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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:C-118A Liftmaster
    Last Military Serial:153691 USN
    Construction Number:44597
    Last Civil Registration:N500UA
    Latest Owner or Location:Tatonduk Outfitters Limited, Fairbanks, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-118A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-3226.
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    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 153691.
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    To unknown owner with c/r N766WC.

    25 June 1990

    To Florida Aircraft LSG Corp, Fort Lauderdale, FL with c/r N766WC (DC-6A, 44597).

    To unknown owner with c/r N500UA.

    9 June 1999

    To Universal Airlines Inc, Statesville, NC with c/r N500UA.

    7 July 1999

    To Universal Airlines Inc, Statesville, NC with c/r N500UA.

    19 May 2010

    Civil registration revised, N500UA (DC-6A, 44597), indicating ownership by Race Coast Aviation Llc, Port Orange, FL.
    Civil registration reserved.

    19 May 2010

    To Race Coast Aviation Llc, Port Orange, FL.

    To unknown owner with c/r N766WC.

    To unknown owner with c/r N500UA.

    17 June 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Kenai Airport, Alaska

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 153691.

    Based at Kenai Municipal Airport, Kenai, AK.
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    23 October 2015

    To Tatonduk Outfitters Limited, Fairbanks, AK.
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