A genuine pre-WWII civilian DC-3 delivered to TWA in April 1939 as NC14931 and served with them until February 1952. It subsequently passed thought the hands of numerous operators and was last active flying out of Laredo, TX., as XA-KTB with Aero JBR, but had been withdrawn and stored by 2008. The deteriorating aircraft was acquired by the Fourrier Foundation in 2018 and moved from Laredo to San Antonio, TX., where they planned to restored it to airworthiness and use it for humanitarian relief flights in South America and Africa, although there have been no recent reports of their progress.

This registration was cancelled in August 1989 and the aircraft was transferred to the US register as N76T. However in October 2006 the latter was in turn cancelled when the aircraft was returned to the Canadian register as C-GNEU which is still current.

At the time of the photo the aircraft had been impounded as it had been involved in drug smuggling operations. On 20th September 1983 this aircraft was damaged beyond repair when it ran off the end of the runway at South Expressway Airport, Jonesboro, GA. and came to rest inverted, having experienced a loss of power during the take off run.

This aircraft later became more familiar in Europe when as SE-IEG it flew for Aerocenter Trafikflyg, Cimber Air and Swedair. It ultimately became N311RD flying for Aerovias Oaxaquenas SA in Mexico and was last reported withdrawn from use at their Oaxcaca base in 2001, although its hulk is still visible there on Google Earth imagery date November 2021.

Owned by Aerospace Dynamics Limited, ex USAF 51-5128. Sold to Bill Sisk Aircraft Sales in 1981. Noted at Port-au-Prince International, Haiti in 1982. Reg cancelled from the US register 15 Jul 2011.

Owned by Trafalgar Lease and still in basic Laker Airways cols ex G-AWDG. It was with British Eagle International before that and with Qantas VH-EBG of origin. It continued flying in the corporate world as N707KS, N707SK and then as a government transport in the DR of Congo as 9Q-CLK.

This is a nice reminder of the old days and the great colour scheme