Wien Alaska Airlines Douglas DC-3  N21748                  (c/n  2106)

                                   

                                       It sometimes appears that every Wien Alaska Airlines aircraft had a different livery.  Here's
                                       another variation of a theme in this nice photo from the Richard Nash collection, via Bill Hill.
                                       NC21748 was built for American Airlines and delivered in February 1939 as 'Flagship
                                       Dallas".   It flew with American for ten years and then was sold to Northern Consolidated
                                       in Alaska in May 1949.   Wien didn't take in on charge until 1964.     It was sold to Pacific
                                      Alaska Airlines in 1973 and then had several other owners before being officially cancelled
                                      from the register in 2013 when the poor old thing was 65 years old.