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SKYTRAIN/42-93536

Serial #: 42-93536
Construction #: 16348/33096
Civil Registration:
  G-AIAZ
  VH-SMI
  VH-MIN

Model(s):
  C-47A-25-DK Skytrain
Name: None
Status: Stored (2015)
Last info: 2019

History:
Built as a C-47A-25-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, OK.
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-76764.

• BOC: May 24, 1944.

Transferred to the Royal Air Force as KG647.

• BOC: June 4, 1944 At Montreal.

British Overseas Aircraft Corporation, UK, April 3, 1946-July 31, 1946.

• Registered as G-AIAZ.

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, December 9, 1946-May 25, 1952.

• Registered as VH-SMI.
• Used to transport newspapers.

Bureau of Mineral Resources, Melbourne, Australia, December 1, 1954-December 8, 1970.

• Registered as VH-MIN.

Keith Singh, Tamworth, Australia, July 6, 1972.
Airfast Helicopter Utilities, Mascot, NSW, October 17, 1972.
Connair, Alice Springs, Australia, August 1, 1974.
Northern Airlines, Alice Springs, NT, June 18, 1980.
Setair, Melbourne, Victoria, February 5, 1981.
Rebel Air, Mascot, NSW, Australia, August 11, 1983.
Dakota National Air, Bankstown, NSW, Australia, May 1, 1998.

• Later Discovery Air Tours.
• Stored at Australia Air Museum after Discovery Air Tours folded, 2004

Dakota Management Pty Limited, Gosford, NSW, Australia, June 8, 2006-2019.

• Based at Larras Lee Airstrip, Larras Lee, New South Wales.
• Stored, 2015.

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