Dates

Event

Constructed as a C-47A-30-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

19 July 1944

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-48052.

New construction number, 25313, assigned to the airframe.

25 July 1944

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n KG769.

1946

To Trans-Canada Airlines with new c/r CF-TEG.

21 August 1957

To Canada Department of Transport with new c/r CF-GXW.

1974

To Canada Department of Transport with new c/r C-FGXW.

August 1986

Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
Notes: As part of Expo86 in Vancouver (which also coincided with the 50th anniversary of the DC-3), this aircraft flew around the world picking up autographs and promo stickers everywhere it stopped. The aircraft has a special black radar pod above the cockpit. Starting out in Vancouver on 10th June, it visited Oakland, Honolulu, Pago Pago, Suva, Noumea, Brisbane, Cairns, Port Moresby, Darwin, Davao, Manila, Brunei, Singapore, Bangkok, Dhaka, Delhi, Karachi, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Cairo, Athens, Rome, Prague, Warsaw, Oslo, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, London, Reykjavik, Narssarssuaq, St. Johns, Halifax, Charlottetown, Moncton, Fredericton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Oshkosh, Winnipeg, Regina, Edmonton and Kelowna before arriving back in Vancouver on 11th August.

25 October 1990

To Isrms Inc Land O Lakes FL with new c/r N173RD.

27 May 1992

Certificate of airworthiness for N173RD (DC3C, 25313) issued.

15 August 1995

Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: Scanned from photo taken at Griffin Georgia in 1995

22 October 1999

To Lance Toland Ltd, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N173RD.

To Alexander Aeroplane Co., Griffin Spalding County Airport, Griffin, GA.
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21 October 2008

To Lance Toland Ltd, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N173RD.

27 February 2018

To Lance Toland Ltd, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N173RD.

3 May 2021

Civil registration, N173RD, cancelled.
Exported to Canada.

16 August 2021

To KF Aerospace Centre For Excellence Association, Kelowna, BC with new c/r C-FGXW.

To KF Center of Excellence, Kelowna International Airport, Kelowna, BC.
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2 September 2022

Photographer: John Wolsafson
Notes: This DC-3 is known for a lot of things but most interesting for me is its round the world flight piloted by KFs Barry Lapointe to promote Expo 86 in Vancouver. He flew it as Odyssey 86 - Spirit of Vancouver. It was sold later but recently Lapointe was able to purchase it in Florida and he flew it to Kelowna to be a featured exhibit in his new museum