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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:C-54P Skymaster
    Last Military Serial:90389 USN
    Construction Number:18388
    Last Civil Registration:N44906
    Latest Owner or Location:Memorial Airport, Chandler, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-54B-15-DO by Douglas at Santa Monica, CA.

    2 November 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-17188.

    Redesignated as R5D-2.

    2 November 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 90389.

    Converted to a C-54P.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 90389.

    March 1971

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Davis Monthan Air Force Base.

    20 February 1975

    To International Air Ltd with new c/r N44SB.

    2 September 1975

    To Biegert Aviation Inc keeping c/r N44SB.

    20 February 1976

    To Biegert Aviation Inc, Chandler, AR with new c/r N44906.

    19 March 1976

    Certificate of airworthiness for N44906 (C-54B, 18388) issued.

    October 1979


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Biegert Aviation were also based at Mesa with 12 military disposals C-54s for specialised large scale spraying. Some were tanked, while others like N44906 were parked at Mesa in October 1979 waiting their turn

    19 March 2001

    To Brooks Fuel Inc, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N44906.

    29 April 2002


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N44906 with fading Biegert Aviation titles and still with its engines at Chandler, AZ

    Based at Brooks Fuel/Don Brooks, Fairbanks, AK.
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    To Memorial Airport, Chandler, AZ.
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    17 March 2007


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Photo taken at Chandler Memorial, AZ, USA

    In derelict condition.

    29 November 2012

    Civil registration, N44906, cancelled.

    October 2017


    Photographer: Ruud Leeuw

    1 January 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for N44906 (C-54B, 18388) issued.

    11 November 2023


    Photographer: Cassidy Cristello
    Notes: N44906 waiting out her final days at Chandler Memorial Airfield as a giant canvas for graffiti and vandalism. Sad ending for her and the other aircraft still on site.


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