Delivered to American as DC-3-277A NC21768 in 1939. To the USAAF as C-49H 42-65580 in 1982. Back to American as NC21768 in 1944. To Trans Texas in 1948 and reregistered as N21768 and converted to a DC-3A. To other operators from 1968. To PBA as N40PB in 1980 then to Aero Libertad. XA-RPN in 1989. To Basler for parts at Oshkosh in 1997. Registered as N22357 in 2000 but not applied. Fuselage at Punta Gorda, FL in 2017.

Delivered to Eastern as NC18121 in 1937. To the USAAF as C-49G 42-56630 in 1942. Returned to Eastern as NC18121 in 1944. Reregistered as N18121 after 1948. To other operators after 1953. To PBA as N136PB in 1974. Back to N18121 in 1993 and operated by Olympia Flight Museum.

Delivered to American Airlines as NC16009 in 1936. To VASP as PP-SQH in 1951 then to PP-ANU in 1953. Last operator was Varig. Withdrawn from use in 1969. Preserved at Porto Alegre with fake reg PP-VRG by 1975. Repainted as PP-ANU by 2006.

This Dakota crashed on 22 December 1991 near Heidelberg. 28 of the 32 occupants lost their lives.

Taken not long after I had arrived from Miami on it.

Delivered to American as NC21797 in 1940. Later N21797 and to other operators. To N31PB in 1974 and Aeroejecutivos as YV-440C in 1992. Withdrawn from use at Metropolitano Airport by 2006. Still there in 2014.

Re-reg N27PR Oct 84. Crashed and written off 22 Jul 1986. The aircraft had suffered an engine failure after take-off from San Juan PR and made a circuit to land back on runway 10. It was unable to maintain altitude and on base leg crashed into a lagoon.

Delivered to the USAAF as C-53D 42-68832 in 1943. To United as NC19453 in 1946 as a DC-3A. Later N19453. To N30W in 1956, N78W in 1959 and N130W in 1964. To HK-3462 in 1991 and used by a number of operators. Crashed in 2005.

Built for American as NC14277 but delivered to the USAAF as C-49J 43-1962 in 1942. To TWA as NC30081 in 1944. Later N30081. To N76B in 1953 and converted to a DC-3A. To Cessnyca as HK-1212 in 1971 then to Sadelca in 1977, Latina in 1994 and Viarco in 2001. Crashed in 2004.

Operated with Air BVI from Jan 76 to Jun 85 (but as N4425N from Jul 83 to Jun 85). Later to Aero Virgin Islands and damaged beyond repair by Hurricane Hugo in Sep 89.

Owned by an R.H. Ramos at the time, but still in the cols of a long time former operator, Aramco. It went to Carib Air Cargo in Nov 86. To Tol-Air Services in Jul 90 as N782T. Written off after ditching close to St Thomas VI 19 Jul 2006 following an engine failure. Total time reported as 32,278 hrs.

We had a pleasure flight in it the next day. Delivered to United as NC18145 in 1938. To the USAAF as C-48B 42-56101 in 1942. Returned to United as NC18145 in 1944. To N22Z in 1956, N7753A in 1978, YV-506C in 1989 and to Servivensa as YV-611C in 1990. Crashed near Canaima in 1998.

Johnson Flying Service bought this C-47A from the USAAF (ex 43-15731) in 1946 and operated it out of their base at Missoula, MT until sold in 1977. In 2001 Stan Cohen's Museum of Mountain Flying, also based at Missoula, bought it from McNeely Charter Service, and it arrived back at Missoula on 17 Oct 2001 on delivery. Initially the museum restored the aircraft to static display condition and by 2008 it had been repainted it in these original Johnson colours. It was later restored to flying condition, and Miss Montana had its first post-restoration flight out of Missoula on 19 May 2019. Three weeks later it participated in the Berlin Airlift 70th Anniversary in the UK, France and Germany as seen here, in pristine condition.

In 1975 Florida Airlines took over both Air South and Shawnee Airlines, because their route networks supplemented that of Florida Airlines perfectly. The two airlines continued to operate under their own names as Florida Airlines subsidiaries, but their combined routes were marketed as "The Connection". Some aircraft carried large "The Connection" titles, and often also the actual airline's name in smaller size. The reg was cancelled in Apr 77. I saw a photo of it still at Sarasota in 2013 albeit in a more derelict state.

Last noted May 2017 as privately owned and still in PBA/Eastern Express cols.

Delivered to American Airlines in March 1940 as a model 277B. Note the starboard passenger door. Later converted to DC-3A. To Aeroejecutivos in May 87 as YV-440C and continued to operate with them until circa 2005.

Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne Australia

This DC-3 has worn multiple retro liveries, but sadly not on this visit.