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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6BF
    Construction Number:44892
    Last Civil Registration:N17289
    Latest Owner or Location:Compagnie Des Transports Aeriens Intercontinentaux/Tai, Orly Aeroport, Aeroport de Paris

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-6B.

    To unknown owner with c/r CF-CZF.

    15 July 1960

    To Compagnie Des Transports Aeriens Intercontinentaux/Tai, Orly Aeroport, Aeroport de Paris with new c/r F-BJBZ (Douglas Dc 6 B, 44892).
    Based at Paris-orly.

    31 January 1961

    Civil registration, F-BJBZ, cancelled.

    31 January 1961

    Civil registration, F-BJBZ, cancelled.

    To unknown owner with c/r CF-CZF.

    To unknown owner with c/r C-FCZF.

    To unknown owner with c/r N3545C.

    To unknown owner with c/r SE-BDH {2}.

    To unknown owner with c/r N901BC {2}.

    To unknown owner with c/r LN-SUH.

    To unknown owner with c/r VR-ABK.

    To unknown owner with c/r 7O-ABK.

    To unknown owner with c/r TF-ABK.

    Converted to a DC-6BF.

    To unknown owner with c/r TF-ABK.

    To unknown owner with c/r N17289.
    Sale reported to a new owner in La Costa, CA.

    16 January 1972


    Photographer: Paul J. Hooper.
    Notes: Photographed at Brussels/Zaventem.

    5 March 1974

    To unknown owner with c/r N17289 (DC-6B, 44892).

    4 June 1976

    Certificate of airworthiness for N17289 (DC-6B, 44892) issued.

    14 January 1977

    To unknown owner with c/r N17289.
    Sale reported to a new owner in La Costa, CA.

    1 January 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for N17289 (DC-6B, 44892) issued.

    1 January 2004

    To unknown owner with c/r N17289.
    Sale reported to a new owner in La Costa, CA.

    29 April 2011

    Civil registration, N17289, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in La Costa, CA.

    Scrapped.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    AMCAR
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    DGCA Civil Aircraft Register (France)
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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