Aircraft Photo of N91069 | Douglas C54A-DC | Capital Airlines | AirHistory.net #132356
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N91069
Fleet number:612
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C54A-DC
C/n (msn):10363
Operator Titles:Capital Airlines
Location
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:District of Columbia, United States
 
Photo Date:April 1949
Photo from:RAScholefield Collection
Photo ID: 132356
Photo Comment

Delivered to US Navy as R5D-1 Bu50841 in August 1944. Converted to DC-4 standard by Douglas in September 1946. Served Pennsylvania Central Airlines until April 1948 when name changed to Capital Airlines. Named "Capitaliner Youngstown". Seen with downtown Washington in background. Capital merged into United on 1 June 1961 and this DC-4 was sold in August that year. Obtained from Capital 60 years ago.

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