Registration / Serial: | XA-RPO |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-48B |
C/n (msn): | 1953 |
Operator Titles: | Aero Libertad |
City / Airport: | Mexico City (MMMX / MEX)Map |
Country: | Mexico |
Photo Date: | 29 October 1989 |
Photo by: | Tim SpearmanContact |
Photo ID: | 431414Submit Correction |
View count: | 441 |
Delivered to United Airlines as NC18105 in July 1937 and transferred to the USAAF as 42-56100 between May 1942 and May 1944. Returned to United and later flew with several airlines before joining Naples-PBA as N43PB in 1979 and Aero Libertad as XA-RPO in September 1989. The aircraft was moved to Bahias de Huatulco International Airport, near Oaxaca in December 1997 and painted in 2016 for display by a local artist.
Registration / Serial: | XA-RPO |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-48B |
C/n (msn): | 1953 |
Operator Titles: | Aero Libertad |
City / Airport: | Mexico City (MMMX / MEX)Map | Country: | Mexico |
Photo Date: | 29 October 1989 |
Photo by: | Tim SpearmanContact |
Registration / Serial: | XA-RPO |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-48B |
C/n (msn): | 1953 |
Operator Titles: | Aero Libertad |
City / Airport: | Mexico City (MMMX / MEX)Map |
Country: | Mexico |
Photo Date: | 29 October 1989 |
Photo by: | Tim SpearmanContact |
Photo ID: | 431414Submit Correction |
View count: | 441 |
Delivered to United Airlines as NC18105 in July 1937 and transferred to the USAAF as 42-56100 between May 1942 and May 1944. Returned to United and later flew with several airlines before joining Naples-PBA as N43PB in 1979 and Aero Libertad as XA-RPO in September 1989. The aircraft was moved to Bahias de Huatulco International Airport, near Oaxaca in December 1997 and painted in 2016 for display by a local artist.
Registration / Serial: | XA-RPO |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-48B |
C/n (msn): | 1953 |
Operator Titles: | Aero Libertad |
City / Airport: | Mexico City (MMMX / MEX)Map | Country: | Mexico |
Photo Date: | 29 October 1989 |
Photo by: | Tim SpearmanContact |