Just about to touchdown on Runway 14 at Anchorage.

Former American Airlines N372AA being used to shuttle freight between Miami and Puerto Rico.

Delivered to Western Airlines in October 1954, this aircraft was fitted with a swingtail while in service with Spantax as EC-BBK. Also operated by the Los Angeles Dodgers as N1R in 1961. One of six retired NAC DC-6/C-118's stored at Fairbanks in 2005. Sold to Buffalo Airways and ferried to Hay River, NWT in 2013 where it was stored in 2018.

Delivered to the USAF as 53-3833 in December 1952, this aircraft was one of six retired NAC DC-6/C-118 aircraft stored at Fairbanks. All six acquired by Everts for spares.

No.4 engine belches a huge flame during engine start

This former Trans Air Link DC-6A was one of six retired NAC DC-6/C-118 aircraft stored at Fairbanks in September 2005. The very accomodating NAC personnel parked her on the ramp and opened her up for inspection.

Delivered to the US Navy as BuNo 131606 in April 1953, this aircraft went to Northern Air Cargo in June 1981. One of six retired NAC DC-6/C-118's stored at Fairbanks in 2005.

Northern Air Cargo entered the jet age with three 727's - half way the nineties! N930FT was stored at Mojave one month after this picture was taken, after 34 years of flying. [Nikon F801S, KR64]

Delivered to the USAF as 51-3834 in December 1952, this aircraft joined NAC in May 1981. It was one of six retired NAC aircraft stored at Fairbanks

Delivered to the USAF as 53-5225 in September 1954, this aircraft went to NAC in May 1982. It was one of six retired NAC DC-6/C-118 aircraft stored at Fairbanks.

NAC's last DC-6 still sits behind their cargo facility at Fairbanks International Airport. Most of the remaining fleet has been sold to Everts but rumor has it NAC won't sell this aircraft because of its unique swingtail conversion.

Delivered to Western Airlines in October 1954, this aircraft was fitted with a swingtail while in service with Spantax as EC-BBK. Also operated by the Los Angeles Dodgers as N1R in 1961. One of six retired NAC DC-6/C-118's stored at Fairbanks

Northern Air Cargo used to operate two Cargomasters, which were both leased from Cargomaster Corp. in the early 1980s. Shown here is N133B, which still carries small and faded Northern Air Cargo titles on the wheel bay and 'NAC' on the fin. It also still wears serial 0-90533, as a reminder of its previous military career (ex 59-0533). Sadly this rare aircraft, one of only fifteen C-133Bs built (with the clamshell rear loading doors), was scrapped at Anchorage during 2000.

At the time of this photo, Northern Air Cargo's once very impressive DC-6 fleet was slowly being phased out by NAC's new owners, and was already down to five flyable aircraft. Only four of them saw fairly frequent use, one of which was this N6174C (ex C-GBYN, N1281, N402US, N34959). It was acquired by them in June 2002, and eventually withdrawn from use in Sep 2008. A little over a year later this oldie was bought by Everts Air Cargo, and was still in use with them by 2016.

NAC acquired this Liftmaster in March 1991. At the time of this photo it was more than half a century old, having been delivered to the USAF in April 1955 (as 53-3265). When Northern Air Cargo was taken over by Saltchuk Resources from Seattle, it was decided to phase out these wonderful old propliners. This oldie was sold to Everts Air Cargo in 2009 for spares use, and slowly reduced to scrap at Fairbanks, AK in the years that followed.