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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:C-53-DO Skytrooper
    Last Military Serial:41-20130 USAAF
    Construction Number:04900
    Last Civil Registration:N56V {1}
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-53-DO sn 41-20130 USAAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, North Carolina

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    Dates

    Event

    1942

    Constructed as a C-53-DO by Douglas at Santa Monica, CA.

    21 March 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-20130.

    From August 1949 to January 1956

    To Western Air Lines with new c/r NC18600.

    12 January 1956

    To Piedmont Airlines with new c/r N56V {1}.
    Operated with markings: Potomac Pacemaker

    14 January 1963

    To Charlotte Aircraft Corp, Charlotte, NC keeping c/r N56V {1}.

    1 July 1970

    Civil registration, N56V {1}, cancelled.

    From 1978 to 2004

    Mounted on poles at Museum of Life (and) Science Durham, North Carolina.

    Circa 2004

    To North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC.
    View the Location Dossier

    Circa 2004

    Restoration started.
    To restore the aircraft to its Piedmont Colours as a static display.

    29 August 2015


    Photographer: Owen ORourke
    Notes: At NC Transportation Museum Spencer, NC

    2017


    Photographer: Savannah York
    Notes: Restoration project : www.facebook.com/piedmontdc3,
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