C-46s flying in North America

[Mark Allen M]

Everts still has 4 flying, I had a tour with them in July 2015
at Fairbanks I saw 5 Everts C-46's
N23AC stored without engines
N1651M stored fuselage

and airworthy ones
N1822M Salmonela Everts Air Fuel
N54514 Maid in Japan Everts Air Cargo
N1837M Hott Stuff Everts Air Fuel

not seen (and probably at Kenai) was N7848B Dumbo (this was flying from Fairbanks in June 2015)

Saw this photo this morning on the Niagara Aerospace website. Not sure the date taken. "Salmon Ella", creative name lol


Curtiss C-46F Commando N1822M CN 22521, model CW-20-B4, built as USAAF 44-78698 A 1942 Curtiss C-46 still flying in Alaska 72 years after it was built.

[Warbirdnerd]

Have you tried plugging their N numbers into FlightAware to see if they have filed a flight plan recently?

[Stephan Wilkinson]

Good idea. Mid-July 2014 is the most recent flight-plan activity for N1822M. I really have my doubts about how many of these "flying" C-46s actually are active, and here's one that apparently isn't. I've queried Everts about how many flying C-46s they actually have. My last comm with them made it sound like just one, but I may be wrong.

[jannipper]

Everts Air Cargo and Everts Air Fuel are different companies

Does flightaware show VFR flightplans? I thought only IFR

[Mark Allen M]

Does flightaware show VFR flightplans? I thought only IFR

FlightAware tracks some VFR flight plans but mainly IFR. Sometimes VFR flights show up and sometimes they don't.

[Stephan Wilkinson]

Everts Air Cargo and Everts Air Fuel are different companies

Good point. I'll have to query EAF as well as EAC.