Aircraft N705GB Data

N705GB
1943 Douglas DC3C, c/n 13854
Latest photos of N705GB
N705GB - Unknown - by Unknown
Unknown
N705GB @ OPF - DC-3C Cargo - by Florida Metal
Florida Metal
@ OPF
N705GB @ KMIA - Atlantic Air Cargo DC3 - by Andy Graf - VAP
Andy Graf - VAP
@ KMIA
N705GB @ OPF - Smokey start up for DC-3 - by Florida Metal
Florida Metal
@ OPF
Airframe Info
Manufacturer Douglas
Model DC3C Search all Douglas DC3C
Year built 1943
Construction Number (C/N) 13854
Aircraft Type Fixed wing multi engine
Number of Seats 32
Number of Engines 2
Engine Type Reciprocating
Engine Manufacturer and Model Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp
Also Registered As
CF-HBX De-registered
Aircraft
Registration Number N705GB
Mode S (ICAO24) Code A967B9
Certification Class Experimental
Certification Issued 2006-10-13
Air Worthiness Test 1965-03-17
Last Action Taken 2006-10-13
Current Status Valid
Owner
Registration Type Corporation
Owner Atlantic Air Cargo In
Address Doral, FL 33172
United States
Region Southern
User Comments
Glenn E. Chatfield, 2012-02-28 18:40:13
This aircraft was built as C-47A 43-30703 and delivered to USAAF on 10/2/43, serving overseas. Returned to USA after WWII and went to Reconstruction Finance Corp on 11/13/45. It was then sold to Sperry Gyroscope Company of Great Neck, NY as NX58099. On 7/10/67 the plane was registered in Canada as CF-HBX with Hudsons Bay Oil & Gas Co. at Calgary, Alberta. On 11/18/71 it went to Arctic Air Ltd, Ft. Simpson, Northwest Territory. The aircraft then changed hands in Canada several times until Feb 1979 when it was put up for sale. It then went to the USA as N705GB with G. Barreda, then to Air Cargo America on 11/6/85. (info from Arthur Pearcy's "Douglas DC-3 Survivors")
Glenn E. Chatfield, 2011-12-08 22:49:23
This aircraft was C-47A 43-30703