
Aircraft | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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. It was added on 18 September 2018, and has since been viewed 469 times. |