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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6A
    Construction Number:43058
    Last Civil Registration:N90894
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6A cn 43058 cr N90894
    Latest Owner or Location:Hemisphere Aircraft Leasing

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-6.

    15 October 1947

    To National Airlines Inc with new c/r N90894.

    1 September 1953

    To Australian National Airways Pty Ltd keeping c/r N90894.
    Named *Kurana*.

    18 September 1953

    Assigned civil registration: VH-INW
    Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-INW.

    From 5 December 1953 to 9 December 1953

    Ferry flight.
    Route: Miami - Los Angeles - San Francisco - Honolulu - Canton Island - Nadi - Melbourne.

    21 October 1957

    To Ansett-ANA keeping c/r VH-INW.
    Transferred to Ansett-ANA following Ansetts purchase of A.N.A. - October 21, 1957.

    1 January 1959


    Photographer: William Wordsworth

    1 January 1959


    Photographer: William Wordsworth

    30 March 1960

    To Transit Equipment Co. New York keeping c/r VH-INW.

    30 March 1960

    Assigned civil registration: N90894

    1 January 1962

    To Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua SA (Lanica) with new c/r AN-AMI.
    Named *Odeca*.

    Circa 1968

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Miami.

    Circa October 1969

    Converted to a DC-6A.
    Converted to Douglas DC-6A configuration.

    31 May 1971

    To Hemisphere Aircraft Leasing with new c/r N90894.

    From Circa 1971 to Circa June 1972

    Leased to Lanica-1971 to June 1972.

    Circa 1971

    Assigned civil registration: AN-AMI

    21 March 1973

    Leased to Aerolineas El Salvador.
    Named *Ehecati*.

    21 March 1973

    Assigned civil registration: YS-03C

    16 July 1973

    To Hemisphere Aircraft Leasing Co, Miami Springs, FL with new c/r N90894 (DC-6, 43058).

    16 July 1973

    Civil registration, N90894, cancelled.

    2 November 1975

    Returned from lease.

    12 July 1977

    Scrapped.
    Withdrawn from service during 1976 and scrapped at Miami.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    AussieAirliners.org by R. N. Smith
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Connery Carroll
    William Wordsworth
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