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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6A
    Last Military Serial:51-3827 USAF
    Construction Number:43574
    Last Civil Registration:N96BL {2}
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6A sn 51-3827 USAF cn 43...
    Latest Owner or Location:Octavionics Corp Miami FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-118A.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-3827.

    Converted to a VC-118A.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-3827.

    1974


    Photographer: Charles Landis
    Notes: On the Ramp, NKP Royal Thai AB. 1974

    January 1975

    Assigned to Davis Monthan Afbase Tucson AZ for storage.

    12 May 1976

    To Bellomy-Lawson Aviation with new c/r N3492F.

    Converted to a DC-6A.

    13 August 1979

    To Aggie Aircraft Corp keeping c/r N3492F.

    13 August 1979

    Certificate of airworthiness for N96BL {2} (DC-6A, 43574) issued.

    Withdrawn from use.
    Placed in storage at Miami FL.

    28 January 1980

    To Challenge Air Transport keeping c/r .

    Circa 1981


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Miami International

    10 December 1982


    Photographer: Paul Hooper
    Notes: Photographed at Miami, FL.

    26 September 1983

    To Bellomy Lawson Aviation Inc Miami Springs FL keeping c/r N96BL {2}.

    11 June 1992


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N96BL derelict in Aerial Transit colors at the corrosion corner at Miami International, FL

    26 July 1993

    To Octavionics Corp Miami FL keeping c/r N96BL {2}.

    Scrapped.
    Scrapped at Opa Locka FL.

    11 June 2013

    Civil registration, N96BL {2}, cancelled.
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