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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-4 / C-54/R5D/C-112 Skymaster / Carvair ATL / Canadair DC-4M/C-4 North Star
    Latest Model:C-54G-10-DO Skymaster
    Last Military Serial:45-0589 USAF
    Construction Number:36042
    Last Civil Registration:N74BA
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-54G-10-DO sn 45-0589 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Bo-S-Aire Airlines, Anderson, SC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-54G-10-DO by Douglas at Santa Monica, CA.

    Circa 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 45-0589.

    Circa 1945


    Photographer: Unknown

    After September 1945

    To American Overseas Airlines with new c/r N90909.
    Operated with markings: Flagship Keflavik

    23 August 1946

    To United States of America, Washington, DC keeping c/r N90909.

    19 July 1950

    Civil registration, N90909, cancelled.

    1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 45-0589.

    By November 1966

    To Southern Air Transport.

    Circa 4 November 1966

    To Air America.

    8 November 1966

    To Air Asia with new c/r B-1016.

    Leased to China Air Transport (CAT).

    7 March 1974

    Was to be sold to Plum International Travel Ltd. of Jakarta, but the deal fell through as Plum was unable to make the final payment.

    To China Air Transport (CAT) keeping c/r B-1016.
    Resold by Air Asia to Air America and immediately to CAT to retain the Chinese registry.

    8 May 1975

    Departed Tainan for the Continental US.

    2 July 1975

    Civil registration, B-1016, cancelled.

    10 July 1975

    To Bird and Sons Inc, Oakland, CA.

    July 1975

    To Bo-S-Aire Airlines, Anderson, SC with new c/r N65132.

    28 October 1975

    To Bo-S-Aire Airlines, Anderson, SC with new c/r N74BA.
    New Registration.

    March 1977

    Withdrawn from use.

    22 March 1977

    Civil registration, N74BA, cancelled.


    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin

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