Malcolm
Thanks for deleting the image. I had no control of it, even though it was one of mine. I'm torn between uploading an OK color version (better than the first) and a decent B&W..
In ref to Joe B's listing of c/n 12324. It's the first use of the OE-LBC registration for a DC-3. He does not have data on the second DC-3 to use that reg.
I've listed (below) the DC-3's that have used N86B N86U N35F & OE-LBC multiple times.
c/n 6328
DC-3-455 -> C-49K -> DC-3A
NC34981 c.1942 TWA (Transcontinental and Western Air) -NTU
43-2003 c.1944 USAAF
N17882 date.? C&S Chicago And Southern Air Lines
N86B {1} date? -unk-
N35F {1} date? -unk-
N44AF 11.1973 -unk-
N44AF 06.1986 -sale reported -FAA OKLA-
N44AF 04.2004 reg canx. probably parted-out.
c/n 12324
C-47A-5DK > Dakota III > DC-3A-456
42-92515 -1943/44 USAAF
KG327 1944 RAF
42-92515 -4.1946 USAAF (paper xfer/return)
LN-NAB 4.1946-4.1958 Fred Olsen Air Transport
LN-NAB 1955-1956 SAS (leased)
SE-CFM date.? Linjeflyge
SE-CFM date.? UNO (United Nation Organization) leased
OE-LBC {1} 1962 Austrian Airlines named "Edelweiss"
G-ATZF 09.1966 Shackleton Aviation
VR-ADB c.1966 Aden Airways (reg reserved -NTU / acquisition cancelled)
G-ATZF 10.1966 Far Eastern trading DESTROYED Vientiane-Wattay ( VTE/VLVT) Laos
c/n 13073
C-47A-20-DK -> C-47A
42-93189 04.1944 USAAF
42-93189 1945 RFC surplus/sold civilian
NC88823 11.1945-12.1953 TWA (Transcontinental and Western Air)
NC88823 1953 Union Steel and Wrecking (N88823 ?)
N86B {2} 1954 Grumman Aircraft Engineering
N86B 1963 Oxford Paper,NY
N86B 1970 Exec Air,VA
N86B 1971 Hawthorne Aviation,VA
N86B 1971 Holiday Realty Allyn,FL
N35F {2} 1972-1975 R. Werner / Offshore Drilling Inc.
N86U 1976 Air South/Florida Airlines
N86U 1977 Pioneer International Leasing,IL
N86U 1983 Harold J de Gregory, Fort Lauderdale,FL
N86U 1988 AAK International (E Stuart) Hollywood,FL
N86U 02.1988 Freefall Enterprises Inc, Phoenix,AZ
N86U ? ferry-flight Europe
N86U 1988-1995 wfu/derelict at Wiener Neustadt Airbase
N86U 1995 to 1st Austrian DC-3 Dakota Club, Salzburg
OE-LBC {2} ? Repainted In Austrian Airlines livery & markings (DC3 Dakota Club) non-flyable/static display
OE-LBC mks on rear fuse. c.2001-2008 DC3 Dakota Club - Austrian A/L livery "Arizona Lady"
N86U c.2010 OE-LBC mks replaced with N86U, from rear fuselage- one side or both?) DC3 Dakota Club - Austrian A/L livery
(no reg mks rear fuselage) 2013 (de-reg 2014 N86U freefall Entr. expired 11/20/2014 - Still in Austrian A/L livery)
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Rather, long winded, post...I apologize. (Any corrections welcome!)
Regards
John