Ex 45-0962, NZ3553, ZK-ERI, D6-CAE and SAAF 6871(2). Registered as ZS-LJI in August 1982 and converted to DC-3-65TP by Wonderair. Operated by Virunga Air and later Professional Aviation Services, it was impounded at Beira, Mozambique in July 1998, allegedly for cigarette smuggling. Stored in a hangar there until 2013 when it was parked outside. Still present in a derelict condition in April 2023.

Built 1943 for USAAF and delivd as 43-30732. September 12th 1946 LN-IAF for Det Norske Luftfartsselskap -DNL, named "Nordfugl". In 1948 LN-IAF was transferred fot SAS, repainted to the 1948 variation of SAS colours and renamed "Fridjof Viking". Augsut 1957 rr to SE-CFP for Linjeflyg. Later 79006 for the Swedish Air Force, fleet no 709. 1984 SECFP for Stiftelsen "Flygande Veteraner" and repainted to the 9148 livery of SAS colours, except for the font used on "Scandinavian Airlines System", This font was not introduced before 1957, and that is the same year it left SAS. Seen at take-off rwy 36

One of two French Navy Dakota's from 56S visiting Luton on a training flight. This one is the former USAAF 42-100521 which operated in Europe during WWII. To the US civil register as NC65384 on 26 Apr 1948. To N308SF on 26 Mar 1953. To N45V on 28 Feb 1962. To the Aeronavale as 18954 on 05 Mar 1963, later to 84. To the US as N98BF in Sep 1985 for Basler Flight Services. To Dodson Int' Corp as N308SF on 11 Aug 1992. Shipped to Coventry on 17 Jan 2017 where restoration is carrying on to restore her as 42-100521. Eventually to be based at Membury in flying condition.

One of two French Navy Dakota's from 56S visiting Luton on a training flight. This one is the former USAAF 42-23936 and operated during WWII in North Africa and Europe. Later going to CSA as OK-WDU until 1958. From 1958 to 1983 with the Aeronavale as 36. in 1983 to France as F-GEOM with Stellair and later Transvalair. To the UK in 1994 as G-DAKK with Classic Airways, South Coast Airways and Air Atlantique. In 2006 moved to storage at the Aviadrome in Lelystad. Currently with Classic Wings for restoration. Registration G-DAKK still current in 2024.

Delivered in 1942 as 41-38644, the US Air Force sold this C-47 to Reeve Aleutian Airways as NC19906 in 1946. Pictured leased to Salair, the aircraft spent some time stored at Salt Lake City after 1997 before moving to Anchorage, AK and stored in 2004. It's registered to the Anchorage Aviation Museum at the time of uploading.

Photo by Jim Tunney

FAA photo found. Ca.1939: TOS USAAC as C-41 38-502 and used as a VIP transport, used by Air Corps Chief General Oscar Westover and later by General Hap Arnold. 1945: Southern Airways, with c/r NC15473. Later acquired by Civil Aeronautics Authority as NC12. Ca.1958: FAA with c/r N12 and later N43. Ca.1976: Southeast Missouri State University as N54595. Ca.1980: Otis Spunkmeyer Air, Oakland, CA and later re-registered the plane as N41HQ. 1994: Flew to Normandy, France, as part of the 50th anniversary of D-Day. 4/99: Next Century Aviation, Inc, Sausalito, CA. 4/16: Mid America Flight Museum.

used for parachuting at the time - looking a lot better than 10 years before

operated by TAVIC (Transportes Aereos Virgen del Carmen) at the time - and in desperate need of a new paintjob - photographer unknown

Del 22 Dec 1937 Former Eastern Airlines as NC18124,Taken out of service by Eastern Airlines after flying some 57,000 hours, equivalent to six-and-a-half years of non-stop flying.Presented by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Preserved at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. 08/04/1941 "Spirit of Seventy Six" Former TWA Transcontinental,Western Air as NC1944 Under preservation work at Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar

Taking a break from pleasure flying duties at the 1974 Air Tattoo. To Air Freight (Skyways Cargo Airline) in November 1975. To VP-LVM February 1980. To N195SP Samuel E. Poole Jr, Carolina, Puerto Rico June 1987. Damaged by Hurricane Hugo September 1989 and left derelict at San Juan PR.

cought fire while taxiing on 26 April 2009 - written off

Photo by Karl Kramer.

Dedication of the new New York Municipal Airport, with aircraft of American, TWA, United and Canadian Colonial Airways in attendance. Commercial flights started on 2 December 1939. Floyd Bennett Field was too far from Manhattan. Campaigning for a new airport, mayor Fiorello La Guardia had refused to leave a TWA plane at Newark in New Jersey, arguing he had a ticket for New York.