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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6B
    Construction Number:44897
    Last Civil Registration:N37573
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6B cn 44897 cr N37573
    Latest Owner or Location:Aero Rentals Inc, Miami, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as a DC-6B.

    13 March 1956

    To United Airlines with new c/r N37573.
    Operated with markings: Mainliner Honolulu

    18 December 1959

    Certificate of airworthiness for N37573 (DC-6B, 44897) issued.

    9 October 1968

    To Mars Aviation Inc keeping c/r N37573.

    28 August 1969

    To F. B. Ayer and Associates keeping c/r N37573.

    20 September 1974


    Photographer: eLaReF
    Notes: At Hamiltons Yard at Tucson, Arizona

    January 1975

    To MacKey International Airlines keeping c/r N37573.

    9 September 1980


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1980 photo at Ft.Lauderdale International, Florida - of a Douglas DC-6B of Mackey International Airlines

    2 October 1980

    To Aero Rentals Inc, Miami, FL keeping c/r N37573.

    April 1981

    Scrapped.

    17 April 2013

    Civil registration, N37573, cancelled.

    1 January 2018

    Certificate of airworthiness for N37573 (DC-6B, 44897) issued.
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     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Terry Fletcher
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