Douglas DC-4

DC-4
General information
TypeAirliner/transport aircraft
National originUnited States
ManufacturerDouglas Aircraft Company
StatusIn very limited use
Primary usersSouth African Airways Museum Society
United Airlines (historical)
American Airlines (historical)
Trans World Airlines (historical)
Buffalo Airways (historical)
Number built80[1] DC-4 and 1,163 C-54/R5D
History
Manufactured1942 – August 1947
Introduction date1942 with United Airlines
First flight14 February 1942 (production series)[2]
Retired1991
VariantsC-54 Skymaster
Canadair North Star
Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
Developed intoDouglas DC-6

The Douglas DC-4 is an American four-engined (piston), propeller-driven airliner developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Military versions of the plane, the C-54 and R5D, served during World War II, in the Berlin Airlift and into the 1960s. From 1945, many civil airlines operated the DC-4 worldwide.

  1. ^ Piston Engine Airliner Production List 1996
  2. ^ "History: Products: DC-4/C-54 Skymaster Transport". Boeing. Retrieved 20 January 2015.