HEY! Cargo planes are warbirds too!
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
Airworthy: 9......potentially 11 of 1170 C-54's built....
(Data from the C-54/DC-4 Facebook Group)
42-72442 N3054V C‑54Q‑DC (DC‑4) c/n10547 31/01/45 MDW Alaska Air Fuel
42-72445 N67024 C-54D-DC (DC-4) c/n10550 08/02/45 MDW Environmental Aviation serv.
43-17228 N9015Q C-54D-DC (DC-4) c/n22178 06/09/1945 MDW Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation NJ "Spirit of Freedom"
44-9055 C-GCTF C‑54E‑DO (DC‑4) c/n27281 07/03/45 SMO Buffalo AW (FOR SALE)
44-9058 N96358 C‑54E‑DO (DC‑4) c/n27284 08/03/45 SMO Alaska Air Fuel
44-9133 N460WA C‑54E‑DO (DC‑4) c/n27359 24/05/45 SMO Florida Air Transport
45-0535 C-GBNV C‑54G‑DO (DC‑4) c/n35988 20/07/45 SMO Buffalo AW (FOR SALE)
45-0578 N438NA C‑54G‑DO (DC‑4) c/n36031 22/08/45 SMO Brooks Air Fuel
45-0635 C-FIQM C‑54G‑DO (DC‑4) c/n36088 29/10/45 SMO Buffalo AW (FOR SALE)
The Douglas C-54E-15-DO, c/n27352 44-9126.: Historical Aircraft Restoration Society Illawara NSW is where she is being fully restored to full airworthiness by HARS members into a passenger configuration. At this stage (2014) she will be the only flying DC4 in Australia. (Latest of this, VH-PAF will be to 'VH-EAY' when restorations are done.) For further info, follow link:
http://hars.org.au/2009/12/hars-dc4-hom ... n-display/--------------------------------------------------
Boeing C-97 "Stratofreighter"
Airworthy: 1 of the 888 buit. Former KC-97G(L) now C-97G N117GA ex 52-2718 "Angel of Deliverance"
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Kevin Kearney
Vice President
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation
C-54D "Spirit of Freedom" 43-17228
C-97 "Angel of Deliverance" 52-2718 (painted as YC-97A 45-59595)
C-54E/R5D-4 "Spirit of Freedom" 44-9144 BuNo 90414 (wfu April/2020)http://www.spiritoffreedom.org