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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 ...
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 ...
Love was certified in 19 military aircraft, becoming the first woman to be certified to fly the latest military aircraft, including the Douglas C-54 Skymaster, North American B-25 Mitchell, and along with Betty Gillies, the first to fly the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. [7]
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A C-54 crashed at Hacienda del Cesar at Valledupar, Colombia while carrying marijuana, killing the three crew. [195] 16 December 1978 A C-54 crashed and burned in Cesar Department, Colombia while attempting to land at a hacienda, killing the pilot, who was found burned in the wreckage. The aircraft was carrying marijuana. [196] 19 November 1979
The 1952 Tacoma C-54 crash was an aviation accident involving a Douglas C-54G Skymaster of the United States Air Force, which occurred in the early hours of Friday, November 28 1952, near McChord Field in the vicinity of Tacoma , resulting in the deaths of 37 people.
Fisher also conducted a program designed to allow aircraft to descend rapidly. It involved reversing all four propellers simultaneously in flight. On a Douglas C-54 Skymaster transport, the extremely high sink rates of up to 15,000 feet per minute in four seconds after reversal, produced a safe method of rapid descent for airliners. The flight ...
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