Cockpit Douglas DC-3A.
Registration: N143D.
Serial number: 2054.
Year of construction: 1937.
The DC-3 is an aircraft of the US aircraft manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company. As of 1935, 10,655 were built, plus 4,937 under licence. The aircraft is still used for commercial flights today. In addition, several museums and flying clubs own an airworthy DC-3.
This cockpit is from a DC-3 assembled by Fokker and delivered to Swissair in October 1938 (registration HB-IRO). The aircraft served until 1955, when it went to US airline Ozark Airlines with registration number N2817D. After 1957, the registration number became N143D.
This photo was taken on 2 November 2024 at San Marcos Regional Airport, Texas.
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