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Serial #: 44-78772 Construction #: 22595 Civil Registration: N67996 N614Z CF-ZQX N800FA |
Model(s): C-46F-1-CU Commando Name: None Status: Displayed Last info: 2003 |
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-78772.
- BOC: Sept. 26, 1943 at Greenville Field, Mississippi.
- SOC: January 10, 1950.
- Stored, South Plains Field, Lubbock, TX, February 1946.
- Stored Pyote, TX, August 1947.
Flying Tiger Line, April. 26, 1951.
- Acquired for $13,000.
- Registered as N67996.
- Modified for passengers.
Zantrop Air Transport, July 1959-Sept. 1966.
- Registered as N614Z, April 1960.
Universal Airlines (formerly Zantop Air Transport), Sept. 1966-March 1968.
Aviation Association of Georgia, GA, March 1968.
Martin Air Leasing, 196?.
- Acquired for $25,000.
International Aerodyne, 19??.
Trans Artic Air, AK, 19??.
Ilford-Riverton Airways, Canada, Jan. 1971.
- Registered as CF-ZQX.
Fairbanks Air Service (later Great Northern Airlines) , May 1974.
- Registered as N800FA.
- Crashed while attempting to land on frozen lake, ran into shore, near Barrow, AK, May 17, 1975.
-- Suffered major damage, later repaired.
Coffee Point Fish Co, 1978-1984.
Atone Air, El Paso, TX, April 1984.
- Acquired for $65,000.
Unknown owner, Dec. 6, 1987.
Siezed by U.S. Government for gun-smuggling.
U.S. Marshall's Office, Miami, FL, 198?-1988.
- Stored, Homestead Air Force Base, FL.
National Air & Space Museum, Washington D.C., Aigust 31, 1988-2003.
- Loaned to National Warplane Museum, NY, 19??-2001.
- Loaned to Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, Hammondsport, NY , circa 2001-2003.
Total Hours: 30,487 hours over 44 year 11 month career.
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Source(s): Federal Aviation Administration. National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Aeromoe Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page |
Photo Source(s): Steve Tournay Mike Henniger Timothy cox Photography |
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