Авиация и Время 2002-01 / М.Жирохов, Д.Шевчук - ВВС Израиля, 1948-49гг. (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 4X-ACA

Транспортный самолет DC-4, выполнявший полеты в Европейские города уже в декабре 1948г. имел гражданскую регистрацию. Самолет нес логотип авиакомпании "Эль-Ал", официально образованной в начале 1949г.

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C-54A-DO Skymaster. Первый серийный C-54 облетан в начале 1942 года; построено 1242 самолета. Данная машина принадлежала Авиатранспортному командованию и входила во вторую производственную серию - эта партия полностью предназначалась для ВВС Армии США.

Мировая Авиация 114

Самолет с серийным номером 56511 был одним из 95 C-54D, переданных из запасов ВВС Армии США в ВМС США и получивших обозначение R5D-3. В общей сложности самолеты семейства DC-4/C-54/R5D за годы войны пересекли Атлантику и Тихий океан почти 80 000 раз, потеряв лишь три машины.

Air-Britain Archive 1981-03

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-CBD

Douglas DC-4-1009 OO-CBD in original colour scheme.

Aviation Historian 15 / T.Jones - Air International Affair

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N88894   [4]

A rare photograph of AIA Skymaster N88894 at Essendon Airport, Melbourne, in 1959, during one of the airline’s few visits to Australia. This aircraft was originally built with the military serial 42-72391 and was delivered to the USAAF on December 18, 1944. In June 1946 it was acquired by Pan American to serve as Clipper Eureka.

Aviation Historian 15 / T.Jones - Air International Affair

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N88894   [4]

The well-travelled N88894 at Singapore during 1959. Like its sister Skymaster N88939, this aircraft was acquired by Eastern Air Lines in 1950 after service with Pan American, the pair joining Slick in July 1955. The first of the two to be acquired by AIA was N88939 in August 1958, with N88894 joining the AIA fleet in November the same year.

Aviation Historian 15 / T.Jones - Air International Affair

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N88939   [4]

Skymaster N88939 is prepared for another flight, probably at Prestwick. Built at Santa Monica as C-54B 43-17197, the aircraft was very briefly put on the Brazilian civil register as PP-PCD before joining Pan American as N88939 in 1946. By the time AlA acquired its fleet of Skymasters, all had already been worked extremely hard.

Aviation Historian 15 / T.Jones - Air International Affair

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N88939   [4]

The other of AlA’s first two Skymasters, N88939, taxies in at Blackbushe with the outer engines stopped. Originally operated by Pan American as Clipper Hornet from June 1946, this aircraft went on to serve with Eastern during 1950-55, before joining Slick in July 1955. It was acquired by AIA at the end of August 1958.

Aviation Historian 15 / T.Jones - Air International Affair

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N88894   [4]

“All aboard’’ - N88894 awaits its next cabinful of intrepid passengers at Prestwick in 1959. After the collapse of AlA this aircraft operated with Loftleidir and World Airways during 1960-61. On May 9, 1962, while operating with Slick, it suffered double engine failure in bad weather and belly-landed at Ackerly, Texas, causing substantial damage.

Aviation Historian 15 / T.Jones - Air International Affair

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N88939   [4]

Skymaster N88939 at Blackbushe. By the beginning of 1960 AlA had attracted the attention of the authorities in America. The March 18, 1960 issue of Flight reported that “American International Airways has been refused renewal of its first year’s operating certificate by the FAA. Violations are said to have covered ‘just about everything in the book’, including general level of aircraft maintenance, pilot qualification and flight-time limitations. This is the first such action to be taken by the FAA".

Aviation Historian 15 / T.Jones - Air International Affair

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N75415   [2]

As part of AIA’s expansion during the winter of 1958-59, more Skymasters were added to the fleet, including N75415, a somewhat weary C-54A that had previously operated with Eastern, Seaboard & Western, Meteor Air Transport and General Airways among others. It is seen here in the UK after the demise of AIA.

Aviation Historian 15 / T.Jones - Air International Affair

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N30042

Skymaster N30042 (c/n 18342) at Newcastle in April 1960. At the time the aircraft was being operated by the US Transport Corporation in association with Intercontinental Airways, to which most of the former AlA employees migrated when the latter collapsed in early 1960. It was later converted into ATL-98 Carvair G-AXAI.

Air Pictorial 1976-10 / G.Endres - Air Afrique

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TU-TBQ

Air Afrique DC-4 (C-54A) TU-TBQ was leased from Air France from August 1961 to December 1963.

Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / P.Howard, B.Hickox - Mercy Angels of Angkor /Airliners and air services/ (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: B-1801

Leased Skymaster B-1801 of Air Cambodge leaps into the air from Pochentong, still wearing its China Airlines registration.

Aviation Historian 1 / P.Brooks - One furious summer

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CY-ACA

Brooks took this photograph of Air Ceylon Douglas DC-4 CY-ACA Laxapana (c/n 10365), at Cairo on the somewhat more comfortable journey home. This machine was later converted by Aviation Traders Ltd into Carvair G-AREK.

