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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:VC-54S Skymaster
    Last Military Serial:56511 USN
    Construction Number:10697
    Last Civil Registration:N67029
    Compressed ID:Douglas VC-54S sn 56511 USN cn 1069...
    Latest Owner or Location:South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-54D-5-DC by Douglas at Chicago, IL.

    3 May 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-72592.
    Not TOS, transferred directly to USN.

    3 May 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 56511 as a R5D-3.

    Circa 1962

    Converted to a VC-54S.

    March 1972

    Transferred to US Military Training Mission, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

    21 February 1975

    To Texas Truck Salvage Company, Lubbock, TX.

    3 April 1975

    To Robert B Audiss Jr with new c/r N67029.

    8 September 1975

    To Carl Brooks keeping c/r N67029.

    12 August 1976

    To Charles W. Christman keeping c/r N67029.

    30 December 1977

    To US Customs Service keeping c/r N67029.
    Aircraft seized.

    12 April 1978

    To Southern Aero Traders keeping c/r N67029.

    28 September 1978

    To Dean Milani keeping c/r N67029.

    1 June 1979

    To Skymaster Corporation keeping c/r N67029.

    By 8 November 1980

    Civil registration, N67029, cancelled.

    From 8 November 1980 to Circa March 1994

    To Knightsbridge International, Miami, FL with new c/r N9016Q {2}.

    27 April 1987

    To Frank Moss with new c/r N67029.

    By 30 April 1987

    To Great Southern Airways keeping c/r N67029.

    May 1987

    To Charlotte County Sheriff keeping c/r N67029.
    Aircraft seized.

    October 1990

    To Donald P Lippert keeping c/r N67029.

    December 1995

    Assigned to Ellsworth AFB SD for storage.

    2 April 1996

    Certificate of airworthiness for N67029 (C-54, 10697) issued.

    2 April 1996

    To United States Air Force Museum, Wright Patterson AFB, OH keeping c/r N67029.

    2 April 1996

    Civil registration, N67029, cancelled.

    April 1996

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    Circa April 1996

    Loaned to South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, SD.
    View the Location Dossier

    By 14 September 1997

    Markings Applied: 272592

    14 September 1997


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide scanned

    1 August 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    11 September 2013

    Civil registration, N9016Q {2}, cancelled.

    30 June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
    Notes: South Dakota Air and Space Museum at Ellsworth Air Force Base. Box Elder, South Dakota

    31 July 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    31 July 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    12 August 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    12 August 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin


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    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson

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