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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-4 / C-54/R5D/C-112 Skymaster / Carvair ATL / Canadair DC-4M/C-4 North Star
    Latest Model:R5D-5 Skymaster
    Last Military Serial:50862 USN
    Construction Number:10522
    Last Civil Registration:N97810
    Latest Owner or Location:Hispaniola Airways

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-54B-1-DC by Douglas at Chicago, IL.

    17 January 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-72417.

    Redesignated as R5D-5.

    From 17 January 1945 to Circa 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 50862.

    March 1971

    Withdrawn from use.
    And stored at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.

    4 February 1975

    To Larry Patterson.

    15 May 1975

    To P. H. Van Wagoner with new c/r N48216.

    November 1976

    To JPD Corporation keeping c/r N48216.

    5 August 1977

    Certificate of airworthiness for N48216 (C-54, 10522) issued.

    October 1979


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: N48216 at Miami International Airport in October 1979 was originally a US Navy R5D-5. It is having extensive metal work carried out on the cargo door out in the open weather, then very much the norm in Miamis Corrosion Corner

    6 November 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: C-54 Skymaster as seen at Miami, Florida in November 1979.

    From 17 January 1985 to 24 June 1985

    Leased to Air Agency Inc.

    21 January 1986

    To World Wide Air Inc, Miami Lakes, FL keeping c/r N48216.

    6 February 1986

    To World Wide Air Inc, Miami Lakes, FL with new c/r N97810.

    From July 1986 to December 1986

    Leased to Hispaniola Airways.

    1 January 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX97810 (C-54, 10522) issued.

    14 October 2014

    Civil registration, N97810, cancelled.
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     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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