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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-7 Seven Seas / C-74 Globemaster I / C-124 Globemaster II
    Latest Model:DC-7CF Seven Seas
    Construction Number:44879
    Last Civil Registration:N73774
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-7CF cn 44879 cr N73774
    Latest Owner or Location:Southern Air Transport

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as a DC-7C.

    5 June 1956

    To Pan American World Airways with new c/r N737PA.
    Operated with markings: Clipper Climax

    Markings Applied: Clipper Kingfisher

    Circa 1960

    Converted to a DC-7CF.

    23 November 1963


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: The only known visit of a Douglas DC-7 to Adelaide was this Pan American DC-7F N737PA, which arrived 23 November 1963 from Manila direct. It was carrying the much publicised Chrysler Turbo-Car on a world tour. The aircrafts Pan Am name was changed from Clipper Kingfisher to Clipper Chrysler for the tour

    4 June 1965

    To Pan American World Airways with new c/r N73774.

    8 June 1965

    To Aaxico Airlines keeping c/r N73774.

    24 September 1965

    Certificate of airworthiness for N73774 (DC-7C, 44879) issued.

    31 December 1966

    To Southern Air Transport keeping c/r N73774.

    21 April 1978


    Photographer: Paul Hooper
    Notes: Photographed at Ft. Lauderdale,FL.

    1979

    Landed at Pueblo, Colorado wearing false registration N771.

    From 1980 to 1982

    Stored at Chandler, AZ.

    14 November 2003

    To unknown owner with c/r N73774.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Portland, OR.

    16 October 2012

    Civil registration, N73774, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Portland, OR.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Terry Fletcher
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