Hobby Master 1/200 HL2020 Douglas DC-4 Mainliners United Airlines NC30049 "Lake Ontario"
Hobby Master 1/200 Douglas DC-4 Mainliners United Airlines NC30049 "Lake Ontario" HL2020
WWII in Europe had only ended a few months earlier when Overseas Airlines introduced the first commercial North Atlantic DC-4 service. Another first took place on March 7, 1946 when American Airlines introduced U.S. DC-4 domestic service between New York and Los Angeles. During the late 1940s and early 1950s the DC-4 and converted C-54s carried more passengers than any other four-engine transport. Amazingly many of these aircraft are still operating more than 60 years after they were first manufactured.
NC30049 originally was one of 100 Douglas C-54B-20-DO c/n 27227 manufactured in their Santa Monica(DO), California plant in 1944 for the USAAF. In March 1946 United Airlines acquired the aircraft and converted it into a DC-4 and registered it as NC30049. United Airlines named the aircraft �Lake Ontario� and operated it until January 1957 when it was sold to Aerolineas Argentinas. The airline registered the aircraft as LV-AHZ and unfortunately it was written off on December 8, 1957.