C-46 Aircraft Tail # and Name Delivery Date Construction No. US Registration No. Chinese Registration No. Misc. Notes blank blank 115 116 117 blank blank November 3, 2004 Tom, When CNAC got to fleet number 100, they wrote the first one (1) much smaller. This is clearly visible in your picture of "Tail Number 16", which is really 116. Similarly, "Tail Number 15" is really 115. Obviously fleet numbers 15 and 16 were much earlier aircraft (a Loening and a KeystoneK-85), as these numbers were issued chronologically. I will comment on your C-54 fleet list in a separate message. Regards, Martin S. Best Aviation historian, Pattaya, Thailand C-46 -- Tail Number 116 (Photos courtesy of Kenneth Chan) C-46 -- Tail Number 115 Dum Dum Airport (Photo Courtesy of Charles Klewin) Somewhere Over India Bigger This is as big as I could get the tail - I think it's Tail #116. (Photo Courtesy of Charles Klewin) C-46A -- Tail Number 117 Hong Kong, China, ca. 1945 (Photo Courtesy of Neville Denton, via 1000aircraftphotos.com) ca. 1948 - Shanghai--Lunghwa Airport Two DC-3s and a C-46 Is that you working on that C-46? (Photo Courtesy of Joe Brower) If you can share any information about the C-46 or would like to be added to the CNAC e-mail distribution list, please let the CNAC Web Editor, Tom Moore, know. Thanks!

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