Air Pictorial 1957-02

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AOFW   [3]

Air Charter's Skymaster G-AOFW, reported at London Airport during the month, is normally employed on the Southend to Cyprus trooping run along with confreres G-ANYB and G-AOXK.

Air-Britain Archive 1983-04

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-ABS

Douglas DC-4 OO-ABS (1366) of SABENA in Air Congo colours.

Aviation Historian 14 / J.Stroud - Beirut: Lebanon's Propliner Paradise /The John Stroud Archive/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OD-ACI

“Bienvenue au Liban” - Douglas DC-4 OD-ACI of Air Liban is prepared for flight beside the newly completed terminal building at Beirut-Khalde. The French/Lebanese airline had begun DC-4 operations from the airport in late 1954.

Air Pictorial 1977-07

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VT-CZW

Also seen at Dubai, one of Air Works India's DC-4 fleet, VT-CZW, which are employed on regular freight services to the Gull area

Aviation Historian 33 / M.Wickstead - Italy's forgotten airlines (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: I-DALT

Alitalia acquired converted former Pan American C-54 I-DALT in March 1950, naming it Citta di Milano, although LAI was able to obtain funds to secure the purchase of three pressurised DC-6Bs.

Мировая Авиация 205

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC90417

После 18 месяцев службы в ВВС США этот C-54B (NC90417) был переделан в пассажирский лайнер для "American Airlines". Получив имя "Flagship Monterey", самолет работал на местных авиалиниях в США до 1949 года, когда его приобрела испанская "Iberia". В 1963 году самолет был куплен британской фирмой "Aviation Traders", став одним из 21 DC-4, переделанных в вариант ATL.98 Carvair для перевозки автомобилей.

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Aviation Historian 20 / M.Wickstead - A sky full of frontiers

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC90905

Formalised in December 1945, American Export Airlines had merged with American Airlines the previous month, the newly-minted American Overseas Airlines becoming the transatlantic division of the American Airlines System, as per the legend on the fuselage of Douglas C-54 NC90905 (c/n 27344), named Flagship Boston, seen here at Heathrow in May 1946.

Aviation Historian 14 / J.Stroud - Beirut: Lebanon's Propliner Paradise /The John Stroud Archive/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N711A

Another regular visitor to Beirut was the Arabian-American Oil Company (Aramco), whose C-54B N711A, The Flying Oryx, is seen here en route to Saudi Arabia, where the company operated the world’s biggest offshore oil field at Safaniya. The names Flying Oryx, Gazelle and Camel were used by various Aramco DC-4s and DC-6s.

Air International 1980-04

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: 5N-ARC

The DC-4 5N-ARC in Arax Airlines markings.

Air International 1992-09 / T.Todd - Frankfurt Airport: Born again, but for how long?

Another view of the airport in the 1950s with Pan American, Argentine and Swiss aircraft on the apron.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Boeing C-97 / Model 377 Stratocruiser - СШАUSA - 1944Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota - СШАUSA - 1935

Air Pictorial 1957-11

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: YA-BAH

Ariana's colours, seen here on YA-BAH at Bahrein, are natural metal, white top, blue trim, black letters, and the green, red and black national markings.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-07 / Personal album. Civil

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-ILC

Balair’s DC-4 HB-ILC, photographed in March 1961, operated on charter and relief work from Balair’s main base at Basle in Switzerland. HB-ILC flew for Balair from June 1960 until March 1963 when it appeared on the UK register as G-ASFY of Air Ferry. Balair, a subsidiary of Swissair, flew several DC-4 and DC-6 aircraft until the early 1980s.

Air Pictorial 1998-03 / ??? - Braathens SAFE into the future

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: LN-HAT

Initial fleet equipment comprised Douglas DC-4s, of which LN-HAT was received in February 1947, followed in the 1960s by DC-6s.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-02 / Personal album

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AOFW   [3]

Douglas C-54A Skymaster G-AOFW, formerly owned by Alitalia as I-DALV, seen at Luqa in 1960. In 1964 FW was converted into a Carvair.

Air Enthusiast 1972-10 / ??? - The 40-year-old newcomer: British Caledonian Airways

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AOFW   [3]

Following the Hunting-Clan Airwork merger, the BUA fleet went through a number of livery changes. In this picture a former Air Charter C-54, G-AOFW Jason, is seen in British United Airways colours with a Channel Air Bridge Carvair beyond.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Aviation Traders ATL.98 Carvair - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1961

Aviation Historian 9 / D.Stringer - Non-Skeds! /The Story of America's Supplemental Airlines/ (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N37474

Success for the non-skeds often depended on military contracts. This California Eastern Airways Douglas DC-4, N37474, photographed at Oakland in 1955, proudly declares its commitment to the US Navy.

Aviation Historian 36 / M.Wickstead - "Faucett"

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OB-PBC

Built as a Douglas C-54A for the USAAF, c/n 10285 operated with Flota Aerea Mercante Argentina (FAMA) during 1946-50 and joined the Faucett fleet in late August 1950, re-registered OB-PBC-248. It remained with Faucett for a remarkable three decades, and is seen here at Limatambo in April 1963, before it was re-registered as OB-R-248 the following year.

