Quite possible. If we knew tail number we could find out. Oz
TC-47B N2312G (16468/33216) 101st Airborne Restaurant, Nashville,TN 05aug01After its initial delivery, this one went for a long service career ! This TC-47B was delivered during the closing days of World War 2, on May 15th 1945 and was issued tailnumber 44-76884. It went on to the US Navy and was classified an R4D-7 with serial 99838. At some point it received a civilian registration, N7073C, but still under ownership of the US Navy. From the Navy it went to the FAA, where it was registered as N30 and meanwhile redesignated to TC-47J. The Department of Agriculture was next, in March 1975 and this was the reason to change the serial again to N87814. This did not last long as in August of that same year it was changed to N2004J and this was again revised in 1976 when N212GB became the new registration. In July 1978 it went commercial for the first time, being registered to Way Mac Enterprises Inc. in Jackson,Mississippi.In 1984 it was registered to the next owner: Specialty Restaurants in Anaheim, California. Registration N2312G was issued and is in fact carried in small lettering on the aft fuselage under the tailwing. It did not move to California, but found its way to Tennessee.Though I did not have the pleasure to dine at the 101st Airborne Restaurant, it did look very inviting and I intend to remedy that on a next visit. Hopefully the TC-47J will be around for a long time. In Oct.2006 I received an update by Charles Hood:"The Restaurant closed January 28th."Tooie"is still there and is offered for sale.I am afraid it may be destroyed if someone doesn't do something!I Dj'd there for the last 5 years it was open and really miss the place." And in Jan.2008 I received the excellent news that 'Tooie' is going to find a new home and will be brought to Indiana.
