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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:DC-3-209B
    Construction Number:02118
    Last Civil Registration:XA-KTB
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-3-209B cn 02118 cr XA-KT...
    Latest Owner or Location:Laredo Municipal Airport, Laredo, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    1939

    Constructed as a DC-3-209B.

    1 April 1939

    To TWA-Transcontinental and Western Air with new c/r NC14931.

    December 1952

    To North Central Airlines with new c/r N14931 (DC3, 2118).

    1956


    Photographer: Midway Airport Historians
    Notes: Chicago Midway Airport - North Central Airlines - DC-3

    By 1979

    To Argosy Airlines keeping c/r N14931.

    14 July 1979


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1979 photo at Ft.Lauderdale Executive - of a Douglas C-47A operated by Argosy Air Lines

    8 November 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: DC-3-209B of Argosy Air Lines as seen at Fort Lauderdale Executive in November 1979.

    1984

    To Proair keeping c/r N14931.


    Photographer: Jerry Paquin Collection
    Notes: This DC-3 was in North Eleuthera, Bahamas, when the engine starter motor failed to work - another method of starting the engine was applied !!

    1 October 1984


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1984 photo at Opa Locka Airport, Florida

    9 March 1989

    Civil registration, N14931, cancelled.

    9 March 1989

    To Aerofotogrametria Digital with new c/r XA-KTB.

    30 April 2002

    To Aero JBR with new c/r XA-KTB.

    By 2008

    Based at Laredo Municipal Airport, Laredo, TX.
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    2023


    Photographer: The Fourrier Foundation
    Notes: Under Restoration
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