N37570 Douglas DC-6B(F) Florida Acft Leasing FLL 07DEC82
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 31-Jan-16.
Taken at Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
Delivered to United Air Lines in Jan-56 as N37570. Only in service with United for just under 13 years it was sold to Mars Aviation Inc in Nov-68. It was sold to US Travel Club 'American Air Trav-Alairs' the following month. It was sold to Alpha Aviation in May-72. Mark Aero bought it in Aug-74 and had converted it into a DC-6B(F) freighter with a main-deck cargo door by Dec-74. The aircraft was leased to St. Lucia Airways in Feb-75 as VQ-LAW, returning to Mark Aero in Nov-75 and becoming N37570 again. It was sold to 'Edwin R Phelps Jr' the same month. In Feb-78 it was leased to Petroleum Air Transport and returned to 'Edwin R Philips Jr' in Mar-80. The Florida Aircraft Leasing Corporation bought it in Jan-81 and it was later stored at Fort Lauderdale. In May-86 it was sold to the Carolina Aircraft Corporation. It was due to be re-registered N990CA but the registration wasn't used, instead the aircraft was sold to Servicios Aereos Generales (Honduras) as HR-AKW. They sold it to Bauford Marine Services Inc in Jul-88 and it again became N37570. In May-89 it was sold to Air Taxi International Inc and immediately leased to ILPO Cargo Airlines (Mexico), it was re-registered XA-RMM in Jun-90. Three months later, in Sep-90, it became N37570 again on it's return to Air Taxi International. In Sep-91 it was leased to Regal Air and then sold to Legion Express Inc in Nov-96. It was retired at Opa-Locka, FL, USA in Jul-97. Two months later in Sep-97, now almost 42 years old, it was sold to Sincereways (Kenya) and was re-registered 5Y-BMM. However it remained stored at Opa-Locka and was sold to Universal Airlines in Aug-98, again as N37570 and was re-registered N600UA in Oct-98. After being in storage it needed more than a little maintenance and finally departed from Opa-Locka in late 1999. Eventually it was based at Kenai, AK, USA, and continued in service until 12-Jun-11 when it 'inadvertantly' made a wheels up landing at Cold Bay, AK, USA and was badly damaged. Although it was then over 55 years old it was repaired and put up for sale by the salvage company in late 2011 (it's showing on Google Earth in an image dated May-12) and again in 2013. However I understand there were no takers and I'm assuming it's still at Cold Bay.
N37570 Douglas DC-6B(F) Florida Acft Leasing FLL 07DEC82
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 31-Jan-16.
Taken at Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
Delivered to United Air Lines in Jan-56 as N37570. Only in service with United for just under 13 years it was sold to Mars Aviation Inc in Nov-68. It was sold to US Travel Club 'American Air Trav-Alairs' the following month. It was sold to Alpha Aviation in May-72. Mark Aero bought it in Aug-74 and had converted it into a DC-6B(F) freighter with a main-deck cargo door by Dec-74. The aircraft was leased to St. Lucia Airways in Feb-75 as VQ-LAW, returning to Mark Aero in Nov-75 and becoming N37570 again. It was sold to 'Edwin R Phelps Jr' the same month. In Feb-78 it was leased to Petroleum Air Transport and returned to 'Edwin R Philips Jr' in Mar-80. The Florida Aircraft Leasing Corporation bought it in Jan-81 and it was later stored at Fort Lauderdale. In May-86 it was sold to the Carolina Aircraft Corporation. It was due to be re-registered N990CA but the registration wasn't used, instead the aircraft was sold to Servicios Aereos Generales (Honduras) as HR-AKW. They sold it to Bauford Marine Services Inc in Jul-88 and it again became N37570. In May-89 it was sold to Air Taxi International Inc and immediately leased to ILPO Cargo Airlines (Mexico), it was re-registered XA-RMM in Jun-90. Three months later, in Sep-90, it became N37570 again on it's return to Air Taxi International. In Sep-91 it was leased to Regal Air and then sold to Legion Express Inc in Nov-96. It was retired at Opa-Locka, FL, USA in Jul-97. Two months later in Sep-97, now almost 42 years old, it was sold to Sincereways (Kenya) and was re-registered 5Y-BMM. However it remained stored at Opa-Locka and was sold to Universal Airlines in Aug-98, again as N37570 and was re-registered N600UA in Oct-98. After being in storage it needed more than a little maintenance and finally departed from Opa-Locka in late 1999. Eventually it was based at Kenai, AK, USA, and continued in service until 12-Jun-11 when it 'inadvertantly' made a wheels up landing at Cold Bay, AK, USA and was badly damaged. Although it was then over 55 years old it was repaired and put up for sale by the salvage company in late 2011 (it's showing on Google Earth in an image dated May-12) and again in 2013. However I understand there were no takers and I'm assuming it's still at Cold Bay.