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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6A
    Construction Number:44075
    Last Civil Registration:N6174C
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6A cn 44075 cr N6174C
    Latest Owner or Location:Chena Hot Springs Airport, Chena Hot Springs, Alaska

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    Dates

    Event

    1954

    Constructed as a DC-6A.

    9 March 1954

    To Flying Tiger Line with new c/r N34959.

    30 April 1956

    To Main-Elford Corporation keeping c/r N34959.

    15 May 1958

    To US Overseas Airlines keeping c/r N34959.

    17 October 1958

    To US Overseas Airlines with new c/r N402US.

    23 October 1963

    To International Airlines with new c/r N1281.

    31 December 1964

    To Foreign Air Transport Development keeping c/r N1281.

    1965

    To Aaxico Airlines/Saturn Airways keeping c/r N1281.

    July 1965


    Photographer: Ken Marshall
    Notes: At Heathrow Airport, London

    By 31 March 1971

    To Carolina Aircraft Company keeping c/r N1281.

    April 1972

    To Zantop International Airlines keeping c/r N1281.

    15 October 1984


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: At Detroit Willow Run

    March 1990

    To Conifair Aviation with new c/r C-GBYN.

    Circa 20 May 1994

    Certificate of airworthiness for C-GBYN (DC-6A, 44075) issued.

    10 May 1996


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1996 photo at Ste-Foy QC - Originally delivered to Flying Tigers in 1954 as a freighter, this DC-6A was converted for spruce budworm control by Conifair, as indicated by spray booms on the wings. Happily, it was rescued in 2002 by Northern Air Cargo of Alaska

    Circa April 2002

    To Northern Air Cargo Inc Anchorage AK with new c/r N6174C.

    23 August 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for N6174C (DC-6A, 44075) issued.

    2 November 2009

    To Everts Air Cargo, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N6174C.

    Based at Everts, Fairbanks, AK.
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    2016

    Flown from Fairbanks to Chena Hot Springs with just 1 hour left on the airframe.

    Based at Chena Hot Springs Airport, Chena Hot Springs, AK.
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    18 May 2022

    Civil registration, N6174C, cancelled.

    27 July 2023


    Photographer: Mike Yarmarkov
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