RCAF North Star C-5 “CHARLIE FIVE” Tribute for PMDG DC-6B v1.0
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE ” CHARLIE FIVE ” C-5 NORTH STAR Tribute
This highly polished PMDG DC-6B wears the markings of her Northern cousin, the last Canadair C-5 North Star “CHARLIE FIVE”. C5 was the only pressurized aircraft in the Canadair fleet of North Stars of the DC-4M/Argonaut/C-54GM/C-4 variants. It was also the last produced, and only C-5 variant of the North Star fitted with PW R-2800 Double Wasp radial engines.To the members of 412 Squadron, the aircraft was known as “Charlie Five”. During much of its fifteen-year career with 412 Squadron, based at RCAF Station Uplands Ontario, this reliable queen of the executive aircraft fleet carried delegates for VIP Transport Services. Most of the political leaders of the Western world were carried by the prestigious airliner. Some of the names recorded on C5’s manifest included, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh in 1951, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Emperor Haile Selassie, the Netherlands Royal Family, Minister C. D. Howe, and all the Prime Ministers of Canada from 1950-65. Following its official retirement from RCAF service on 28 April 1966, this once stately VIP-class airliner was sold and unceremoniously scrapped in the United States.
Drop into your Community folder, and find C5 under the PMDG DC-6B variant.