Manufactured in 1954 and suffered quite a lot of incidents before being sold to Air America Inc. (not the one that was active in Vietnam). In 1983 it was impounded after it was "leased to people who got in trouble with Federal Drug Authorities". Apparently the Pembroke was an ideal "doper" and sold to the runners for $50.000 each. It could carry a dozen bales of marajuana and the big doors enabled a quick drop on a runway and even the belly doors were used for air drops. After its military life, the aircraft was reregistered N51973. It was seen in 2007 at Essex County Airport in Caldwell, NJ.