The Douglas C-54 is now owned by the Aviator Brewing Company and will eventually be accessible to the public. A Berlin Airlift relic lies in pieces in Fuquay-Varina, but a revival is planned Skip ...

Spirit of Freedom, a Douglas C-54 that supported the Berlin Airlift in the late 1940s, sits in pieces behind the Aviator Brewing Company’s brewery in Fuquay-Varina.

A C-54, the "Spirit of Freedom," performs a training mission near Warsaw, Indiana, in August 2014. The Skymaster helped deliver hundreds of thousands of tons of food and fuel to West Berlin during ...

It’s the last flying C-54 that participated in the Berlin Airlift. It’s flown by the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation and will be open to the public Thursday morning until Saturday ...

This C-54 arrived in Germany from Alaska to assist in "Operation Vittles" (otherwise known as the Berlin Airlift June 24, 1948-May 12, 1949) the carrying of food to the blockaded city of Berlin.

1 A U.S. Air Force C-54 Skymaster descends into Berlin's Tempelhof Air Base as hopeful Berliners watch on August 10, 1948. The airlift was in operation for 15 months after the Soviet authorities ...

This program marked the 70th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift; ... and they were then joined on stage by 92 year-old Berlin Airlift veteran Ralph Dionne, who was a C-54 flight engineer.

And of all places, this C-54 stopped off in Winston-Salem and has for the last four years. Tim Chopp, president of the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation, is appreciative of the southern ...

For 15 months in 1948 and 1949, C-54s were landing every three minutes in West Berlin to drop off food and other supplies. The plane at Sun 'n Fun arrived from Punta Gorda and is one of 300 used ...

One story about the Berlin Airlift used to explain “factor abundance and leadership” so inspired the Rutgers Executive MBA Class of 2023, that as a class gift, they commissioned a painting of the ...

Spirit of Freedom, a Douglas C-54 cargo plane that helped support the Berlin Airlift in the late 1940s. The plane was badly damaged by a tornado in South Carolina in 2020.

And of all places, this C-54 stopped off in Winston-Salem, like it has for the last four years. Tim Chopp, president of the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation, is appreciative of the southern ...