Aircraft Photo of N14931 | Douglas DC-3-209B | Argosy Air Lines | AirHistory.net #729990
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N14931
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3-209B
C/n (msn):2118
Operator Titles:Argosy Air Lines
Location
City / Airport:Fort Lauderdale - ExecutiveMap
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KFXE   IATA: FXE   Local: FXE   Other: -
 
Photo Date:22 October 1977
Photo by:Roger Syratt
Photo ID: 729990
Photo Comment

The aircraft was a genuine pre-WWII civilian DC-3 delivered to TWA in April 1939 as NC14931 and served with them until February 1952. It subsequently passed thought the hands of numerous operators and was last active flying out of Laredo, TX., as XA-KTB with Aero JBR, but had been withdrawn from use and stored there by 2008. The deteriorating aircraft was acquired by the Fourrier Foundation in 2018 and moved from Laredo to San Antonio, TX., where it is planned it will be restored to airworthiness and used for humanitarian relief flights in South America and Africa.

This photo is copyright © Roger Syratt, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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