Aviation Historian 36 / M.Wickstead - "Faucett"

A view of the majestic Salcantay, the highest peak in the Vilcabamba mountain range, north-west of Cusco, from a port window of a Faucett airliner. Such unforgiving terrain is typical of the Peruvian landscape, and Faucett’s pilots were specialists in threading their way through the rugged Andes in unpressurised piston-engined airliners.

Мировая Авиация 205

В послевоенный период многие операторы, такие как "Flying Tiger Line", были полностью загружены чартерными перевозками американских военнослужащих.

Air Pictorial 1958-01

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-APCW

Independent Air Travel's first Skymaster, G-APCW, is now fully engaged on charter work, and although based at Hurn, regularly frequents London Airport, Blackbushe and Ringway.

Air Pictorial 1958-01 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VT-CZT

One of six Douglas DC-4 Skymasters belonging to Indian Airlines Corpn. Note identification "India" on fin and I.A.C. badge on the nose.

Aeroplane Monthly 1994-12 / Personal album. Civil

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ASPN

Invicta's Douglas C-54A Skymaster freighter G-ASPN turning round at Speke in July 1968. Note the British Eagle steps. The company sold the aircraft in April 1972.

Aviation Historian 4 / J.Forsgren - Keeping the Peace

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: JY-ABD

Another photograph of the ramp at Beirut International Airport in 1958, including a Bell OH-13 and Bird Dog of Unogil, which operated alongside airline “heavy metal”. Note the Jordan International Airlines Douglas DC-4 (JY-ABD), Iranair DC-4 and MEA Vickers Viscount in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Bell H-13 Sioux / Model 47 - СШАUSA - 1945Cessna L-19 / O-1 Bird dog / Model 305 - СШАUSA - 1950Vickers Viscount - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1948

Aviation Historian 20 / N.Stroud - Heathrow. The Roaring Forties /The John Stroud Archive/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: TF-RVH

Proudly flying the Icelandic flag, Douglas C-54 TF-RVH (c/n 7485) of Loftleidir is refuelled at LAP in August 1948. Named Hekla in honour of one of Iceland’s most active volcanoes, the aircraft joined the Icelandic airline in June 1947. Leased to Seaboard & Western Airlines in 1951, it was destroyed by fire at Pisa in January 1952.

Air Pictorial 1957-10

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CF-MCF

The ill-fated Maritime Central Skymaster, CF-MCF, shown here at L.A.P. on 10/8/57, was totally destroyed with the loss of seventy-nine lives in a crash eighteen miles south-west of Quebec on the following day.

Мировая Авиация 205

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: XA-GIK

Типичная судьба многих C-54 ВВС США: летом 1946 года XA-GIK был переделан в гражданский DC-4. Самолет служил в "Pan American" с 1947-го по 1950 год, после чего его купила авиакомпания "Mexicana".

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v3

Douglas DC-4

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-06 / J.Stroud - A million miles flown /A lifetime of flying/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N88927

The North Apron at London Heathrow in the early 1950s. Pan American World Airways’ Douglas DC-4 (C-54A) N88927 Clipper Skylark and a TransCanada Air Lines Canadair Four North Star.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Canadair CL-2 / CL-4 Argonaut - КанадаCanada - 1946

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-03 / N.Parnell - Extremely Durable Aircraft

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-EDA   [4]

Before it wore the Qantas scheme, VH-EDA had also worn the livery of Western Airlines and Australian National Airways. It was acquired by Qantas early in 1949.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-03 / N.Parnell - Extremely Durable Aircraft

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-EDA   [4]

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-03 / N.Parnell - Extremely Durable Aircraft

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-EDA   [4]

Aviation Historian 21 / P.Vabre - Premium parking

This unique line-up on Melbourne’s freight apron shows the three main types then in the Qantas fleet on the ramp together. From nearest to camera: Douglas DC-4, Boeing 707 and 747. Qantas retained a pair of DC-4s for services to Norfolk Island but was in the process of becoming an “all-747” airline. Beyond the Qantas line is a pair of Ansett Lockheed Electras.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Boeing Boeing 707/720 - СШАUSA - 1954Boeing Boeing 747 - СШАUSA - 1969Lockheed Electra L-188 - СШАUSA - 1957

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-08 / Personal album

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-CBQ   [2]

Sabena DC-4 OO-CBQ at Ringway during the early 1950s.

Мировая Авиация 205

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-CBQ   [2]

Бельгийская SABENA была одной из немногих компаний, купившей DC-4 новой постройки после окончания Второй мировой войны. Этот самолет использовался в Бельгийском Конго, пока в 1961 году его не сдали в аренду ООН.

Aviation Historian 20 / N.Stroud - Heathrow. The Roaring Forties /The John Stroud Archive/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-CBP

Sabena DC-4 OO-CBP (c/n 43009) trundles along the taxiway at LAP in 1948 with its outer Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp engines shut down. The aircraft came to an unusual end when it was destroyed by a bomb dropped by a Katangese Air Force Fouga Magister at Elizabethville, Congo, in September 1961, during political unrest there.

