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Marana Northwest Regional Airport - AVW - KAVQ

Photos: Neil Aird © 19 April 1998 and 04 May 2009 - Aerials: Ian Woodcock © 1997

N6816D / 109 Douglas C-54E-15-DO/R5D-4R Skymaster (27360) ex BuNo: 90412. I had seen this aircraft before at Prestwick thirty-seven years earlier.
90412 Douglas R5D-4R Skymaster (27368) US NAVY Anacostia departs runway 31. x XXXXXXXXXXXPhoto: Unknown photographer © 27 October 1961 - Aird Archives
N67062 / 148 Douglas C-54D-5-DC /R5D-3 Skymaster (10741) ex BuNo: 56514
N96451 / 111 Douglas C-54D-1-DC/R5D-3 Skymaster (10592) ex BuNo: 56489
"42914" N31356 / 117 Douglas DC-4-1009 Skymaster (42914). Amongst previous identities, this aircraft served as CF-TAW.
N80232 Lockheed P-2H Neptune (726-7198) ex BuNo: 147948.
N749VR Lockheed L-749-79 Constellation (2604) ex C-GXKR. Later I met up with her again as N749NL in the Aviodome, at Lelystad in the Netherlands on 29 June 2011.
N43994 Convair C-131B (254) ex USAF 53-7802. Another "we meet again" aircraft. I noted this at Vandenberg AFB, California on 08 September 1966.
More Avra Valley images ;-) This time after hours alas, with fences and use of a long lense!!
N96451 / 111 Douglas C-54D Skymaster (10592) ex BuNo 56489, hiding behind "Columbine"
N9463 Lockheed L-749 / C-121A (2602) with N2181X Cessna 337 Skymaster (337-0031) and N67040 / 147 Douglas C-54B-DC Skymaster (27232) ex 44-9006..
N80232 Lockheed P-2H Neptune (726-7198) ex BuNo: 147948 (just tail showing in this image) and N6816D / 109 Douglas C-54D Skymaster (27368).
N105CF Lockheed L-749 / C-121A (4137) ex 54-4062 Wyoming ANG. Interesting that I logged shipmates 54-4050; 060; 061 and 063 at Cheyenne on 29 August 1966.
N70874 PZL Okecie PZL-104-80 Wilga (CF21920936) with some "Scooters" were some of the other interestin inhabitants.
N9370Z Beech 18 (AF-780) ex 52-10850 was present. along with N5646 Beech RC-45J Expeditor (5887).
There were six Beech Starships parked too far away for snaps. They were N8194S; N515JS; N30LH; N26RA; N8280S and N641SE.
Photos: Neil Aird © 04 May 2009
Aerial photos: Ian Woodcock © 1997