gkjlai的部落格

這架有傳奇一生的老驥仍可飛行.  之所以會想追查這架的身世, 是因為她的特殊外型與永安航空公司的B-304相似, 都是經過深度大改裝的.  包括發動機, 起落架艙門, 甚至到機身窗戶等.   當進一步以編號追朔源頭才發現原來她曾是中央航空公司XT-T21號.   兩航事件之後又賣給CAT，後來賣回美國........  如今漆上了CAT的紀念塗裝,  真的是別具歷史紀念意義.

圖來自網路

42-47371 (MSN 7313) to USAAF Jun 29, 1942.  To 10th AF in India Aug 12, 1942. 
					To RAF in India Sep 10, 1942 as FJ712.  Returned to
					USAAF custody Dec 26, 1942.  Sold Dec 21, 1945 at Dhub, India.  Sold To Central Air Trsnsport Corp
					(CATC) of Beijing, China Feb 5, 1946. Sold to Civil Air Transport
					(CAT) of Taipei, Formosa Dec 19, 1949, and transferred to Hong Kong registered
					as N8336C.  CAT was renamed Air Asia, Ltd, a subsidiary of Air America.
					Registered as N1794B Jul 22, 1953.  Sold to TEMCO Aircraft Corp
					of Dallas, TX Dec 9, 1953 and registered as N67K.  Reregistered as N47L
					Jan 12, 1954.  Sold to Union Chemical and Materials Corp of Dallas, TX
					May 22, 1958.  Sold to Southern airways Co of Atlanta, GA Jun 22, 1958
					and reregistered N147M.  To Mead Corp, Dayton, OH Jul 23, 1962.  To
					Ohio Aviation Co of Vandalia, OH Apr 18, 1969, sold to Tecumseh Products
					of Tecumseh, MI.  Donated to Kalamazoo Aviation History Dec 3,1982.  
					Purchased by Warren Basler Oct 18, 1993.  Used in production of 1994 film
					"Richie Rich".  Began private ownership service Jul 5, 1999 as "The Spirit
					of Enterprise" with private user in Wisconsin.  Re-registered as N943DJ.  Current 2011.

參見下面網址

http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=57042

另請參見 "半世紀來航空迷的視界" 一書, 11章 道格拉斯公司 DC-3、C-47 和 C-53 文良彥  頁127,  21章 永安航空公司的機隊 徐振桐 頁221.