Douglas DC-4
| DC-4 | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Airliner/transport aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Douglas Aircraft Company |
| Status | In very limited use |
| Primary users | South African Airways Museum Society United Airlines (historical) American Airlines (historical) Trans World Airlines (historical) Buffalo Airways (historical) |
| Number built | 80 DC-4 and 1,163 C-54/R5D |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 1942 – August 1947 |
| Introduction date | 1942 with United Airlines |
| First flight | 14 February 1942 (production series) |
| Retired | 1991 |
| Variants | C-54 Skymaster Canadair North Star |
| Developed into | Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair Douglas 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.