With its wings and tailed removed, this former Northern Air Cargo C-118 is one of a lineup of DC-6 type aircraft awaiting the scrapman in the Everts boneyard. This aircraft was retired in the fall of 2008 ending a long Propliner tradition at NAC.

Ferried Anchorage - Fairbanks May 2009 and purchased by Everts Air Fuel to use as source of spares.

No.4 engine belches a huge flame during engine start

53-3265 was sold in the civil market in 1975 becoming N2907F.The addition of 0- to the painted serial flagged the aircraft as more than 10 years old to avoid confusion with serial 63-3265 (a Bullpup missile!). The frantic development of new military aircraft is now a thing of the past and the practice of adding 0- to USAF serials has ended too.

NAC acquired this Liftmaster in March 1991. At the time of this photo it was more than half a century old, having been delivered to the USAF in April 1955 (as 53-3265). When Northern Air Cargo was taken over by Saltchuk Resources from Seattle, it was decided to phase out these wonderful old propliners. This oldie was sold to Everts Air Cargo in 2009 for spares use, and slowly reduced to scrap at Fairbanks, AK in the years that followed.