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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6A
    Construction Number:44906
    Last Civil Registration:HC-AQZ
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6A cn 44906 cr HC-AQZ
    Latest Owner or Location:ANDES

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as a DC-6A.

    20 April 1956

    To United Air Lines Inc, Chicago, IL with new c/r N37591 (DC-6A, 44906).
    Operated with markings: Cargoliner San Francisco

    February 1968

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at San Francisco.

    April 1969

    To Bill Murphy Buick Inc.

    3 November 1971

    Civil registration, N37591, cancelled.

    Circa 1972

    To ANDES with new c/r HC-AQZ.

    Circa 1974


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Guayaquil

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    Subsequently broken up.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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