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Sitting on the ramp after a small bit of maintenance and then it was off again

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C_FMKB IN ENGLISH

19560 - Douglas C-47A-80-DL - OH-LCI - DO-6 BUILT IN Long Beach 1944. US ARMY AIR FORCE 43-15094. Trnsfer to 8. AIRBORNE ARMY (?) 14.Mar.1944. Sold to Finland 24.Feb.1947. Flewn to Aero (= now Finnair) to Malmi airport (Helsinki) 20.Oct.1947. Stored. at Malmi Aero Oy converted it to civil airliner version DC-3C-S1C3G and registered as a OH-LCI 20.10.1953. in Feb the big cargo door was installed. Sold to Finnish AirForce in Dec 31. 1961 jas DO-6, with flight hours 18 209. Participated in cinema film "yksi liikaa" in 1976. Withdrawn from use in Nov 15. 1983 with about 27 203 hours. Flown from Utti to Helsinki (both in Finland) Feb 27. 1985. Sold Apr 19.1985, and flown to USA 18.5.1985 reg N57NA. removed from reg rekisteristä Aug 25 .2005 ownwed then by Basler Turbo Conversions LLC. re-reg as Basler DC-3-TP:nä aug 26.8.2005. Reg C-FMKB, for owner Kenn Borek Air Services Ltd, Calgary, Kanada. Damaged at Mount Petterson Antarctica Dec 20 .2007:Left wing and fuselage damaged. Reason too low start speed. Rescued later and still flying today is sep 15 2016 Lauri Kahanpää Source Finnish history of Finnish DC3:s http://www.imy.fi/lokkiprojekti/18629 (Yesterday I wars flying in one) L