#C 41 AIRCRAFT SERIAL NUMBER#

You can read the ASN accident report here. N21746 was apparently never operated by anyone else and crashed at Jones Beach, New York in January 1947. This Santa Monica built DC-3-208A, c/n 2104, entered service as American Airlines “Flagship San Antonio,” NC21746, in February 1939. NC21746, American Airlines “Flagship San Antonio” We had some weather move through one evening at Rock Falls and I was able to get this shot of a lightning bolt over N143D. Our third photo shows the decal that Dan made up for July's 'The Last Time' event. Dan uses it for flight training for the DC-3 S.I.C. Gryder Networks LLC, Griffin, GA, registered it in early 2003 and it appears as a DC3A-S4C4G. A cargo door was installed at some point along the way. Academy Aviation Academy of Griffin, GA registered it in Jan. My 1970 FAA register shows Granite Aircraft Leasing, Garden City, NY. It then went to Fairchild Hiller Corp., Hagerstown, MD. I’m not sure when it was converted to P&W R-1830’s but the Airworthiness Certificate is dated 1963 and it may have been at that time. It joined Ozark Airlines who registered it as N143D and operated it until 1967. You can see some real neat photos of it with the original Wright R-1820 engines, here. They operated it as HB-IRO until 1954 when it went to Fleetwings, Inc. I was privileged to attend.ĭan’s familiar Herpa-Wings N143D, a 1937 DC-3-227A c/n 2054, was assembled by Fokker in the Netherlands, for Swissair. (Posted 8/10/10)ĭan Gryder was the vision and organization behind the July 24-26, 2010, DC-3 event, “The Last Time,” held at Whiteside County Airport, Rock Falls, IL. Sources say it was an Otis Spunkmeyer airplane, and it has been registered to Next Century Aviation of Sausalito, CA since April 1999. It shows up for Trans Ocean Airways, McAllen, TX in 1986 and Bill Celli Leasing Co., Lafayette, CA in my 1989 and 91 registers. It was registered to South East Missouri State University as N54595 in 1978, and at least until 1983. N9416A was apparently reserved in early 1978 but was never taken up. It flew for the CAA/FAA from 1948-73 as N12 and then until 1977 as N43. He says that by April 1945 it had accumulated 2739 hours and was leased to Alaska Airlines who operated it as NC15473.īaugher says that 2053 served Southern Airways.

It was P&W R-1830 powered from the outset.

He says it was actually an off-the-shelf DC-3A-253, NC15473.Īccording to Pearcy it was delivered for General Hap Arnold in October 1938, three months ahead of the first C-39.

#C 41 AIRCRAFT SERIAL NUMBER#

Army Air Corps serial number 38-502, which was in a block of C-39 numbers, adds to the controversy, but he explains how that happened. Pearcy says that only one C-41 was produced and that it has often been incorrectly identified as a modified C-39, which was a DC-2. Arthur Pearcy addresses it on pp 81-82 in his fantastic “Douglas Propliners DC-1 – DC-7.” It is Santa Monica built Douglas C-41, c/n 2053, a very interesting aircraft with conflicting info among the various resources. I shot this shiny beauty at “The Last Time,” the July 2010 DC-3 fly-in at Whiteside County Airport, Rock Falls, IL. N41HQ, the only C-41 built, at the head of the line at Rock Falls. Swissair HB-IRO, N2817D, Ozark N143D, Dan Gryder's Herpa-Wings. Scroll down to see photo/s and info on the following aircraft.Ģ053 - DC-3A-253, NC15473, the only C-41 built, Alaska Airlines, FAA N12, N43, N54595, N41HQ. Some were converted to military, many of which were later returned to civilian life.Ĭlick here for hints on using this site for my 'easy' photo use policy and disclaimer. This page covers C/N (factory Construction Number) 1494 through 1999, all of which were delivered as civilian aircraft.

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