Emirates Air Transport DC-7CF

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Emirates Air Transport DC-7CF

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On the 21st of April, 1958, a DC-7C, reg. N297, was first built for Northwest Airlines before conversion to freighter 5 years later. Then, in 1976, after flying for 15 operators, the plane was sold to a short-lived and not-so-well-known Emirates Air Transport, it's 16th and final operator, and the only operator in the UAE to ever operate a DC-7.

It was short lived due to the fact that in October of that same year, it hit Mount Kenya on approach to Nairobi, Kenya. CFIT claimed the lives of all 4 crew on board.

The following are screenshots of a repaint I made back in 2013 by analyzing the only image of an EAT DC-7 available, and recreating the EAT logo on the tail, and the titles on the fuselage. Unfortunately, the only Arabic word visible was the word for Emirates, and I could barely make out the second and third words, so they were pretty much guesses.

In short, the livery was not totally exact, but it was the best I could do.

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And for the curious, here's a picture of the real TZ-ARC
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Re: Emirates Air Transport DC-7CF

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Hmm.. that's a new one on me :)

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Re: Emirates Air Transport DC-7CF

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Well, it sure is. Not sure why a UAE-operated plane has a Mali reg. prefix to begin with...

Oh, and also, the repaint is available at Simviation.
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