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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:VC-118A Liftmaster
    Last Military Serial:53-3294 USAF
    Construction Number:44665
    Last Civil Registration:N43872
    Compressed ID:Douglas VC-118A sn 53-3294 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Alaska Aviation Museum, Anchorage, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-118A.

    3 November 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-3294.

    Converted to a VC-118A.

    July 1969


    Photographer: RON PICCIANI COLLECTION
    Notes: 53-3294 VC118A WIESBADEN JUL69 RON PICCIANI COLLECTION, POSTED WITH PERMISSION

    February 1978

    To International Shoe MacHine Corporation with new c/r N43872.

    4 March 1980

    Certificate of airworthiness for N43872 (DC-6, 53-3294) issued.

    1986

    To Desert Petroleum Company keeping c/r N43872.

    1986

    Impounded at Chandler AZ.

    June 1987

    To United States Customs Service keeping c/r N43872.

    6 November 1989

    To Northern Air Cargo Inc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N43872.

    By August 2003

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, AK.
    Stored on behalf of the AAH Museum.
    View the Location Dossier

    7 July 2009

    To unknown owner with c/r N43872.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Anchorage, AK.

    10 June 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Now retired and exhibited at the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum

    13 August 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N43872.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Anchorage, AK.

    12 June 2015


    Photographer: John W. Olafson
    Notes: Alaska Air Museum DC-6 along the airport road with a sign directing traffic inside.

    8 May 2021

    To Alaska Aviation Museum, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N43872.
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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
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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