Aircraft Photo of N1051N | Douglas C-47A Skytrain | Western Pacific | AirHistory.net #616948
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N1051N
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):13887
Display Paint:Western Pacific
Location
City / Airport:Majuro - Marshall Islands InternationalMap
Country:Marshall Islands
Airport Codes:ICAO: PKMJ   IATA: MAJ   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:20 December 1984
Photo from:Propfreak Collection
Photo ID: 616948
Photo Comment

This DC-3 was acquired by Sea Star Pacific in the early 1980s and painted in their colours. Circa 1984 the titles were replaced with these "Western Pacific" titles, but no info on such an airline in 1984 could be traced (Solomon Islands-based Western Pacific Airline was founded in 1985). It still carried these titles by July 1985, but later reverted to its earlier Sea Star Pacific titles. The aircraft was eventually scrapped and sunk in the Majuro Lagoon as a divers attraction. Noted as such in 2002, still with Sea Star Pacific titles. If anybody knows more about this "Western Pacific", let me know. (photographer unknown)

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