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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6A
    Construction Number:44064
    Last Civil Registration:N9779N
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6A cn 44064 cr N9779N
    Latest Owner or Location:Florida Aircraft Leasing Corp, Fort Lauderdale, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a DC-6A.

    15 September 1953

    To Canadian Pacific Airlines with new c/r CF-CUT.

    April 1954

    To Northwest Orient Airlines with new c/r N566.

    January 1961

    To Braathens SAFE with new c/r LN-SUI {1}.

    Circa 1961


    Photographer: Einar Johannessen

    March 1965

    To Trans Medieterranean Airways with new c/r OD-AES.

    October 1973

    To Zantop International Airlines with new c/r N99114.

    February 1976

    To Pacific Alaska Airlines keeping c/r N99114.

    April 1978

    To Pentoma Incorporated keeping c/r N99114.

    October 1982

    To Thomas E. Hanson keeping c/r N99114.

    October 1983

    To Vortex Incoporated keeping c/r N99114.

    1 October 1984


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1984 photo at Opa Locka Airport, Florida

    Civil registration CR-AES reserved but not taken up.

    January 1986

    To Vortex Incorporated with new c/r N11VX {2}.

    1987

    To Roundtree Associates keeping c/r N11VX {2}.

    November 1987

    Aircraft impounded in Bogata, Colombia.

    16 January 1990

    To Florida Aircraft Leasing Corp, Fort Lauderdale, FL with new c/r N9779N.

    1992


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinabold
    Notes: N9779N - Douglas DC-6A - Florida Aircraft Leasing (untitled - in overall dark grey colours) at Ft. Lauderdale International Airport (FLL)

    April 1992

    Scrapped.
    At Fort Lauderdale International, Florida.

    13 May 1993

    Civil registration, N9779N, cancelled.
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    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Terry Fletcher
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