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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-4 / C-54/R5D/C-112 Skymaster / Carvair ATL / Canadair DC-4M/C-4 North Star
    Latest Model:C-54S Skymaster
    Last Military Serial:56549 USN
    Construction Number:22203
    Last Civil Registration:N99AS
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-54S sn 56549 USN cn 22203...
    Latest Owner or Location:Brooks Fuel / Don Brooks, Fairbanks, Alaska

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-54D-15-DC by Douglas at Chicago, IL.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-17253.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 56549 as a R5D-3.

    Converted to a C-54S.

    17 April 1958

    Spotted at Blackbushe Aerodrome, UK.

    From Circa 1971 to Circa 1972

    Transferred to NAS Guantanimo, Cuba.

    1 May 1972


    Photographer: Glen Terry
    Notes: Tail with USN Numbers

    June 1973

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ.

    18 October 1978


    Photographer: Kerry Taylor
    Notes: N99AS Douglas C-54S Skymaster cn 22203 At Mesa - Falcon Field

    17 July 1986

    To Air Response Inc, Mesa, AZ with new c/r N99AS.

    15 October 1997

    To Air Response Inc, Mesa, AZ keeping c/r N99AS.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Heliponents, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ.
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    June 2002


    Photographer: Peter M. Garwood
    Notes: DC-4 N99AS, Mesa, AZ. - this DC-4 was acquired by Brooks Fuel of Alaska, but was broken up for parts still at Mesa.

    19 May 2008


    Photographer: Ruud Leeuw
    Notes: Ruud Leeuw used his website to solve my mystery 2012 photo at Concrete WA and then was kind enough to give his written permission to show his photo taken in 2008 when the aircraft was intact at Mesa Falcon Field

    In derelict condition.

    18 February 2010

    To Brooks Fuel Inc, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N99AS.
    The airframe never left Arizona.- Broken up for spare parts.

    Operated by Brooks Fuel/Don Brooks, Fairbanks, AK.
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    5 March 2010


    Photographer: Chris Kennedy
    Notes: Falcon Field, Mesa, Arizona

    Scrapped.
    The forward fuselage / cockpit was saved.

    10 April 2010


    Photographer: Skagit Aero Website
    Notes: New Owner, Steve Bolan, arrives back at Concrete WA - after days of towing this forward section of an ex US Navy C-54 from Arizona

    2 July 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo taken at Concrete WA whilst visiting Skagit Aero

    1 December 2014

    Civil registration, N99AS, cancelled.
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