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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-4 / C-54/R5D/C-112 Skymaster / Carvair ATL / Canadair DC-4M/C-4 North Star
    Latest Model:C-54Q Skymaster
    Last Military Serial:50871 USN
    Construction Number:10550
    Last Civil Registration:N67024
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-54Q sn 50871 USN cn 10550...
    Latest Owner or Location:Environmental Aviation Services Inc, Bourg, LA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-54D-1-DC by Douglas at Chicago, IL.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-72445.

    8 February 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 50871 as a R5D-3.
    Immediately transferred to the Navy.

    1962

    Converted to a C-54Q.

    April 1970

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    Transferred to Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.

    1975

    To Aircraft Specialties Inc with new c/r N67024.

    October 1979


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Aircraft Specialties Inc at Mesa also had C-54s to replace their older sprayer types. Their C-54D N67024 was at Mesa in October 1979 fitted with spraybars

    2 April 1981

    To Globe Air Inc keeping c/r N67024.

    By 20 April 1982


    Photographer: Paul Hooper

    5 November 1985

    To Environmental Aviation Services Inc, Bourg, LA keeping c/r N67024.

    5 November 1985

    To Environmental Aviation Services Inc keeping c/r N67024.

    20 November 1985

    To Environmental Aviation Services Inc, Bourg, LA keeping c/r N67024.

    Markings Applied: N67024, EASI

    10 November 1989


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1984 photo at Mesa Falcon Field, Arizona

    August 1993


    Photographer: Han de Ridder
    Notes: Awaiting the next oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Scanned slide.

    20 July 1995

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR67024 (C54D-DC, 10550) issued.

    17 December 1997

    To Environmental Aviation Services Inc, Bourg, LA keeping c/r N67024.

    Based at Airborne Support Inc, Houma-Terrebone Airport, Houma, LA.
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    15 May 2015

    To Environmental Aviation Services Inc, Bourg, LA keeping c/r N67024.

    12 February 2019

    Civil registration, N67024, cancelled.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Piston Engine Airliner Production List (1991) by A.B. Eastwood and J. Roach
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Han de Ridder
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