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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-47-DL
    Last Military Serial:41-18472 USAAF
    Construction Number:04564
    Last Civil Registration:N57626
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47-DL sn 41-18472 USAAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Santa Teresa Airport / Dona Ana County Airport, El Paso, New Mexico

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-18472.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC57626.

    21 March 1979

    To Nord Aviation Inc, Santa Teresa, NM with new c/r N57626.

    21 March 1979

    To Nord Aviation Inc, Pembina, ND keeping c/r N57626.

    Based at Santa Teresa Airport/Dona Ana County Airport, El Paso, NM.
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    4 May 1979

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR57626 (DC3C-S1C3G, 4564) issued.

    1 January 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR57626 (DC3C-S1C3G, 4564) issued.

    13 October 2013


    Photographer: Ben Ortlieb

    13 October 2013


    Photographer: Ben Ortlieb
    Notes: Taken in Pembina, North Dakota.
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