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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6
    Construction Number:42863
    Last Civil Registration:N90710
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6 cn 42863 cr N90710
    Latest Owner or Location:Lloyd Aero, Lowell, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    1947

    Constructed as a DC-6.

    27 April 1947

    To American Airlines with new c/r N90710.
    Operated with markings: Flagship Mexico

    2 December 1966

    To F. B. Ayer and Associates keeping c/r N90710.

    1968

    To Alpha Aviation Inc keeping c/r N90710.

    1968

    Leased to Pegasus Air Travel Club.

    December 1975

    To Yvonne A. Culbertson keeping c/r N90710.

    8 April 1976

    To Lloyd Aero, Lowell, FL keeping c/r N90710.

    October 1979


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Miami International Airport had dozens of retired and stripped transport aircraft, prior to a big clean-up in the 1990s. DC-6 N90710 seen in October 1979 was last used by Pegasus Air Travel Club

    November 1980

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    Broken up for spares at Miami International, Florida.

    Scrapped.

    9 October 2014

    Civil registration, N90710, cancelled.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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