Robinson Airlines DC-3-277B   N25676          (c/n  2214)

                                       

                                              This shot of a Robinson Airlines DC-3 was taken just before the airline name was changed to
                                              Mohawk in 1952, since the "C" has been knocked off the "NC" in the rego.      N25676 was
                                              named "Air Chief Niagara", a name it retained after being repainted as Mohawk, as was the
                                              airline's motto of  'Route of Air Chiefs'   The similarity in this basic livery can be seen in my entry
                                              for a Mohawk Airlines DC-3.    On the historic shot below, courtesy of the RJ Wilmoth collection,
                                              a Robinson DC-3 is shown in the original livery.  Unfortunately the shot is cropped and hence its
                                              identity is unknown.  N25676 was not an ex-military C-47, but had been delivered new to Amer-
                                              ican Overseas Airlines in 1940 via  the Defense Supply Corporation.  It was used for transport
                                              duties during WW II,  possibly in South America,    Mohawk re-registered it N406D in 1957
                                              and it was sold to Intermountain Aviation in the 1960s..