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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6A/B
    Last Military Serial:986 FACh
    Construction Number:45177
    Last Civil Registration:N751CE {2}
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6A/B sn 986 FACh cn 4517...
    Latest Owner or Location:Everts Air Cargo, Fairbanks, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-6B.

    24 August 1957

    To Western Air Lines with new c/r N93122.

    December 1965

    Converted to a DC-6A/B.

    To Douglas Aircraft Company keeping c/r N93122.

    February 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea de Chile with s/n 986.

    February 1982

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Fuerza Aerea de Chile.

    3 March 1982

    To Atlas Aircraft Corp, Miami, FL with new c/r N863TA.

    23 April 1982

    Civil registration, N863TA, cancelled.

    29 October 1991

    To Conair Group Inc (conair Aviation), Abbotsford, BC with new c/r C-GKUG.

    Operated as fire service #50.

    May 1992


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: C-GKUG - DC-6A - Conair

    To Abbotsford International Airport (East Side), Abbotsford, BC.
    View the Location Dossier

    3 July 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Stored on the East side of Abbotsford Airport

    19 November 2013

    To Everts Air Cargo, Fairbanks, AK with new c/r N501XP.

    21 September 2015

    To Everts Air Cargo, Fairbanks, AK with new c/r N751CE {2}.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
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     Terry Fletcher
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