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"Fat Annie"
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Serial #: 44-9023 Construction #: 27249 Civil Registration: N88816 XA-MAA HP-256 HP-268 CP-682 N9326R G-ASHZ N89FA Model(s): C-54B-20-DO DC-4 ATL.98 Carvair Name: Fat Annie Status: Airworthy Last Info: 2006 |
History: Delivered to USAAF as 44-9023. - BOC: Jan. 11, 1945. - SOC: N/A. Western Airlines, 1946. - Registered as N88816. - Converted to DC-4 by Douglas Aircraft. Guest Aerovias Mexico, Mexico, 1956. - Registered as XA-MAA. - Leased to Aerovias Panama SA, Sept. 1957-1960. -- Registered as HP-256. -- Reregistered as HP-268. - Reregistered as XA-MAA. - Leased to Lloyd Aero Boliviano (LAB), Bolivia, 19??. -- Registered as CP-682. Babb & Co, Oct. 26, 1962. - Registered as N9326R. - Rebuilt by Aviation Traders Limited as ATL.98 Carvair (C/N: 9). British United Air Ferries, UK, 19??. - Registered as G-ASHZ. - Flew as "Fat Annie". Falcon Airways, June 1979. Mercantile National Bank Of Dallas, Dallas, TX, 1980. - Repossessed fronm Falcon Airways. Nasco Leasing Company, 1980. James R. Blumenthal, 1982. Custom Air Service, Thomaston, GA, 1986-2001. - Registered as N89FA. - Stored, 1986-1997. - Refurbished to airworthy, first flight April 1998. Gator Global Flying Services Inc, Cincinnati, OH, 2003-2006. - Used as skydiving jump ship. |
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Source(s): Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2003. USAAF Serial Numbers Ruud Leeuw Photo Source(s): Ruud Leeuw |
