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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-3A
    Construction Number:02137
    Last Civil Registration:N2237C
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-3A cn 02137 cr N2237C
    Latest Owner or Location:Tulsa Air And Space Museum and Planetarium, Tulsa International Airport, Tulsa, Oklahoma

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-3-277.

    May 1939

    To American Airlines with new c/r NC18141.

    To unknown owner with c/r N18141.

    Converted to a DC-3A.

    To unknown owner with c/r N18141.

    24 December 1975

    To Provincetown-Boston Airline with new c/r N38PB.

    September 1989

    To Aero Libertad with new c/r XA-RPE.

    2 June 1972


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at La Guardia.

    25 April 1991


    Photographer: Augusto Gomez
    Notes: Photo taken at Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico

    24 July 2000

    To Basler Turbo Conversions Llc, Oshkosh, WI with new c/r N2237C.

    In the inventory of Basler Turbo Conversions, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, WI.
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    8 December 2008

    To Tulsa Air and Space Museum Inc, Tulsa, OK keeping c/r N2237C.

    8 December 2008

    In the inventory of Tulsa Air and Space Museum, Tulsa International Airport, Tulsa, OK.
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    Withdrawn from use.

    Markings Applied: XA-RPE

    15 August 2016

    Civil registration, N2237C, cancelled.

    In the inventory of Tulsa Air and Space Museum and Planetarium, Tulsa International Airport, Tulsa, OK.
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    2 May 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Tulsa IAP, OK, USA
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