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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:VC-118B Liftmaster
    Last Military Serial:131597 USN
    Construction Number:43700
    Last Civil Registration:N1597F
    Latest Owner or Location:Allcair Air Transport

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a R6D-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 131597.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-17647 as a C-118A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 131597 as a R6D-1Z.

    Redesignated as VC-118B.

    From Unknown to 16 February 1985

    Transferred to VR-46, NAS Atlanta, GA.

    Markings Applied: Nancy
    Named in honour of the wife of Rear Admiral Clinton Taylor, the Commander of South Atlantic Forces).

    October 1984


    Photographer: John Benton

    16 February 1985

    To Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center (MASDC), Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.

    To unknown owner with c/r N21780.

    Circa 17 February 1993

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1597F (R6D-1, 43700) issued.

    17 February 1993

    To Allcair Air Transport, Laredo, TX with c/r N1597F.

    By 26 November 1993

    To Allcair Air Transport with c/r N1597F.

    26 November 1993

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. The cargo flight departed Punta Arenas-Pres Ibanez Airport (PUQ/SCCI), Chile and was destined for Patriot Hills, Antarctica. The accident occurred at Patriot Hills (Antarctica) while on approach. Narrative: Crashed 7 miles off course while attempting to land in poor weather.

    29 May 1996

    Civil registration, N1597F, cancelled.

    Written off.


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