USA 1990s - DOUGLAS DC-3s A selection of my photographs of DC-3s seen on USA visits during the 1990s |
Parachuting jump ship N129H at Deland, Florida in November 1992. |
Another parachuting jump aircraft was DC-3 N45366 at its Lodi-Acampo CA base in November 1990 |
Most remaining operational DC-3s were freighters, like N57626 at Santa Teresa, New Mexico in November 1992 |
Majestic Airlines of Denver operated DC-3s and Beech 18s on night freight schedules. N305SF at Billings MT in October 1991 |
Executive DC-3 N596AR with Maximiser power plant modifications was at Santa Monica CA in October 1991. |
N132BP "Miss Angela"with partial Maximiser mods at Chino CA November 1990 owned by Bob Pond. |
N7500A was having work done on its P&Ws at California City CA in March 1995 |
Dominican Republic freighter HI-502 at Sanford FL in November 1991 after purchase by Express Airways as N688EA. It still wears former Royal Canadian Air Force paintwork. |
Typical of retired DC-3s waiting an uncertain fate by the 1990s was freighter N4797H at Opa Locka, Florida in November 1991 |
Basler BT67 N115Z at the US Forest Service smoke jumpers school at Missoula Montana in October 1992. |
Former US Navy Douglas C-117D "Super DC-3" N9796N at Honolulu in September 1981 with Genavco as a freighter. |
C-117D N212DD at Miami-Opa Locka Florida in November 1991 was leased out by D & D Parts Inc. |
C-117D N9663N at Fort Lauderdale FL November 1991 still in former US Navy paintwork with hand-sprayed registration. A freeway on-ramp made an good vantage point to photograph stored aircraft in this inaccessable corner of the airport. |