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Profile for: Colonial Airlines
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Name	Alias	IATA	ICAO	Country	Base	Dates
Colonial Airlines				USA.New York	New York City	1942-1956
Taken-over by Eastern on 1/6/56 (ongoing as its New England division until routes were sold in 1961 to Mohawk AL).
Canadian Colonial Airlines				USA.New York	New York City/Montréal	1923-1942
Formed 6/3/1928 as a sister company of Colonial Air Transport to operate to Montreal. Became part of the AVCO (The Aviation Corporation) group in 5/1929 through an exchange of stocks. Purchased in 10/39 by Sigmund Janas and renamed Colonial Airlines on 1/5/1942.

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SubFleets for: Colonial Airlines
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Operator	Model	Sub-Type	Current Active	Current Leased -out	Current Inactive	Planned	Current or Planned	Historical	Total all times	Avg Age Active
Colonial AL	DC-4	C-54A (DC-4)						4	4	-
Colonial AL	DC-4	C-54B (DC-4)						1	1	-
Colonial AL	DC-3	C-47A						4	4	-
Colonial AL	DC-3	C-53 (DC-3)						1	1	-
Colonial AL	DC-3	DC-3 (impressed)						2	2	-
Colonial AL	DC-3	DC-3 (pre-war)						12	12	-
Colonial AL	DC-2	DC-2 Series						3	3	-
TOTAL:								27	27	-

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Reg'n	Type	MSN	s/n	Engines	MTOW	Config	Built	at	1stFlight	1stDel	Operator	Regd	Del	Parked	Deregd	Owners	Opf	Origin	Became	Status	Last flt	Canceled	Destroyed	OpType	Remarks	TT	TC	Selcal	Hex
N21751	DC‑3‑270	2127						SMO			Colonial AL								To (Eastern Air Lines Eastern)	Scrapped		2012-10-22		Airline
N21798	DC‑3‑277B	2202						SMO			Colonial AL								To (Eastern Air Lines Eastern)	Preserved		2012-11-14		Airline
N21758	DC‑3‑270A	2237						SMO			Colonial AL								To (Eastern Air Lines Eastern)	Derelict		2009-06-25		Airline
N21759	DC‑3‑270A	2238						SMO			Colonial AL								To (Eastern Air Lines Eastern)	Scrapped				Airline
N28350	C‑49E‑DO (DC‑3/DST)	2264						SMO			Colonial AL								To (Civil N2000D)	Ultimate fate obscure		2013-06-05		Airline
N28360	DC‑3‑270B	2271						SMO			Colonial AL								To (Capital Airlines Capital)	Destroyed			1967-12-21	Airline
N28361	DC‑3‑270B	2272						SMO			Colonial AL								To (Trans World Airlines TWA)	Ultimate fate obscure				Airline
NC14276	DC‑2‑120	1309						SMO		1934-11-22	Colonial AL								To (RAF AX755)	Destroyed			1942-04-13	Airline
NC14925	DC‑2‑120	1411						SMO		1935-08-27	Colonial AL							ex CF‑BPP @ Colonial AL	Unknown ()	Ultimate fate obscure				Airline
CF-BPP	DC‑2‑120	1411						SMO		1935-08-27	Colonial AL							ex NC14925 @ American AL	To (Colonial Airlines NC14925)	Ultimate fate obscure				Airline	CF-BLL ntu
NC17335	DC‑3‑178	1921						SMO		1937-03-11	Colonial AL								Destroyed ( at BTV)	Destroyed at BTV			1948-09-20	Airline
N21745	DC‑3‑208A	2103						SMO		1939-02-18	Colonial AL								To (Eastern Air Lines Eastern)	Ultimate fate obscure				Airline
NC21750	DC‑3‑270	2126						SMO		1939-05-03	Colonial AL								To (Pan Am PAA-Africa)	Destroyed			1942-03-10	Airline
N21752	C‑49E‑DO (DC‑3/DST)	2165						SMO		1939-08	Colonial AL							ex 42‑43620 @ U S AF	To (Civil Owens Illinois Gas Co)	Stored				Airline
N21795	DC‑3‑277B	2200						SMO		1940-03-01	Colonial AL								To (Eastern Air Lines Eastern)	Scrapped				Airline
N28323	DC‑3‑277C	2253						SMO		1940-08-05	Colonial AL								To (Eastern Air Lines Eastern)	Scrapped		2009-07-21		Airline
N28324	DC‑3‑277C	2254						SMO		1940-08-29	Colonial AL								To (Capital Airlines Capital)	Destroyed			1959-08-02	Airline
N86586	C‑53‑DO	7395						SMO		1942-07-29	Colonial AL							ex 42‑15878 @ U S AF	To (LATAM Chile CC-CLI)	Stored				Airline
NC86592	C‑47A‑DL	9162						LGB		1943-03-04	Colonial AL							ex 42‑23300 @ U S AF	To (Aerolineas Argentinas LV-AGD)	Ultimate fate obscure				Airline
N93267	C‑54A‑DO (DC‑4)	7476						SMO		1944-03-25	Colonial AL							ex 39179 @ U S Navy	To (Eastern Air Lines Eastern)	Destroyed			1979-06-01	Airline
NC86547	C‑47A‑DL	19961						LGB		1944-04-01	Colonial AL							ex 43‑15495 @ U S AF	To (Aerolineas Aeroposta LV-AET)	Preserved				Airline
NC86591	C‑47A‑DL	20083						LGB		1944-04-17	Colonial AL							ex 43‑15617 @ U S AF	To (Aerolineas Argentinas LV-AGE)	Destroyed			1951-06-03	Airline
N93266	C‑54A‑DC (DC‑4)	10299						MDW		1944-04-25	Colonial AL							ex YV‑AHU @ Aeropostal	To (Eastern Air Lines Eastern)	Destroyed			1964-06	Airline
N4269	C‑54A‑DC (DC‑4)	10308						MDW		1944-05-09	Colonial AL							ex N30067 @ United AL	To (Eastern Air Lines Eastern)	Ultimate fate obscure				Airline
NC86548	C‑47A‑DL	20405						LGB		1944-05-29	Colonial AL							ex 43‑15939 @ U S AF	To (FAMA LV-AGF)	Ultimate fate obscure				Airline
N4268	C‑54A‑DC (DC‑4)	10370						MDW		1944-08-11	Colonial AL							ex	To (Eastern Air Lines Eastern)	Scrapped				Airline
N4270	C‑54B‑DO (DC‑4)	18370						SMO		1944-09-29	Colonial AL							ex N8344C @ Air America	To (Eastern Air Lines Eastern)	Ultimate fate obscure			1970-01	Airline

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