Air Pictorial 1976-03 / J.Wegg - Saudia - Saudi Arabian Airlines /Airline History/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HZ-AAW

Skymaster HZ-AAW in an early colour scheme at Beirut. May 1956

Aviation Historian 18 / J.Stroud - Arctic Assignment: Propliner proliferation in Finland /The John Stroud Archive/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: LN-IAE

A typical line-up on the ramp during a busy day at Helsinki-Vantaa in 1956; nearest the camera is CV-440 OH-LRD, beyond which may be seen the fin of Finnair CV-340 OH-LRA (still in the airline’s older predominantly bare-metal scheme), with Scandinavian Airline System Douglas DC-4 LN-IAE at the far end. The introduction of the CV-440 heralded a smart new white, blue and bare-metal colour scheme for Finnair.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Convair CV-240 Convair-Liner / C-131 / C-340 / C-440 - СШАUSA - 1946

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-11 / Personal album. Civil

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AJPL

Douglas C-54A Skymaster G-AJPL, formerly 42-107445, NL-309 and PH-TAK, named Sky Wisdom, at Lydda in March 1948. On February 4, 1949 it crashed into trees while landing at Castel Benito, Libya after both port engines failed following fuel starvation. Although the pilot was killed, the 40 passengers and eight crew survived.

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-08 / Personal album

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AJPN

Douglas C-54 Skymaster G-AJPN of Skyways Ltd, seen at Luqa, Malta, in 1948, was formerly 42-72270, NL-310 and PH-TAL before being sold to Skyways in December 1947, and named Sky Champion. The aircraft was sold in France in June 1950 as F-BELR.

Aviation Historian 15 / T.Jones - Air International Affair

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N88894   [4]

As with all small independent operators, thriftiness was essential for success and AIA simply adopted the feathered-wing logo of Slick Airways, from which it leased its first Skymasters, replaced Slick’s titles with its own and repainted the fin white. Seen here is N88894, one of AIA’s first two leased C-54Bs, in Slick colours at Newark.

Air International 1992-09 / T.Todd - Frankfurt Airport: Born again, but for how long?

General view of Frankfurt apron in the 1950s with a Swissair DC-3 in the foreground and one of their DC-4s behind.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota - СШАUSA - 1935

Air Pictorial 1992-01 / G.Jones - Zurich - Swiss airport excellence

Swissair's DC-3s and DC-4s pack the apron at Kloten in the late 1940's, before the first terminal was opened.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota - СШАUSA - 1935

Aviation Historian 41 / M.Wickstead - French wings over five continents. The story of UTA (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-BDRJ

Formerly PH-TAD with KLM, Douglas DC-4 F-BDRJ (c/n 10379) was one of seven acquired by TAI in late 1947, and is seen here at Beirut in September 1956. The colour scheme for the DC-4 fleet retained the green-striped theme and incorporated the gryphon motif in a circle on the forward fuselage; note the TAI titles under the wings.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-07 / Personal album. Civil

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: D-ANUK

Trans Avia, a West German charter airline formed in 1957, flew DC-4s and Vickers Vikings on inclusive tour work from Dusseldorf to points throughout Europe and Africa. Skymaster D-ANUK, seen at Luqa in 1958, was an ex-Northwest Airlines machine. Trans Avia ceased flying in 1959 and D-ANUK was sold to Belgian International Air Services.

Aviation Historian 9 / D.Stringer - Non-Skeds! /The Story of America's Supplemental Airlines/ (1)

One of the most successful large irregular carriers was Transocean Airlines (TALOA), which at its peak boasted some 6,700 employees at 57 bases worldwide. It was the inspiration for the fictional carrier TOPAC featured in Ernest K. Gann’s novel The High and the Mighty, made into a film starring John Wayne and a TALOA DC-4 in 1954.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2018-03 / В.Морозов - Принцессы пятого океана

Авиалайнер DC-4 американской авиакомпании «TWA», летавший по маршруту Нью-Йорк - Каир в период 1947-1950 гг. В экипаже три бортпроводника, но стюардесса в их числе только одна

Авиация и Космонавтика 2012-01 / Знаменательные даты I квартала 2012г. в области авиации

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NX45341

Air Enthusiast 1999-11 / P.Howard - Pioneering in the Trusts

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N90906   [2]

N90906 awaits departure from Guam sometime in 1962. Note the C-124 Globemaster II of MATS at the rear - regular callers on the latter’s ‘Mid-Pac South’ route to and from the Orient

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II - СШАUSA - 1949

Air Enthusiast 1999-11 / P.Howard - Pioneering in the Trusts

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N88909

The second Skymaster to wear TT titles was N88909, pictured at Guam with an Albatross behind. The Federation of Micronesia flag replaced the High Commission seal

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Grumman UF/HU-16/JR2F/G-64 Albatross - СШАUSA - 1947

Air Enthusiast 1999-11 / P.Howard - Pioneering in the Trusts

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N90906   [2]

Skymaster N90906 undergoing maintenance at Oakland. Note the Trust Territory High Commission seal on the fin.

