HISTORY OF THE SECOND DOOBIE LINER

Flown as the Doobie Liner, fall of 1976 until 1980.

14164 N473A Eastern Air Lines delivered May 8, 1952.
Re-registered N467M.
Mohawk Airlines 'Airchief Ottawa' purchased it on September 30, 1961.
Ozark Airlines purchased it on October 6, 1964.
Fairchild-Hiller Corp purchased it on March 10, 1967.
Piedmont Airlines 'Cherokee Pacemaker' leased it May 20, 1967.
Fairchild Hiller Corp returned it July 18, 1968.
Jack Richards Aircraft Corp. purchased it in February of 1969.
Business Aircraft Inc. purchased it, [date unknown].
Samuel T Stewart purchased it in 1975.
Circa 1980, withdrawn from use and stored Chino, CA.
Purchased in 1990 and placed in The Caribbean Zone Restaurant in San Francisco.
The Caribbean Zone is closed as of August, 2000. We will post any
information on the future of the Doobie Liner as it develops.

Latest news:
The Doobie Liner is up for auction. Details will be posted as soon as we learn more about the sale.

'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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