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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:C-118A Liftmaster
    Last Military Serial:131594 USN
    Construction Number:43697
    Last Civil Registration:N777SQ {1}
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-118A sn 131594 USN cn 436...
    Latest Owner or Location:Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a R6D-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 131594.

    Markings Applied: 329

    Redesignated as C-118A.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-17644.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 131594.

    To unknown owner with c/r N1383X.

    27 July 1985

    To MacAvia International Corporation, Central Point, OR with new c/r N777SQ {1}.

    10 February 1999

    To Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, CA keeping c/r N777SQ {1}.

    10 February 1999

    In the inventory of Pacific Coast Air Museum, Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, CA.
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    Withdrawn from use.

    15 August 2012


    Photographer: Jim Whitten
    Notes: 2012 PCAM air show in august at sonoma county airport, Santa Rosa, CA.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, CA.
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    26 November 2014

    Civil registration, N777SQ {1}, cancelled.

    24 September 2016


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Wings over Wine Country Air Show in Sonoma, California.
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