Buffalo Airways DC-4 N55CW departed Keystone Heights Airport in Florida on April 27, 2022 for the Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum in St. George, Utah, where it is on static display. Departing shortly after 12:00 noon, the aircraft arrived five hours later in Fredericksburg, Texas for an overnight stop. In what will probably be the aircraft's final flight, it departed Fredericksburg late the next afternoon and arrived at St. George Regional Airport four hours later. The veteran flight crew consisted of pilot Bob Steenbock, co-pilot Mike Stallman and flight mechanic Frank Moss.

Delivered to the USAAF as C-54D 42-72568 then transferred to the US Navy as R5D-3 56506 in 1945. Redesignated as a C-54Q in 1962. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code 3C081 in 1970. Sold as N87591 in 1974. To Conifair as C-GBPA in 1981 and used as a sprayer, spray bars can be seen above the wing. To Buffalo Airways in 2003. Reregistered as N55CW in 2011. To Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum, St. George, UT in 2022.

Delivered to the USAAF as C-54D 42-72568 then transferred to the US Navy as R5D-3 56506 in 1945. Redesignated as a C-54Q in 1962. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code 3C081 in 1970. Sold as N87591 in 1974. To Conifair as C-GBPA in 1981 and used as a sprayer, spray bars can be seen above the wing. To Buffalo Airways in 2003. Reregistered as N55CW in 2011. To Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum, St. George, UT in 2022.

Previously registered as C-GBPA. Spray gear now stripped

After sitting idle for quite a long time, this sprayer is being readied to go back into action.

To Buffalo Airways

Stored at Buffalo Airways with only the #1 prop installed. The other three were undergoing mandatory AD inspection.

A long way from home, Buffalo Airways DC-4 C-GBPA was re-registered with an N-number and was on stand-by oil dispersant duty at Punta Gorda Airport in 2012. The aircraft was stored at Keystone Heights Airport, Florida in 2018.

Buffalo Airways DC-4 was outfitted with tanks and booms for aerial dispersant work and based at Punta Gorda, FL. Stored at Keystone Heights Airport, FL (42J) in 2017.

Aircraft based at PGD on a standby aerial dispersant contract during 2012. Aircraft stored at Keystone Heights, Florida in good condition since 2014, and flown to the Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum in April 2022.