Air Pictorial 1976-10 / G.Endres - Air Afrique

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-BFGP

Air Afrique's workhorse in the early years was the Douglas DC-4, numbers of which were operated on lease from Air France and UAT. Shown under the tail of a Nord Noratlas is UAT DC-4 F-BFGP which later became Air Afrique's TU-TBK

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Nord Nord 2500 Noratlas - ФранцияFrance - 1949

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC30001

The Douglas DC-4 Four-engined Airliner (four 1,450 h.p. Pratt & Whitney Twin-Wasp engines).

Air Pictorial 1988-01 / R.Jackson - Airport Movements

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N90201

DC-4s are now rarely seen in Europe; however Great Southern Airlines' Cargo C-54D N90201, ex U.S.A.F. O-72723, ventured across the Atlantic in November and called at Prestwick for fuel on 14/11/1987 while on its return trip from Paris to the U.S.A. via Keflavik

Air Pictorial 1956-03 / Special correspondent - Strangers in the Camp

Air Charter Ltd. operate this Douglas C-54B Skymaster between Hamburg and Berlin. It carries both passengers and freight.

Air Enthusiast 2003-05 / K.Slade - Last of the big props

The DC-7 prototype heads a line-up at Long Beach showing the postwar Douglas airliner 'portfolio'. From the rear: DC-3S 'Super Dakota'; DC-4 Skymaster; DC-6B F-BGOD; DC-7 N301AA.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-6 / C-118 Liftmaster - СШАUSA - 1946Douglas DC-7 - СШАUSA - 1953Douglas Super DC-3 / C-117D / R4D-8 - СШАUSA - 1949

Мировая Авиация 93

Первый экземпляр DC-7 (N301AA, предназначенный для "American Airlines") "позирует" перед фотографом "Douglas" на фоне других самолетов фирмы, ожидающих отправки заказчикам (с переднего плана за "семеркой"): DC-6B для TAI, грузовой DC-4 для "United" и демонстрационный образец DC-3S "Super DC-3".

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-6 / C-118 Liftmaster - СШАUSA - 1946Douglas DC-7 - СШАUSA - 1953Douglas Super DC-3 / C-117D / R4D-8 - СШАUSA - 1949

История Авиации 29 / Д.Кондратков - Берлинский воздушный мост /Спецоперации/

Aviation Historian 14 / A.Metzmacher - Local Hero

C-54s of Tactical Air Command line up on the taxiway at Frankfurt am Main in July 1949. The blockade of Berlin continued until May 1949, although supply flights continued into the city until the end of that September, by which time the USAF had delivered some 1,783,573 tons of provisions to the city.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-04 / H.Seabrook-Smith - Berlin air lift (1)

Douglas Skymasters of US Air Transport Command at Gatow.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-04 / H.Seabrook-Smith - Berlin air lift (1)

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Ветераны Второй мировой войны C-54 были вновь активно востребованы в 1948 году - с началом операции "Берлинский воздушный мост". На снимке - C-54 во время разгрузки в аэропорту Темпельхоф, Берлин, март 1949 года.

Aviation Historian 28 / A.Griffith - Ploughshares into Swords

Unusually, there was no prototype for the DC-4/C-54, the first production example, serial 41-20137 (c/n 3050), making its first flight, also from Clover Field, on February 14, 1942, with John F. Martin at the controls. The first 24 production machines were essentially hastily militarised airliners fitted with auxiliary fuel tanks in the cabin.

Aviation Historian 28 / A.Griffith - Ploughshares into Swords

The introduction of the C-54 into service from the summer of 1942 saw the USAAF provided with a rugged and reliable long-range heavy transport capable of moving troops and equipment to theatres of operation all over the world - a vital type urgently needed by a service that was initially ill-prepared and ill-equipped for a global conflict. Despite its remarkable ubiquity, however, the C-54 was never converted for use as a bomber.

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C-54 быстро стал главным транспортным самолетом ВС США на Тихоокеанском ТВД. Данный C-54A эвакуирует раненых с Фунафути, острова Эллис, декабрь 1943 года.

Aviation Historian 28 / A.Griffith - Ploughshares into Swords

Douglas’s revised DC-4 design was much less ambitious than its big brother, but retained the DC-4E’s four-engined layout and tricycle undercarriage. Despite the new design garnering orders from several airlines, the US War Department took over all provisional orders for the type in the wake of Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and allocated them to the USAAF as C-54 transports.

История Авиации 33 / Д.Кондратков - "Мустанги" в Корее /Авиация в локальных войнах/ (2)

Пара F-51D из состава 2-й эскадрильи южноафриканских ВВС на аэродроме K-9 (Пусан-восточный). На заднем плане виден взлетевший DC-4, ноябрь 1950г.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: North American P-51D Mustang - СШАUSA - 1944

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Для повышения максимальной взлетной массы C-54 могли оснащаться дополнительными ракетными ускорителями.

