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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6A
    Construction Number:44889
    Last Civil Registration:N6813C
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6A cn 44889 cr N6813C
    Latest Owner or Location:Northern Air Cargo Inc, Anchorage, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    1955

    Constructed as a DC-6A.

    Civil registration G-AOFX reserved but not taken up.
    For Airwork Ltd.

    13 January 1956

    To Slick Airways with new c/r N6813C.

    August 1960

    To Perdue Research Foundation keeping c/r N6813C.

    May 1969

    To Aero American Corporation keeping c/r N6813C.

    October 1969

    To Robert G. Sholton keeping c/r N6813C.

    February 1974

    To Sholton (and) Carson keeping c/r N6813C.

    September 1979


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Northern Air Cargo DC-6A N6813C at Anchorage in September 1979

    25 June 1981

    To Northern Air Cargo Inc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N6813C.

    15 December 2005

    Civil registration, N6813C, cancelled.
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