Nice afternoon light on this NY ANG/NSF "SKIER" LC-130H

The 90th anniversary of Selfridge ANGB and the 60th anniversary of the USAF were the two themes of the Selfridge Open House & Air Show. C-54E 90414 was one of many visitors for the show.

Built for the USAAF as C-54E 44-9144 but delivered to the US Navy as R5D-5R 90414 in 1945. Redesignated as a C-54R in 1962. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code 3C118 in 1973. Sold as N48163 in 1975. Reregistered as N904DS in 1977. To Millardair as C-GQIB in 1978. Sold as N500EJ in 1990. To the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation in 1994. Damaged beyond repair by a Tornado at Walterboro, SC in 2020. Replaced by 22178 which was reregistered as N500EJ.

Built for the USAAF as C-54E 44-9144 but delivered to the US Navy as R5D-5R 90414 in 1945. Redesignated as a C-54R in 1962. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code 3C118 in 1973. Sold as N48163 in 1975. Reregistered as N904DS in 1977. To Millardair as C-GQIB in 1978. Sold as N500EJ in 1990. To the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation in 1994. Damaged beyond repair by a Tornado at Walterboro, SC in 2020. Replaced by 22178 which was reregistered as N500EJ.

Ex C-GQIB, N904DS, N48163, USMC 90414, USAF 44-9144. Damaged during a tornado storm on 13 April 2020 at Walterboro, South Carolina, and subsequently withdrawn from use.

When Washington National Airport (now Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport) opened its new terminal in July 1997, it held an open house and invited the public to tour the new facility. Save-A-Connie (Airline History Museum) M404 N145S; Mid-Atlantic Air Museum M404 N450A; and Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation C-54E N500EJ were invited to attend and were open to the public for tours during the event. Sadly, all three aircraft will probably never fly again but they made for a great display during that July 1997 event

This aircraft was damaged beyond economical repair during an April 2020 tornado. C-54D N9015Q was acquired as a replacement aircraft and parts from N500EJ, including props and a horizontal stabilizer were used for the restoration of N9015Q, which has now been re-registered N500EJ. The interior is being transferred from this aircraft to N9015Q, which will be painted in a color scheme very similar to N500EJ.

Delivered new to US Navy as R5D-4 90414 in May 1945. Retired in 1973. From December 1994 operated as a memorial to the Berlin Airlift which used many Skymasters.

This airplane always attracts a crowd at airshows. Oshkosh 1995 was no exception.