Aviation Historian 14 / A.Metzmacher - Local Hero

A USAF C-54 lifts off from a West German base on a supply flight to Berlin. The Skymaster was capable of carrying three times as much cargo as its older brother, the C-47, and proved invaluable during the Berlin Airlift.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Douglas C-54A Skymaster Long-range Military Transport (four Pratt & Whitney R-2000-7 engines).

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

The Douglas C-54D Skymaster Military Transport (four Pratt & Whitney R-2000-11 Twin-Wasp engines).

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Douglas C-54B Skymaster Long-range Military Transport (four Pratt & Whitney R-2000-7 engines).

Aviation Historian 14 / A.Metzmacher - Local Hero

The C-54 provided the backbone of operations for the USAF during the Berlin Airlift, most being operated by the Troop Carrier Groups of Tactical Air Command.

Моделист-Конструктор Военно-транспортные самолеты Второй мировой войны

C-54 ВВС армии США в полете

Air Pictorial 1992-02

'Skymaster' production prototype, became DC-4 in civil use first flew 26 March 1942.

Air Pictorial 1956-02 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

First photograph of the Convair modified search-and-rescue Douglas SC-54D of the U.S. A.R.S./M.A.T.S. Last summer Convair began modifying thirty-six C-54 Skymasters at Fort Worth. the most noticeable features being the additional nose radome and the look-out blister, in the rear fuselage . SC-54Ds are now arriving in Europe.

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В 1955 году 38 самолетов C-54D модифицировали в поисково-спасательные SC-54D (затем - HC-54D).

Aviation Historian 28 / A.Griffith - Ploughshares into Swords

Three of the USAAF’s most important four-engined "heavies" of the Second World War are represented in this unusual formation photograph comprising, from left to right, a Consolidated B-24, Douglas C-54 and Boeing B-17. All three would play major roles in establishing the USA’s remarkable airpower capabilities during the conflict.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Boeing B-17E / B-17G Flying Fortress - СШАUSA - 1941Consolidated B-24 Liberator - СШАUSA - 1939

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-05 / Personal album. Military

A Chinese National Airways DC-4 over Hong Kong Bay in November 1947. In the bay are Sunderlands of 88 Sqn, which was equipped with GR.5s from September 1946 until 1954. The squadron used them for shipping and anti-piracy patrols.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Short Sunderland / S.25 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

История Авиации 29 / Д.Кондратков - Берлинский воздушный мост /Спецоперации/

Приводная РЛС аэродрома Темпельхоф

История Авиации 29 / Д.Кондратков - Берлинский воздушный мост /Спецоперации/

Гейл Халворсен прилетел в Темпельхоф. Видны маленькие парашюты, на которых сброшены сладости детям

История Авиации 29 / Д.Кондратков - Берлинский воздушный мост /Спецоперации/

Берлинцы приветствуют заходящий на посадку C-54

Air Pictorial 1957-10 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

A Keflavik-based C-54 of MATS's Icelandic Air Defence Fore;.

АвиаМастер 2002-07 / М.Жирохов - Крылья по найму или необыкновенные приключения американцев в Лаосе /Экзотика/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N12191

В "ЦРУшной" авиакомпании служили самые разные типы самолетов и вертолетов. Был среди них и этот четырехмоторный "Дуглас" DC-4.

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Грузовики вывозят муку, доставленную в берлинский аэропорт Темпельхоф американскими самолетами C-54. В Тегеле был построен новый аэропорт, а жители Западного Берлина помогали разгружать самолеты.

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Во время операции "Vittles" (Берлинский воздушный мост) авиабаза Рейн-Майн была на острие активности. На фотографии - C-47 и C-54.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota - СШАUSA - 1935

Aviation Historian 14 / A.Metzmacher - Local Hero

A very low-quality but extremely rare photograph of C-54E 44-9086 (c/n 27312), fin number “442”, at Wiesbaden a matter of weeks before its final fatal flight to Berlin on March 4, 1949.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

During the final stage of the Dien Bien Phu battle, the USAF instituted an air bridge to deliver ammunition and spare parts to Indochina, leaving the French ‘Packets’ to fly only internal missions. This view - from the top hatch of an Invader - shows a C-54 and C-119 of the 315th Air Division of Misawa operating from Cat Bi. At centre is an ‘Aeronavale ’ PB4Y Privateer of 28F and in front of the C-54 Dragon Rapide F-BAHY.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer - СШАUSA - 1943De Havilland Dragon Rapide / Dominie / D.H.89 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar - СШАUSA - 1947

Aviation Historian 14 / J.Stroud - Beirut: Lebanon's Propliner Paradise /The John Stroud Archive/

With the Lebanon Mountains rising to the east in the background, Middle East Airlines DC-3 OD-ABD has its engines run up on the ramp before departing the newly-completed airport at Khalde, south of the capital’s centre. Parked in the distance are DC-3 OD-AAM and Languedoc OD-ABJ of Air Liban and a USAF C-54 Skymaster.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Bloch MB.160 Languedoc - ФранцияFrance - 1937Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota - СШАUSA - 1935

Air Enthusiast 1999-11 / N.Gillespie - 'Deep Freeze' (1)

Military Air Transport Service Continental Command C-124A 51-5175 at Williams Field with a VX-6 R5D in the background

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II - СШАUSA - 1949

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Последний рейс в ходе операции "Vittles" был проведен с авиабазы Рейн-Главный 30 сентября 1949 года. На заднем плане над базой пролетают самолеты C-54 61-й транспортной группы ВВС США.

