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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:DC-4-1009
    Construction Number:42916
    Last Civil Registration:D6-CAB
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Comores

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    Dates

    Event

    10 July 1946

    Constructed as a DC-4-1009.

    11 July 1946

    Assigned civil registration: VH-ANE

    11 July 1946

    To Australian National Airways Pty Ltd.
    Aircraft was named *Arkana* (boomerang).

    From 11 July 1946 to 15 July 1946

    Ferry flight.
    Route: San Francisco - Honolulu - Canton Island - Nadi - Sydney - Melbourne (Essendon).

    6 May 1958

    To 20th Century Airlines, CA.

    From 7 May 1958 to 11 May 1958

    Ferry flight.
    Route: Melbourne - Nadi - Canton Island - Honolulu - Los Angeles - Las Vegas - Burbank.

    13 May 1958

    Assigned civil registration: N5518V

    1 August 1958

    To Twentieth Century Aircraft Inc, Sun Valley, CA.

    30 April 1959

    Civil registration, N5518V, cancelled.

    Circa 6 May 1959

    Certificate of airworthiness for G-APTT (DOUGLAS DC-4, 42916) issued.

    6 May 1959

    To Trans Arabian Airways, Kuwait with c/r G-APTT.

    Circa November 1961

    To Air Cameroun, Douala with c/r TJ-ABD.

    28 February 1968

    To Air Madagascar with c/r 5R-MCO.

    Circa May 1977

    To Air Comores with c/r D6-CAB.

    Circa 1979

    Withdrawn from use.
    Withdrawn from use and stored at Moroni International Airport, Comores.

    Scrapped.
    Moroni International Airport, Comores.


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    AussieAirliners.org by R. N. Smith
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

    Individual Contributors
    Bill Wordsworth

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