Republic AP-23 XP-84 Thunderjet

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08/31/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This C-54E-10-DO was delivered to the USAAF on 13 April 1945. It is shown in the markings of the Atlantic Division, Military Air Transport Service (MATS) after World War II. This was one of the 38 C-54E-DOs converted to C-54M-DOs by stripping the interior to carry coal during the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49. This aircraft remained in service until placed in storage at the MASDC at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona, USA, in February 1973.

In August 1978, the aircraft was purchased by Aero Union Corporation of Chino, California, and registered N4989K. This DC-4 was subsequently purchased by a number of secondary airlines until sold to Phoebus Apollo Aviation of Johannesburg, South Africa, and re-registered XS-PAI in 1998. It was subsequently placed in storage at Rand/Germiston Airport, Johannesburg. Its fate is unknown."


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08/31/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This C-54E-10-DO was delivered to the USAAF on 13 April 1945. It is shown in the markings of the Atlantic Division, Military Air Transport Service (MATS) after World War II. This was one of the 38 C-54E-DOs converted to C-54M-DOs by stripping the interior to carry coal during the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49. This aircraft remained in service until placed in storage at the MASDC at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona, USA, in February 1973. In August 1978, the aircraft was purchased by Aero Union Corporation of Chino, California, and registered N4989K. This DC-4 was subsequently purchased by a number of secondary airlines until sold to Phoebus Apollo Aviation of Johannesburg, South Africa, and re-registered XS-PAI in 1998. It was subsequently placed in storage at Rand/Germiston Airport, Johannesburg. Its fate is unknown."