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A Douglas C-54 Skymaster (military variant of the DC-4) parked on the apron of the closed Tempelhof Airport.
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In 1973 this military version of the Douglas DC3 (C47 Skymaster) ran out of fuel and crashed on the south coast of Iceland. All crew members survived the "hard landing".
and that is my dedicted observer Chris Petit..three elements of the forest firefighting team.... in one frame...the bird dog in the rear, detection plane in the middle, and the Tanker (fire extingusher ! ) on the left !!!
44-9063 EDDF 06-07-2020 (Germany) United States - US Air Force (USAF) Douglas C-54E Skymaster CN 27289
The Douglas DC4 Skymaster was used both for civilian and military use,especially during WW2 era.It was widely used as a personnel and cargo carrier into the 1960's.It was also an integral part of the Berlin Airlift. This beauty is a part of the outdoor exhibit at the South Dakota Aviation Museum at Ellsworth Air Force Base near Rapid City...
this was a harsh season...flying through forest fire smoke is not terribly good for the lungs !!...these monsters spread that toxic smoke as far away as Europe...
the Cessna 337 that I fly...the main landing gear retraction cycle is fun to watch...dangly gangly, sometimes non symmetric...and does take a while too..!!
44-9063 EDDF 06-07-2020 (Germany) United States - US Air Force (USAF) Douglas C-54E Skymaster CN 27289
Fairford 23.7.98
Further, RIAT '98 action can be found here...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_FaF8qvf3E
copyright © 1998 Chris Chennell
N997CF DC-8-62AF Emery Worldwide.
Became PR-SKI with Skymaster - stored Manaus in 2009.
(scan from my collection - not my shot)
see her here with Skymaster:
www.flickr.com/photos/propfreak/4422608509/in/photolist-2...
Douglas C-54A Skymaster (DC-4) (msn 10403) Seen under tow at MIA. With the next operator, Taxi Aéreo El Venado, it crashed in the mountains in Columbia on June 30, 1975,with the cause unknown.
C-FGNI Douglas C-54A-15-DC Skymaster Air North - Yukon Trader in her element. Crash landed immediately after departure after engine failure and attempted return to Bronson Creek on 14th August 1996 (slide scan - wonderfully captured by M.Siegrist)
44-9063 EDDF 06-07-2020 (Germany) United States - US Air Force (USAF) Douglas C-54E Skymaster CN 27289
Douglas C-54R Skymaster (DC-4) (msn 27284) Seen at it's home base at Palmer, Alaska. Built as C-54E-5-DO 44-9058 and transferred to the US Navy as R5D-4R BuNo 90397. Redesignated C-54R in 1962. It was damaged beyond repair when it landed on a wet grass runway at Yakataga Airport, AK, and overran due to poor braking action.