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<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>olddc3 Investments in planes</TITLE><BGSOUND SRC="http://www.douglasdc3.com/dc3.mp3"> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND="http://www.douglasdc3.com/dc3pics/paper.jpg" BGPROPERTIES="fixed"> <P> </P> <H1 ALIGN="center"><font color="#0000FF" size="+1">World's Oldest DC-3</font></H1> <HR> <P ALIGN="left"><b>c/n#1499</b> DST-144 NC16005 <a href="http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0828/2008040636.html"> American</a> Airlines Flagship "Texarkana" "130" then "05" Del 12Jul36<br> -C-49E USAAF 42-56092 28May42 - American 22Apr43 - ATC 10Oct43 - American 28Jul44 - ATC 06Feb45 -<br> RFC 08Feb45 - NC16005 Douglas Acft Co 21Mar45 -WAA 18Nov48 - <b> Ozark</b> Sep50 (DC-3A) - <b> N133D</b> Rr 1957 -<br> McDonnell Douglas Dec68 - Airline Aviation Academy, Griffin, GA Rr26May70.Still registered Mar 1997.<br> <br> <b>N133D</b> This is the oldest surviving DC-3, c/n <b>1499</b>. She was the sixth DC-3 off the line and was delivered to American <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCOURTS-flsb-1_11-bk-17047/USCOURTS-flsb-1_11-bk-17047-0/content-detail.html"> Airlines</a> on July 12, 1936 as a Douglas Sleeper Transport (DST). <b> Academy Airlines</b> bought her in 1970 and used her as a freighter for a number of years. She is still registered to Academy and apparently they have turned down a number of sizable offers for this historic aircraft. The aircraft is owned by <b>Bob McSwiggen. </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">"Investing in historic aircraft is every history lover's dream. <b><br style="mso-special-character: line-break"> <br style="mso-special-character:line-break"> </b></span><br> <br> Bob McSwiggen<br> <br> Ralph M Pettersen: Henry Holden: <a href="http://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Firm/107342">Photos</a>...</P> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <P ALIGN="left">Below is N133D in Ozark Airline livery and how she looks now in Griifen, Geogia.</P> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img border="0" src="1n133d.jpg" width="640" height="418"></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img border="0" src="2n133d.jpg" width="640" height="388"></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img border="0" src="3n133d.jpg" width="634" height="376"></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img border="0" src="4n133d.jpg" width="587" height="384"></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><img border="0" src="n133d.jpg" width="635" height="377"></P> <hr> <P ALIGN="CENTER"> </P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="http://www.douglasdc3.com/index.html"><IMG SRC="http://www.douglasdc3.com/dc3pics/dc3home.gif" width="162" height="64"></A></P> </BODY></HTML>