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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6A
    Last Military Serial:43818 FAFL
    Construction Number:43818
    Last Civil Registration:TG-TAO
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6A sn 43818 FAFL cn 4381...
    Latest Owner or Location:Rutas Aereas de Florencia

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    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a DC-6A.

    19 February 1953

    To Slick Airways with new c/r N90810.

    10 December 1953

    To Union Aeromaritime de Transport (UTA) with new c/r F-BGTY.

    From April 1962 to June 1962

    To Air Affrique with new c/r TU-TBC.

    June 1962

    To Union Aeromaritime de Transport (UTA) with new c/r F-BGTY.

    From 15 November 1967 to 1977

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Forces Aeriennes Francaises Libres with s/n 43818 and operated with these markings: 82-PU.

    21 February 1978

    To Petroleum Air Transport with new c/r N72524.

    3 July 1978

    Certificate of airworthiness for N8161G (DC-6A, 43818) issued.

    December 1979


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinabold
    Notes: N72524 - Douglas DC-6A - PAT AIR (Petroleum Air Transport) at St. Louis Lambert Int.Airport (STL) in Dec. 1979

    1 March 1982

    To Bo-S-Aire Airlines with new c/r N26BA.

    1 February 1987

    To L P Crew Services/Transportes Aeros del Caribe keeping c/r N26BA.

    8 November 1987


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: N26BA Douglas DC-6A Transportes Aereos del Caribe - At rest in cockroach corner at Miami.

    April 1989

    To Transportes Aeros del Caribe with new c/r N8161G.

    10 April 1989

    To L P Crew Air Services Inc, Miami, FL keeping c/r N8161G.

    26 May 1990


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At San Jose, Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO / MROC), Costa Rica

    October 1990

    To Panama International Airways with new c/r HP-1165.

    January 1991

    To Rutas Aereas de Florencia with new c/r HK-3627X.

    To unknown owner with c/r TG-TAO.

    October 1991

    Seized by Mexican Government - aircraft marked TG-TAO.

    1 January 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for N8161G (DC-6A, 43818) issued.

    12 June 2013

    Civil registration, N8161G, cancelled.
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     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
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     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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