22 December 2010

    To Buffalo Airways Ltd, Hay River, NT keeping c/r CF-FTR.

    Based at Buffalo Airways, Hay River, NT.
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    8 June 2016

    To Basler Turbo Conversions Llc, Oshkosh, WI with new c/r N144WC.

    21 August 2016


    Photographer: Steve Owen
    Notes: taken at Basler Turbo Conversions.

    1 October 2018

    Certificate of airworthiness for N161PR (DC3C, 32843) issued.

    28 July 2019


    Photographer: Marcos Nava ZarazAAa
    Notes: At KOSH EAA AirVenture 19

    4 November 2019

    To N161PR Llc, Tysons Corner, VA keeping c/r N144WC.

    11 February 2020

    To N161PR Llc, Lexington Park, MD with new c/r N161PR.

    26 September 2022

    To N161PR Llc, California, MD keeping c/r N161PR.


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