HISTORY OF THE THIRD DOOBIE LINER

Flown as the Doobie Liner from 1978 until 1983.

14235 N487A Eastern Airlines delivered November 13, 1952.
Charlotte Aircraft Corp bought December 31, 1962.
Aerojet General Corp leased it in 1963.
N3711K Kimbell Milling Company 'Lady Thelma' bought it on January 31, 1964.
Huber Investment Co. purchased it in August of 1969.
Landy Taylow Aircraft Sales purchased it on March 29, 1978.
Monarch Aircraft Inc. purchased it in November, 1978.
Sam Stewart purchased it on May 2, 1979 after leasing it the previous year.
Withdrawn from use in 1983 and stored in Chino, California.
As of October, 2000 it is still airworthy and located in Rialto, California.

'Piston Engine Airliner Production List'
by Tony Eastwood & John Roach.
ISBN 0 907178 61 8.
Published by The Aviation Hobby Shop (TAHS)
http://www.tahs.com

Thanks to Vince Horan for supplying the history of this aircraft.
Gatwick Aviation Society http://www.totavia.com/hawkeye
Classic Airliners http://www.totavia.com/hawkeye/aviation.html
The Airliner Image Index http://www.gatwick.demon.co.uk

October 11, 2000

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