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.

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

Exposure Time	1/500 s
ApertureFNumber	f/8.0
ISO	100
Model	Canon EOS 30D
Lens	EF17-40mm f/4L USM
Focal Length	19 mm
Date Time of Original	2007:09:20 14:41:00

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Robin MORET

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Thursday 20 September 2007

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Monday 6 September 2021

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

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