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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6A/B
    Last Military Serial:301 {1} FAS
    Construction Number:45078
    Last Civil Registration:YS-32C
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6A/B sn 301 FAS cn 45078...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museo Nacional de Aviacion, Ilopango International Airport, San Salvador, San Salvador

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as a DC-6B.

    2 October 1956

    To Canadian Pacific Airlines with new c/r CF-CZQ.
    Operated with markings: EMPRESS OF AUCKLAND

    Markings Applied: EMPRESS OF HONG KONG

    1959

    Converted to a DC-6A/B.

    Circa June 1960

    To Air Liban with new c/r OD-ADP.
    Leased by Air Liban.

    3 June 1962

    To Cunard Eagle Airways with new c/r G-ARZO.
    Leased by Cunard Eagle.

    13 September 1962


    Photographer: http://www.britisheagle.net/
    Notes: 1962 photo during its brief lease to Cunard Eagle Airways

    Circa December 1962

    To Canadian Pacific with new c/r CF-CZQ.
    Lease returned.

    August 1969

    To Concare Aircraft Leasing Corp, Tulsa, OK with new c/r N122M.

    24 October 1969

    To Aerolinas El Salvador with new c/r YS-32C.

    26 October 1970

    Civil registration, N122M, cancelled.
    Exported to El Salvador.

    To unknown owner with c/r YS-32C.

    Circa 1976

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Salvadorenais with s/n 301 {1}.

    27 November 1988


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Miami International, Florida

    To Museo Nacional de Aviacion, Ilopango International Airport, San Salvador, San Salvador.
    View the Location Dossier

    28 February 2011


    Photographer: Alec Wilson
    Notes: 2011 photo of Douglas DC6 preserved at Ilopango,El Salvador. Photo displayed with written permission of Alec Wilson
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    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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