| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N500EJ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54R Skymaster |
| C/n (msn): | 27370 |
| Operator Titles: | Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation |
| Aircraft Name: | Spirit of Freedom |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Hampton - Langley AFBMap |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KLFI IATA: LFI Local: LFI Other: - |
| Event: | Langley AFB Airshow 2001 |
| Photo Date: | 13 May 2001 |
| Photo by: | Paul Seymour |
| Photo ID: | 515138 |
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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. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 4 November 2022, and has since been viewed 325 times. |