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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6B
    Construction Number:43562
    Last Civil Registration:N8888Q
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6B cn 43562 cr N8888Q
    Latest Owner or Location:Nighthawk Air Systems Inc, Miami, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    1952

    Constructed as a DC-6B.

    8 August 1952

    To United Airlines with new c/r N37565.
    Operated with markings: Mainliner Los Angeles

    October 1968

    To Mars Aviation keeping c/r N37565.

    1 February 1969

    To Frank V Amarai keeping c/r N37565.

    May 1972

    To Rosenbalm Aviation keeping c/r N37565.

    6 February 1973

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR8888Q (DC-6B, 43562) issued.

    1975

    To Sis-Q Flying Services with new c/r N888SQ.

    Operated as fire service #48.

    By 1985

    To Macavia International Corporation keeping c/r N888SQ.

    May 1987


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: N888SQ - DC-6 - Macavia at Travis AFB

    February 1991

    To T and G Aviation Inc keeping c/r N888SQ.

    7 July 1997


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at Santa Rosa, CA/

    December 1997

    Scrapped.

    31 January 1998

    To Nighthawk Air Systems Inc, Miami, FL with new c/r N8888Q.

    20 November 2014

    Civil registration, N8888Q, cancelled.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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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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