Air International 1995-09 / K.Hayes, E.Power - NOAA's Ark and other weathered aircraft

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N91282

Douglas C-54D N91282 of the US Weather Bureau at the Miami base.

Моделист-Конструктор Военно-транспортные самолеты Второй мировой войны

Один из десяти "скаймастеров", поставленных Великобритании

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-01 / R.Williams - Churchill's egg

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: EW999   [2]

Churchill's Avro York was replaced by this Douglas C-54 Skymaster I, EW999, which would have contained the pressure compartment had the idea not been scrapped in May 1945.

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-01 / R.Williams - Churchill's egg

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: EW999   [2]

Churchill's Avro York was replaced by this Douglas C-54 Skymaster I, EW999, which would have contained the pressure compartment had the idea not been scrapped in May 1945.

Air Enthusiast 1996-09 / S.Aloni - Spitfires for Israel

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC56011

C-54 "Скаймастер" - один из первых самолетов военно-транспортной авиации Израиля.
Douglas C-54 NC56011 was the lead ship of Operation Velveta in September 1948.

Авиация и Время 2001-02 / М.Жирохов, Д.Шевчук - ВВС Израиля, 1948-49гг. (1)

Израильские C-54 Skymaster действовали под гражданским прикрытием

Air Pictorial 1977-10 / P.Thompson - The R.Danish A.F. Today

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N-706

C-54D Skymaster N-706, c/n. 10811, ex 42-72706, was acquired by the R. Danish A.F. in August 1959 but was withdrawn from use in late 1975

Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service

T.4-16 ‘352-16’ in company with fellow C-54s and Grumman HU-16s awaiting scrapping at the Maestranza Aerea de Sevilla, September 1977.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Grumman UF/HU-16/JR2F/G-64 Albatross - СШАUSA - 1947

Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service

One of the two ‘sacred cows’ from 911 Squadron, T.4-5 ‘911-05’ at Getafe, August 1976.

Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service

Initial code sported by T.4-9 while serving with 353 Squadron was '353-23'. This gave way to '352-09' beyond April 1973.

Air Enthusiast 1999-03 / J.Serrano - Fifty years of DC service

C-54 T.4-14 with its earliest 352 Squadron code, ‘352-15’. CASA Azor behind.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: CASA C-201 Alcotan / C-202 Halcon / C-207 Azor - ИспанияSpain - 1949

История Авиации 29 / Д.Кондратков - Берлинский воздушный мост /Спецоперации/

Двигатель R-2000 устанавливается на C-54

Моделист-Конструктор Военно-транспортные самолеты Второй мировой войны

Сборка C-54 на заводе в Санта-Монике, 1942 г.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-05 / ??? - And there's more where these came from...

Douglas C-54 Skymasters were built at Santa Monica and Chicago, the latter plant accounting for two-thirds of total production. The C-54 was the US Army's first four-engined transport and was the military version of the DC-4A, which had been put into production at the time of America’s entry into the war.

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Среди C-54, переданных ВМС и КМП США под обозначением R5D, имелись уникальные R5D-2-2 - они использовались для испытаний РЛС в Исследовательском центре авиации ВМС США в Патуксент-Ривер, штат Мэриленд.

Aviation Historian 36 / N.Stroud - Canada's ice patrol

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CF-KAD   [3]

Douglas C-54B CF-KAD (c/n 18356) has its four Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp engines run up at an unidentified location. The aircraft’s ice-reconnaissance work with the Canadian Department of Transport (DoT) was undertaken from Gander in Newfoundland, but there is no information on where our photographs were taken; it is more likely that it was at Downsview airport in Toronto. Note the Canadair Sabre cockpit mounted in the cockpit roof.

Aviation Historian 36 / N.Stroud - Canada's ice patrol

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CF-KAD   [3]

Another photo of CF-KAD having its engines run up. The proximity of civilianised former RCAF Auster AOP.6 CF-NQC lends substance to the possibility that the series of photographs was taken at Downsview, as the Auster was based there during 1962-70.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Auster AOP.6 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945

Aviation Historian 36 / N.Stroud - Canada's ice patrol

One of the two Kenting C-54s undergoes preparation for its next sortie, this view again showing the Sabre cockpit to good advantage. Today falling under the remit of the Canadian Ice Service, the “ice-spotting” task has been made considerably easier with the advent of satellite imagery, but a de Havilland Canada Dash 8 is still used.

Aviation Historian 36 / N.Stroud - Canada's ice patrol

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CF-KAE

CF-KAE undergoes maintenance, probably in one of the hangars at Downsview. The transparent nosecone has been removed for access to the electronic navigation suite in the nose.

