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This is a mostly authentic recreation of N491's livery from somewhere between 1949 (when Bonanza Air Lines started operations) and 1963 (when they stopped flying DC-3s). It is only "mostly authentic" because there are not very many reference photos available, and not from all angles, and the ones I do have are not dated.
There are a few technical bits and bobs that aren't right, especially with the reflections/normal maps, as I didn't want to fight with it any longer and the paint kit is lacking. But I think it's 90% there! Please report any glaring issues you find.
Bonanza flew DC-3s in the Southwest/West USA in the 1950s. Included in the zip file are a couple of images of the January 1959 timetable brochure, which shows all their routes at the time.
 
As with all LES DC-3 liveries, there is both a livery folder (put in your liveries directory) and an "output" folder, which contains the ini files required for airframe management. Drag this output folder into your X-Plane root directory, or copy the ini files within manually to Output/DC3/Modern[and/or Classic].

Made at the request of a Hot Start Discord member.
Thanks much to Oisín who created the base livery, as this plane has the same grey stripe design as OE-IIX:
 

In the not so distant future, 6 young women are tasked with protecting humanity from the greatest threat they've ever seen... Operating as a Japanese organization but under the overall command of the U.N., S.O.N.G (Squad of Nexus Guardians) responds to disasters both natural and supernatural with the power of music and ancient relics.
Will they be saving a space shuttle doomed to crash land in the Himalayas? Will they be coerced into acting on the U.N.'s behalf in war-torn South America despite not being a military? Investigating relics in Antarctica? Saving civilians from the seemingly ever-present threat of the extradimensional Noise? Wherever they may need to go, the Challenger 650 and this slick paint job are ready and waiting.
This organization and story are sourced from the anime Senki Zesshō Symphogear. The livery is fictional, not flown in the show (I imagine they'd probably have a Global or something that can otherwise fly halfway around the world without landing), though the S.O.N.G. logo is shown painted on various aircraft used in various capacities.
 
Watch Symphogear. That is all.
 

Livery for N89 (very similar to N88, N90, etc), flown by the FAA on Flight Check missions to ensure procedures, airways, and more can be flown and relied on safely.
Many thanks to a real Flight Check captain for providing direct color references.
To my eye the registration looks best in Arial Bold. For copyright reasons, this font file is not included in the download - if you're running Windows, you should be able to grab it out of your C:\Windows\Fonts folder and copy it in to the livery folder. If not, there are several open alternatives to Arial that will probably look fine.