With its outer wing panels, engines and probably a lot more equipment removed, this old Skymaster sits "looking" up at the sky.
Photographed at Marana Regional Airport, Arizona
(Formerly Avra Valley Airport)
May 1996
(Scanned 35mm negative)
Tags: Douglas C-54 Skymaster Douglas C-54 C-54 Skymaster Douglas Aircraft Douglas C-54 R5D DC-4 Skymaster propliner desert storage boneyard airplane graveyard Marana Regional Airport Avra Valley Airport
Tanker 151: Douglas C-54E, 44-9133 registered N460WA and operated by ARDCO, Inc.
Photographed at Marana Regional Airport, Arizona
(Formerly Avra Valley Airport)
May 1996
(Scanned 35mm negative)
Tags: ARDCO Tanker 151 Tanker 151 Douglas C-54E Skymaster Douglas C-54 Skymaster Douglas C-54E Douglas C-54 C-54E Skymaster C-54 Skymaster Douglas C-54E C-54 44-9133 N460WA ARDCO Marana Regional Airport Avra Valley airport Avra Valley KAVQ AVQ air tanker aerial fire fighting water bomber
An unidentified C-54/DC-4 seems to strain at its tie-down ropes. Its nose wheel is off the ground, as it was in so many takeoffs, but no flight lies ahead.
Photographed at Marana Regional Airport, Arizona
(Formerly Avra Valley Airport)
May 1996
(Scanned 35mm negative)
Tags: Douglas C-54 Skymaster Douglas C-54 C-54 Skymaster Douglas Aircraft Douglas C-54 R5D DC-4 Skymaster propliner desert storage boneyard airplane graveyard Marana Regional Airport Avra Valley Airport
Lockheed C-121A (L-749 Constellation) s/n 48-612, registered as N749VR.
According to Joe Baugher's serial number database, this aircraft was restored and flown to Europe, where it is now registered as PH-FLE.*
It is currently on display at Aviodrome, Lelystad, Netherlands. See:
www.ruudleeuw.com/con-n749nl-restored.htm
Photographed at Marana Regional Airport, Arizona
(Formerly Avra Valley Airport)
May 1996
(Scanned 35mm negative)
*Reference:
www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946.html
Tags: Lockheed C-121A Lockheed C-121 Lockheed L-749 Constellation Lockheed L-749 Lockheed Constellation Lockheed C-121A C-121 L-749 Constellation US Air Force USAF 48-0612 48-612 N749VR Aviodrome Lelystad Aviodrome Lelystad PH-FLE desert storage boneyard Marana Regional Airport Avra Valley Airport Avra Valley Wright R-3350 R-3350
Douglas C-54Q Tanker 111, N96451
Originally procured as C-54D s/n 42-72487 (c/n 10592), this aircraft was transferred to the US Navy as R5D-3 56489.*
Photographed at Marana Regional Airport, Arizona (KAVQ)
(Formerly Avra Valley Airport)
July 2000
(Scanned 35mm color negative)
*References:
warbirdregistry.org/c54registry/c54-4272487.html
www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries6.html
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