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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:VC-118A Liftmaster
    Last Military Serial:51-3829 USAF
    Construction Number:43576
    Last Civil Registration:N99330
    Compressed ID:Douglas VC-118A sn 51-3829 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Everts, Fairbanks, Alaska

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-118A.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-3829.

    Converted to a VC-118A.

    Circa June 1968


    Photographer: RON PICCIANI

    1 August 1974


    Photographer: Charles Landis
    Notes: Was assist c/c, till she went to DM

    1 August 1974


    Photographer: Charles Landis

    January 1975

    Assigned to Davis Monthan AFB Tucson AZ for storage.

    May 1978

    To Custom Air Ltd with new c/r N99330.

    July 1978

    To Hamilton Aviation.

    July 1978

    To Arnie Carnegie Holdings with new c/r C-GPEG.

    Circa 1981

    Withdrawn from use.
    Retired at Yellowknife NWT.

    May 1987

    To Northern Air Cargo Inc Anchorage AK with new c/r N99330.

    4 December 1987

    Certificate of airworthiness for N99330 (DC-6A, 43576) issued.

    1 January 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for N99330 (DC-6A, 43576) issued.

    By June 2008

    Based at Everts, Fairbanks, AK.
    Used for spares.
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    2 October 2008

    To unknown owner with c/r N99330.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Fairbanks, AK.

    22 April 2011

    Civil registration, N99330, cancelled.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Fairbanks, AK.

    Withdrawn from use.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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