Aircraft Photo of C-FALL | Douglas C-117D (DC-3S) | Air 500 | AirHistory.net #84887
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:C-FALL
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):43385
Operator Titles:Air 500
Location
City / Airport:Toronto - Lester B Pearson InternationalMap
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Airport Codes:ICAO: CYYZ   IATA: YYZ   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:August 1988
Photo by:Gary Vincent
Photo ID: 84887
Photo Comment

Built under USAAF contract and transferred to the US Navy as R4D-5 BuNo 17140 Jan 10, 1944, this was one of the aircraft converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43385 (original C-47 cn was 12298). It was retried from military service in 1981. First flying with Audi Air as N9663N, the Super DC-3 would fly with Air 500 from November 1987 to June 1991. Sold to a leasing company in the USA, the aircraft reverted to N9663N was stored at Ft. Lauderdale.

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

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