Aircraft Photo of NC90423 | Douglas C-54B Skymaster | American Airlines System

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	NC90423
Aircraft Original Type:	Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:	Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:	Douglas C-54B Skymaster
C/n (msn):	18392
Operator Titles:	American Airlines System
Aircraft Name:	Flagship Washington

Location
Location:	In Flight
Region / Country:	New York, United States

Photo Date:	December 1945 to December 1954
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	670309

Photo Comment
Ex 43-17192, this early civil Skymaster was NX90423 for a while and is seen flying near Floyd Bennett Field here, with the bridge to the Rockaway Peninsula at the top of the photo. In updated AA paint scheme as N90423 by 1954. Later served with Flying Tiger Line and with Taxader in Colombia as HK-1027. Wrecked in a ground fire at Cartagena (SKCG) in 1973. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum This photo was added on 26 March 2024, and has since been viewed 238 times.

Photo Comment

Ex 43-17192, this early civil Skymaster was NX90423 for a while and is seen flying near Floyd Bennett Field here, with the bridge to the Rockaway Peninsula at the top of the photo. In updated AA paint scheme as N90423 by 1954. Later served with Flying Tiger Line and with Taxader in Colombia as HK-1027. Wrecked in a ground fire at Cartagena (SKCG) in 1973. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

This photo was added on 26 March 2024, and has since been viewed 238 times.

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