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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:C-118A Liftmaster
    Last Military Serial:153691 USN
    Construction Number:44597
    Last Civil Registration:N500UA
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-118A sn 153691 USN cn 445...
    Latest Owner or Location:Tatonduk Outfitters Limited, Fairbanks, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    1954

    Constructed as a C-118A.

    27 August 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-3226.

    15 June 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 153691.

    Withdrawn from use.
    And stored at Davis Monthan AFB.

    February 1988

    Seized by US Customs Service.

    25 June 1990

    To Florida Aircraft LSG Corp, Fort Lauderdale, FL with new c/r N766WC (DC-6A, 44597).

    March 1992

    To Gulf and Caribbean Cargo keeping c/r N766WC.

    1997

    To Florida Air Transport keeping c/r N766WC.

    Circa 1998


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinabold

    9 June 1999

    To Universal Airlines Inc, Statesville, NC with new c/r N500UA.

    7 July 1999

    To Universal Airlines Inc, Statesville, NC keeping c/r N500UA.

    17 June 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Kenai Airport, Alaska

    Based at Kenai Municipal Airport, Kenai, AK.
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    23 October 2015

    To Tatonduk Outfitters Limited, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N500UA.
    For spare parts recovery.

    5 February 2022

    Civil registration, N500UA, cancelled.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Terry Fletcher
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