Warbird Information Exchange

I've always had a soft spot for these big old birds. She looks in great shape and deserves a good home.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MCDONALD ... 3a7a9c0d24

-AEH

Who is McDonald?

Oh, just some clown-4317228 C-54D-15-DO to MASDC 8/3/65 then N 9015Q (reg not valid per FAA registration site).
Found it in Baugher, ABCDList is a nightmare as far as DOUGLAS war time s/ns, so no idea as to l/n

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Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-

The FAA site just says that a sale has been reported, not that it's invalid.

The aircraft was owned by Florida Air Transport last. It's sad to see her get sold because her last job was not long ago flying material into the Bahamas on a pretty major contract that Carlos and his crew was hoping would be long term, but it appears that it's dried up like so many things in recent history.

BTW, they just got the plane too. They bought it in Arizona last year and flew it to Boca last winter.

Based at Opa Locka.

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http://silverplate1945.smugmug.com/AVIATION

My grandson knows the answer to that, Old McDonald had a farm!

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone!

I made that mistake once & only once, when referring to our B-23 Dragon, I called it a McDonald Douglas, & one of the CAF old timers looked at me & said "THAT'S A DOUGLAS AIRPLANE SON"! Never did that again.

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Fly Fast Make Noise!

Man that would be a cool ass flying Winnebago... She does look in good shape.

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Andrew King
Air Museum Director with no Museum to Direct
Open to Suggestions

Ah, one of the old ARDCO birds! These aircraft were pretty well taken care of during their air tanker days. #152 has an interesting story behind her, the tail on the airplane had been replaced just a year or two prior to the Forest Service cancelling all the air tanker contracts. There was a Gov employee driving a forklift helping the crew of load something out of the aircraft and took a wrong turn and ran into the horizontal stab, it was hit hard enough to tweak the tail. I can't remember what tanker base they were at, but it was about half way into the fire season and the aircraft was out of service for the rest of the year. I was told the Forest Service had to pay for the rest of the contract and loss availbilty to ADRCO and the repair of the aircraft. I know they went and cut a tail off of a DC-4 up in Chandler,AZ and replaced the one on #152 and gave a good overhaul and new paint, I think ARDCO got one season on on the aircraft before getting out of the tanker biz for good after the big Forest Service debacle. I hope she goes to a good home, I would love to have a DC-4 for a flying toy.

Scott....

Lets start a collection!!!!!!

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A&P/I.A., A.A.S./Aviation Maintenance technology
Warbird salvage/recovery
One day I'll get that P-40!

I wonder how any old McDonell employees would feel about everyone calling it McDonald?

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Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives, and I decline......

Sigh - for the love of money I do not have. . . . I think it would look great in 320th Troop Carrier colors!

Tom P.

Most of you guy's wernt even Born when this A/C was made.

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PAPPY ch-46 phrog,endangerd species 40 years and still flying

And at 200GPH at cruise, 400GPH at Climb. You'd better have some deeeeep pockets if you're planning to use it as a Winnebago.

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Kevin Kearney
Vice President
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation


C-54D "Spirit of Freedom" 43-17228
C-97 "Angel of Deliverance" 52-2718 (painted as YC-97A 45-59595)
C-54E/R5D-4 "Spirit of Freedom" 44-9144 BuNo 90414 (wfu April/2020)
http://www.spiritoffreedom.org