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Registration: N90627

Construction Number: 4642

Model Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain

Operator: Corporate

Airport: Oakland - Metropolitan International (OAK / KOAK), USA - California

Photographer: Bill Fisher

Date Taken: 1971

Date Submitted: 04/12/2018

This aircraft was owned by real estate development firm World Leisure Time, Inc. and was used to fly salespeople and prospective buyers to land developments. The livery in the photo is of Shelter Cove, a development in Humboldt County, California. In 1971, N90627 failed to climb and crashed shortly after takeoff from Shelter Cove airport, killing all 17 people on board. Negative via Mervyn Prime. Titles may relate to registered owner of H.M. Hutchinson, Chula Vista, CA.

Picture ID:1632476

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