C-54D "Spirit of Freedom" participated in a Celebration of Life event for "Candy Bomber" Gail Halvorsen at Provo, UT on the 20th of May. I photographed it the next day taking off at Spanish Fork Airport for a candy drop re-enactment. It formed up with a USAF C-17 with the C-54 dropping about 500 candy laden miniature parachutes to a large crowd of enthusiastic youngsters who had gathered at the airport for the event.

Looking very pretty just one day out of the paint shop.

This aircraft was formerly N9015Q and was re-registered N500EJ. It will replace BAHFs former C-54E N500EJ, which will be used as a parts source to keep the "new" N500EJ flying. The aircraft will be painted in colors very similar to the "original" N500EJ.

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.

Aircraft flown out of Floyd Bennett Field on November 7, 2017 and is currently parked at the Mid-Atlantic Museum in Reading, PA. Rear cargo doors and ramps are operational. Marked with fake serial, it is actually ex 52-2718.

Aircraft flown out of Floyd Bennett Field on November 7, 2017 and is currently parked at the Mid-Atlantic Museum in Reading, PA.

Aircraft flown out of Floyd Bennett Field on November 7, 2017 and is currently parked at the Mid-Atlantic Museum in Reading, PA. Carries fake serial, is actually ex 52-2718.

Ex 52-2718. The C-97's close relationship to the B-29 is very evident in this picture