Photo ID: 1011731
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Model: Douglas C-118A, VC-118A, DC-6A Liftmaster |
Registration: N888DG |
| Year: 1956 |
Serial Number: c/n 44675, fuselage #642, USAF 53-3304 |
| Engine(s): P&W R2800-CB16 type, 18-Cyl, twin row radials, 2400-HP each |
Owner: Tatonduk Outfitters, Fairbanks, AK |
| Location: PANC, Anchorage International, Anchorage, AK |
Photographer: Ken Stoltzfus |
| Date: July 2004 |
Present Registration: Same |
Present Owner (FAA info): Same |
Notes: 9/22/05 - Pretty as can be sitting on the ramp at Anchorage, AK, along with other DC-6A's of Everts Air Cargo.
N888DG was delivered to the USAF, MATS, on January 4, 1956. It was converted to VC-118A configuration for VIP transportation. In June, 1976 the government sold it to Pacific Alaska Airlines for $24,000. Further details on its history, from FAA files, are below the photos.
Everts' has a very nice fleet of '6's. There are several DC-6 and Convair hulls in the boneyard in Fairbanks, which were certainly bought for spares, especially the engines
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Photo ID: 1011732
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The venerable DC-6A. Workhorse of workhorses. Note the forward cargo door. The P&W R2800-CB16 series is one of the world's best engines ever.
The first registration on this aircraft may have been N2980F, but it has been N888DG all of its operational life. Contrary to most, it is registered as a military C-118A rather than a civilian DC-6A.
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| Photographer: Ken Stoltzfus |
Photo ID: 1011733
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If you lived "out there" in Alaska, this is how you would get a lot of what you eat, wear, put over your head, drive - - and anything else you needed. |
| Photographer: Ken Stoltzfus |
Photo ID: 1011734
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The hydraulically actuated aft cargo door coming up. |
| Photographer: Ken Stoltzfus |
Photo ID: 1011735
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"Open for business, bring it on!" |
| Photographer: Ken Stoltzfus |
History from FAA files: 6/76, Sales Contracting Officer, DPDO, Ogden, UT, sold Douglas VC118A (DC-6), s/n 53-3304 to Pacific Alaska Airlines, Fairbanks, AK, for $24,000. First registration may have been N2980F, and then N888DG.
12/77, Aircraft modified and certificated by Hayes International, Dothan, AL. "Removed military VIP kit, - - ". Removed cabin windows except escape hatches - - ". Aircraft total time was 23,737 hours. Engines were P&W R2800-52W Double Wasp CB3.
7/78, Leased to Whitney Fidalgo Seafoods;
6/83, Sold to Yakutat Seafoods Company, Yakutat, AK with 26,290-TT. They installed ¾" plywood flooring over the regular floor and had the aircraft certificated in multiple categories, i.e. Standard, and Restricted for the carriage of company cargo;
3/85, To Northern Pacific Transport, Anchorage, AK;
3/86, FAA '337 on installation of P&W R2800-99W engines (from surplus Convair aircraft).
12/89, To Universal Airlines, Belleville, MI;
6/95, To Clifford R. Everts, Fairbanks, AK, from First National Bank of Anchorage, who had repossessed it. There's a whole bunch of messy stuff in the file about liens and etc.
4/97, to Tatonduk Outfitters, Fairbanks, AK.
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