Douglas DC-4

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08/31/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This aircraft was built as a C-54B-1-DC and was delivered to the USAAF on December 28, 1944 with s/n 42-72397. Douglas purchased it on February 9, 1946, registered it NC12265, and converted it to a civilian DC-4 (the 53rd converted). After conversion, it was sold to Delta Air Lines on May 11, 1946 and reregistered NC55303. (The need for a second alpha character in the registration number was eliminated on January 1, 1949, thus this aircraft became N55303.)

This aircraft was sold to Pacific Northern Airlines of Seattle, Washington, on April 26, 1953 and then to California Eastern Aviation of Washington, D.C. in 1956. In 1957, this DC-4 was sold to the Chilean airline CINTA (Compa ia Nacional de Turismo Aéreo/Chilean Airlines) and registered CC-CAK. In August 1960, the aircraft was sold to a US leasing company registered N7941C and leased to President Airlines from August 1960 to January 1961.

It was next leased to the Panamanian airline Aerovias Panama Airways between 1961 and 1966 registered HP-299. The final owner was Coastal Aircraft Machines who purchased it in 1966, registered as N16585, and placed it in storage at Miami, Florida, in 1971. The aircraft was subsequently scrapped."


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08/31/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This aircraft was built as a C-54B-1-DC and was delivered to the USAAF on December 28, 1944 with s/n 42-72397. Douglas purchased it on February 9, 1946, registered it NC12265, and converted it to a civilian DC-4 (the 53rd converted). After conversion, it was sold to Delta Air Lines on May 11, 1946 and reregistered NC55303. (The need for a second alpha character in the registration number was eliminated on January 1, 1949, thus this aircraft became N55303.) This aircraft was sold to Pacific Northern Airlines of Seattle, Washington, on April 26, 1953 and then to California Eastern Aviation of Washington, D.C. in 1956. In 1957, this DC-4 was sold to the Chilean airline CINTA (Compa ia Nacional de Turismo Aéreo/Chilean Airlines) and registered CC-CAK. In August 1960, the aircraft was sold to a US leasing company registered N7941C and leased to President Airlines from August 1960 to January 1961. It was next leased to the Panamanian airline Aerovias Panama Airways between 1961 and 1966 registered HP-299. The final owner was Coastal Aircraft Machines who purchased it in 1966, registered as N16585, and placed it in storage at Miami, Florida, in 1971. The aircraft was subsequently scrapped."