• Aircraft:

  Curtiss C-46F Commando

• Reg: N53594 photos
• Serial #:

  22486

• Airline: Commemorative Air Force
• Photo Date: May 08, 2004
• Uploaded: Dec 22, 2004
• Shafter Minter Field - KMIT, USA - California

(22486) Delivered to the United States Army Air Force as 44-78663 in 7/45; leased to Meteor Air Transport 2/10/50 as N53594; bought by Metropolitan Air Terminal on 8/1/57; leased by Meteor Air Transport on 8/1/57; Bought by Peoples Trust Company of Bergen County on 8/1/60 and sold to Riddle Airlines 8/1/60; bought by Zantop Air Transport 7/1/63; named changed to Universal Airlines 9/21/66; bought by Aviation Associates of Georgia 3/15/68; bought back by Universal Airlines 5/28/68; bought by Associated Automotive 5/27/69; bought by Ortner Air Service 5/25/70; bought by Plymouth Leasing Company 4/18/73; bought by Confederate Air Force 2/20/78; bought by American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum 9/91. I hate getting people in the shot, but at an airshow sometimes that is hard not to do. (Fuji Provia 100F)

Photographer

Aircraft

It was worth the long drive from LA to see this bad boy!

Steve Brimley N53594

862 3 0 Curtiss C-46F Commando

Javier Rodriguez N53594

1,643 9 0 Curtiss C-46F Commando

Scan from a k-64 slides

Guido Allieri N53594

1,312 5 0 Curtiss C-46F Commando

Photo location

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Martin Ma N4696X

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1989 TB-20 on the ramp

Martin Ma N2532D

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Ian Tate C-FAGO

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Photographer

Nice and clean after a wash and ready for the show

Stephen Tornblom NL7715C

5,166 1 0 North American P-51D Mustang

Originally delivered to the ANG as 45-11582

Stephen Tornblom NL5441V

5,210 2 0 North American P-51D Mustang

Delivered to U

Stephen Tornblom N86572

6,422 3 0 Grumman FM-2 Wildcat