Aircraft Photo of CP-2421 | Douglas C-117D (DC-3S) | Líneas Aéreas Canedo - LAC | AirHistory.net #448627
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:CP-2421
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-117D (DC-3S)
C/n (msn):43365
Operator Titles:Líneas Aéreas Canedo - LAC
Location
Location:In Flight
Country:Bolivia
 
Photo Date:26 January 2007
Photo by:Tim Spearman
Photo ID: 448627
Photo Comment

Built as c/n 12979 for the USAAF as 42-93104. Converted to R-4D with a new c/n 43365. and allocated Bu17190 with the US Navy. Withdrawn and stored at Davis Monthan August 1976 - May 1983 when sold to Hawkins And Powers as N4504W. Registered as HI-545CT in 1987 and operated for TRADO until returned to the US as N545CT in the late 1990s. Bought by Lineas Aereas Canedo in 2002, immaculately restored by them and converted to passenger configuration at Cochabamba over one and a half years and at a cost of around $300,000 dollars. Seen flying from Cochabamba

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