On this day in 1974, after 29 years of active service, the US Navy retired its last Douglas C-54 Skymaster (DC-4), actually the one operated by the Navy Test Pilot School at Patuxent River. It had been flown for almost 15,000hr in which it covered more than 3 million miles.

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Robin MORET

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Torsdag 20 September 2007

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Mandag 1 April 2019

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#aviationhistory, #onthisdayinaviation, #onthisdayinaviationhistory, #otd, 2007, C-54, C-54Q, California, DC-4, Douglas, March Field Air Museum, Riverside, Skymaster, USA

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• Aviation / This Day In Aviation / April

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