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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:42-100460 USAAF
    Construction Number:18923
    Last Civil Registration:ZK-CAW
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-65-DL sn 42-100460 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:McDonalds Restaurant, Taupo, Waikato, North Island

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    Dates

    Event

    1 October 1943

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

    From 15 October 1943 to 31 December 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-100460.

    6 February 1947

    To Australian National Airways with new c/r VH-ANM {2}.

    4 February 1956

    To Queensland Airways keeping c/r VH-ANM {2}.

    7 December 1958

    To Ansett-ANA keeping c/r VH-ANM {2}.

    13 October 1961

    To South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand with new c/r ZK-CAW.

    28 February 1966

    To New Zealand National Airways Corporation keeping c/r ZK-CAW.

    6 June 1966

    To Fiji Airways with new c/r VQ-FAI.

    5 August 1969

    To New Zealand National Airways Corporation/MT. Cook Airlines with new c/r ZK-CAW.

    7 May 1971

    To South Seas Airways keeping c/r ZK-CAW.

    From 22 November 1972 to 29 October 1984

    To Fieldair keeping c/r ZK-CAW.
    Used in an agricultural capacity.

    29 December 1973


    Photographer: Graeme Mills
    Notes: At Oringi in NZ

    6 November 1990

    To McDonalds Restaurant, Taupo, Waikato, North Island.
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    10 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Just back from the Lakefront at Taupo, North Island, New Zealand this C-47 sits gleaming in the sunlight outside McDonald

    10 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Just back from the Lakefront at Taupo, North Island, New Zealand this C-47 sits gleaming in the sunlight outside McDonald - my travelling companions check out the interior dining area

    9 November 2022


    Photographer: Mick McKean
    Notes: Douglas C-47 used as a dining room at McDonalds Taupo.McDonalds Restaurant, Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand.
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