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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:DC-4-1009
    Last Military Serial:FAC690 FAC
    Construction Number:42926
    Last Civil Registration:OY-DFY
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-4-1009 sn FAC690 FAC cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museo Aeroespacial Colombiano (MAECO) / Colombian AF Museum, Base Aerea Brigadier General Camilo Daza, Bogota, Distrito Capital

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    Dates

    Event

    1946

    Constructed as a DC-4-1009.

    10 May 1946

    To SILA with new c/r SE-BBC.
    Operated with markings: Passad

    17 July 1950

    To Scandanavian Airlines Systems with new c/r OY-DFY.

    6 March 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Colombiana with s/n FAC690.

    1984

    Withdrawn from use.
    Initially, stored at Bogota.

    December 1986


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth

    Based at Museo Aeroespacial Colombiano (MAECO)/Colombian AF Museum, Base Aerea Brigadier General Camilo Daza, Bogota, Distrito Capital.
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    2011


    Photographer: David Osborn
    Notes: At Museo Aeroespacial Colombiano (MAECO) / Colombian AF Museum in Bogota
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