Aviation Historian 36 / N.Stroud - Canada's ice patrol

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: CF-KAD   [3]

CF-KAD comes in to land on the 8,400ft (2,560m) runway at Gander having completed another successful mission. The C-54s were replaced by Lockheed 188 Electras CF-NAY and CF-NAZ, operated by Nordair Ltd of Montreal. The latter aircraft was also fitted with an observation dome similar to the Sabre cockpits fitted to the C-54s.

Aviation Historian 36 / N.Stroud - Canada's ice patrol

Meteorological Branch team members R.A. Shewchuck, E Stasyshyn and L. Goff discuss the mission during a flight in one of the C-54s.

Aviation Historian 36 / N.Stroud - Canada's ice patrol

A member of the DoT’s Meteorological Branch team uses one of the C-54s’ starboard bubble windows to scan the ice fields stretching across the Gulf of St Lawrence during the winter of 1968-69. Kenting Aviation was established in 1947 as an aerial mapping and survey company using retired wartime bombers and transport aircraft specially converted for the role.

Aviation Historian 36 / N.Stroud - Canada's ice patrol

Navigator G. Bayliss takes solar observations during one of the long C-54 flights in 1968. Ten years later, sideways-looking airborne radar (SLAR) was fitted to the Electras and a de Havilland Canada Dash 7, enabling a 100km (60-mile) swath either side of the aircraft to be imaged and downloaded instantly via datalink to the icebreaker vessels below.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-03 / N.Parnell - Extremely Durable Aircraft

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: VH-EDA   [4]

Pacific Trader after its unfortunate mishap at Port Moresby on February 6, 1969, when hydraulic failure caused a nosewheel collapse.

Aeroplane Monthly 1997-02 / M.Oakey - Vintage news

Decaying Douglases, often to he seen in Africa or South America, are a rarity in Europe. Sadly, given the backlog of restoration work at Alverca, it is difficult to imagine this DC-4 receiving much tender loving care.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-01 / ??? - Junked!

This row of derelicts at Davis-Monthan includes C-46 Commandos, a C-54 and KC-97s. Known as the Boneyard, the official name for the dump is the Military Storage and Disposition Centre (MASDC). This and the other Davis-Monthan photograph was taken in October last year.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Boeing C-97 / Model 377 Stratocruiser - СШАUSA - 1944Curtiss-Wright C-46 / CW-20 Commando - СШАUSA - 1940

Авиация и Время 2002-04 / А.Котлобовский, М.Жирохов - Пылающий Индостан (2)

Последствия налета индийских "Канберр" на авиабазу Колвези: уничтоженный DC-4. Конго, декабрь 1961г.

История Авиации 29 / Д.Кондратков - Берлинский воздушный мост /Спецоперации/

Из-за отказа тормозов C-54 выкатился за пределы ВПП и врезался в аэродромные строения. Август 1948г.

Авиация и Время 2011-06 / А.Котлобовский - Разрывы бомб под звуки танго (3)

Транспортный C-54 после разгрома авиабазы Пунта-Индио

История Авиации 29 / Д.Кондратков - Берлинский воздушный мост /Спецоперации/

15 ноября 1948г. при посадке разбился флотский R5D

Aviation Historian 36 / M.Wickstead - "Faucett"

By the late 1940s the Faucett airline was operating a comprehensive domestic network with a limited fleet of Douglas aircraft, including a DC-4, as depicted in the promotional item.

Aviation Historian 36 / M.Wickstead - "Faucett"

Aviation Historian 36 / M.Wickstead - "Faucett"

The cover of a July 1949 Faucett timetable showing the locations served by the airline’s services, from Tumbes on Peru’s northern Pacific coast to Iquitos, deep in the Amazon rainforest to the east, and from Tacna on Peru’s border with Chile in the far south to Cusco in the Andes and the capital Lima.

Flight 1940-01 / Flight

The scaled-down Douglas DC 4. About to enter production, the latest Douglas retains the tricycle landing gear of the original DC 4 but has a redesigned tail unit with a single fin and rudder. It is approximately the same weight as the Ensign.

Aviation Historian 28 / A.Griffith - Ploughshares into Swords

Aviation Historian 28 / A.Griffith - Ploughshares into Swords

A comparative illustration of the B-17, B-24, DS-300/DB-4 and DC-4 Bomber/DS-412, emphasising how much larger the latter two would have been than their contemporaries, although their bomb loads were relatively meagre in proportion to their size. Boeing’s B-29 was deemed a better option and first flew in September 1942.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - СШАUSA - 1935Consolidated B-24 Liberator - СШАUSA - 1939Douglas DC-4E - СШАUSA - 1938

Aviation Historian 28 / A.Griffith - Ploughshares into Swords

Again based on original documents and drawings, these illustrations of the DC-4 Bomber by the author are speculative, and show the longer nose with glazing for the bombardier and remotely-operated turrets. The latter are likely to have been General Electric Model 33 periscopically-sighted turrets; note on the plan view how the forward top turret was slightly offset from the fuselage centreline.

Flight 1940-10 / Flight

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Douglas DC-4

Моделист-Конструктор Военно-транспортные самолеты Второй мировой войны

Douglas C-54A Skymaster

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Douglas C-54 Skymaster Military Transport.

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