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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6B
    Construction Number:43743
    Last Civil Registration:N62129
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6B cn 43743 cr N62129
    Latest Owner or Location:Sis-Q Flying Service Inc, Central Pointe, OR

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    Dates

    Event

    1952

    Constructed as a DC-6B.

    11 December 1952

    To National Airlines with new c/r N8226H.

    From 29 March 1963 to January 1965

    To F. B. Ayer and Associates keeping c/r N8226H.

    From April 1963 to April 1964

    To Aerovias Panama with new c/r HP-312.

    January 1965

    To Douglas D. Batchelor with new c/r N12586.

    February 1965

    To Filipinas Orient with new c/r PI-C949.

    20 June 1974

    To Genavco Corporation with new c/r N62129.

    30 January 1975

    To Carolina Aircraft Corporation keeping c/r N62129.

    September 1975


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Looking abandoned at Manila, Douglas DC-6B N62129 was formerly PI-C949, king of the fleet with Filipinas Orient Airways.Faded paintwork by the rear passenger door proudly claimed Fully Pressurised and Radar Equipped.Despite appearances, it flew out on delivery to a US fire tanker company on 12 November 1975, only two months later

    6 January 1976

    To Sis-Q Flying Service Inc, Central Pointe, OR keeping c/r N62129.

    13 July 1977

    Civil registration, N62129, cancelled.

    Scrapped.
    At Goodyear-Litchfield, Arizona.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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