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On 26 January 1950, the Douglas C-54 Skymaster serial number 42-72469 disappeared en route from Alaska to Montana, with 44 people aboard. [1] [2] The aircraft made its last radio contact two hours into its eight-hour flight. Despite one of the largest rescue efforts carried out by a joint effort between Canadian and US military forces, no trace ...
The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the Korean War. Like the Douglas C-47 Skytrain derived from the DC-3, the C-54 Skymaster was derived from a civilian airliner, the Douglas DC-4. Besides transport of cargo, the C-54 also carried presidents, prime ...
The C-54 took off from El Palomar on October 31, 1965 to the Military Aviation School. The crew consisted of 9 members; 5 officers and 54 cadets, thus totaling 68 occupants. The training flight would take them to San Francisco. During the trip, a second Douglas DC-4 was used, the TC-43 that carried the rest of the promotion.
January 2, 1964: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II 9: Unknown North Pacific Ocean One passenger was lost in this military transport flight. March 28, 1964: Douglas C-54A Skymaster 9: Engine fire (presumed) North Pacific Ocean The aircraft involved had previously been used in the movie The High and the Mighty (1954). [143] [144] August 12, 1964
Douglas DC-3-209A NC18951, Ship #377 collided in mid-air with USAAF C-53 41-20116 near Kansas City, Missouri due to ATC errors; the DC-3 lost control, hit several small trees and crashed while the C-53 was able to land safely at Kansas City Municipal Airport despite a portion of the right wing missing. All on board both aircraft survived.
A Douglas C-54 Skymaster airplane carrying two people crashed into the Tanana River near Fairbanks on Tuesday and burst into flames, authorities said. The plane took off in the morning from ...
An Air Vietnam Douglas C-54D (XV-NUI) crashed on approach to Buon Me Thuot, Vietnam following an unexplained mid-air explosion, killing all 58 on board. A bomb was not ruled out. [174] 27 December 1973 An Avianca C-54 (HK-1027) burned out at Cartagena Airport following a fuel tank explosion near engine four. [175] 10 January 1974
September 28–29 (overnight) – An Israeli Douglas C-54 Skymaster military transport aircraft converted for civilian use to carry President of Israel Chaim Weizmann from Geneva, Switzerland, to Israel makes the flight with extra fuel tanks installed to allow a nonstop trip and painted with the logo of the "El Al/Israel National Aviation Company."