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I think they had an annual 'Air Transportation Day' at LAX from 1948 with the fifth one recorded in 1952....presumably the 1949 event was special to mark LAX's new 'International' status books.google.co.uk/books?id=38YHabG2GVEC&pg=PA60&...

In 2007 an airworthy vintage DC-6 of Air Atlantique was painted as KLM DC-6A Liftmaster "Dr. Ir. M.A. Damme" for the filming of the movie "Bride Flight".

This picture was taken at Hamburg Airport in September 2007:

Thanks for the picture! It's great to compare the two.

After passing through a series of operators, this aircraft (PH-TGA, Douglas Serial No. 44076/391) would meet its end after an in-flight engine fire resulted in a non-fatal landing accident at San Juan Airport (SLJN) in San Juan, Bolivia on February 6, 1974. At that time the aircraft was owned and operated by ALCON (Aerolineas Comerciales Nacionales) with the registration CP-947. Due to the damage sustained (nose gear collapse and forward fuselage), the aircraft was written off.

Douglas R6D-1 (C-118B) Liftmaster, BuNo 131606 (c/n 43709). Later purchased by Northern Air Cargo (NAC) and registered as N4206L for service in Alaska. Withdrawn from service. Now in storage. UPDATE (October 2016) - Here it is in a more recent photo (June 2016) by Flickr user Alex Rankin: