Built 1940 for Penn Central as NC25696. Requisitioned by USAAF as C-49E 42-56618. Named "Tariri", after the famous chief of the Shapra Indians who live on the border of Ecuador and Peru. Later flew with many different owners as N13JA, 5Y-BLL, N301MF, N200MF and N200MX, but continues to proudly carry the Tariri name until this day.
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