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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6A
    Last Military Serial:6703 FAPo
    Construction Number:44258
    Last Civil Registration:N400UA
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6A sn 6703 FAPo cn 44258...
    Latest Owner or Location:Tatonduk Outfitters Ltd, Fairbanks, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    1954

    Constructed as a DC-6A.

    1 May 1954

    To Pan American World Airways with new c/r N6258C.
    Operated with markings: Clipper Gladiator

    21 August 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Forca Aerea Portuguesa with s/n 6703.

    1976

    To SATA with new c/r CS-TAN.

    1978

    To Aero B with new c/r YV-296C.
    Operated with markings: Porlamar

    4 February 1985

    Certificate of airworthiness for N400UA (DC-6A, 44258) issued.

    July 1985

    To Universal Airlines with new c/r N400UA.


    Photographer: Ronald Kluk

    1 October 1989


    Photographer: Michael Powney
    Notes: Parked at Detroit Willow Run in early October 1989.

    April 1992

    To American World Airlease Inc keeping c/r N400UA.

    2 September 1992

    To Albert Newton Ball, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N400UA.

    January 1995

    To Piedmont Air Transport keeping c/r N400UA.

    18 June 1998

    To Wood Air Fuel Inc, Palmer, AK keeping c/r N400UA.

    2 May 2000


    Photographer: Peter M. Garwood
    Notes: At Palmer, Alaska

    1 January 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for N400UA (DC-6A, 44258) issued.

    2 August 2004

    To C R Leasing Llc, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N400UA.

    23 May 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Ted Stevens Airport, Anchorage

    24 May 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Departing Ted Stevens Airport, Anchorage

    Based at Everts, Fairbanks, AK.
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    29 March 2011

    To Tatonduk Outfitters Ltd, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N400UA.

    12 October 2016

    To Tatonduk Outfitters Ltd, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N400UA.

    13 October 2023

    To Tatonduk Outfitters Ltd, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N400UA.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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