 Braathen traveled to the United States , where he bought several used Douglas C @-@ 54 ( DC @-@ 4 ) aircraft from the United States Air Force . These were rebuilt by Texas Maintenance Company ( Temco ) in Fort Worth , Texas , giving them a capacity of 44 passengers , or 22 passengers and 4 tonnes ( 3 @.@ 9 long tons ; 4 @.@ 4 short tons ) of cargo . Twenty pilots were recruited and sent to Fort Worth for certification . The first plane , LN @-@ HAV Norse Explorer , landed at Oslo Airport , Gardermoen on 26 December 1946 . The next planes were LN @-@ HAT Norse Skyfarer on 11 February 1947 and LN @-@ NAU Norse Trader on 13 March . 
 Braathen traveled to the United States , where he bought several used Douglas C @-@ 54 ( DC @-@ 4 ) aircraft from the United States Air Force . These <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> rebuilt by Texas Maintenance Company ( Temco ) in Fort Worth , Texas , giving them a capacity of 44 passengers , or 22 passengers and 4 tonnes ( 3 @.@ 9 long tons ; 4 @.@ 4 short tons ) of cargo . Twenty pilots <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> recruited and sent to Fort Worth for certification . The first plane , LN @-@ HAV Norse Explorer ,<a href='been_done' title='3'><mark></mark></a> landed at Oslo Airport , Gardermoen on 26 December 1946 . The next planes <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> LN @-@ HAT Norse Skyfarer on 11 February 1947 and LN @-@ NAU Norse Trader on 13 March . 
Braathen traveled to the United States , where he bought several used Douglas C @-@ 54 ( DC @-@ 4 ) aircraft from da United States Air Force . These was rebuilt by Texas Maintenance Company ( Temco ) in Fort Worth , Texas , giving them a capacity of 44 passengers , or 22 passengers and 4 tonnes ( 3 @.@ 9 long tons ; 4 @.@ 4 short tons ) of cargo . Twenty pilots was recruited and sent to Fort Worth for certification . The first plane , LN @-@ HAV Norse Explorer , been landed at Oslo Airport , Gardermoen on 26 December 1946 . The next planes was LN @-@ HAT Norse Skyfarer on 11 February 1947 and lastnite @-@ NAU Norse Trader on 13 March .