Hawaiian
Airlines Douglas DC-6B N90759 (c/n 43271)
In the
late 1950s to mid 1960s Hawaiian secured contracts with the Military
Air Transport Service
to carry freight and
pax to Midway Island and beyond. Four DC-6A/Bs were
acquired or leased
for this
operation. N90759 was an ex-American Airlines machine,
delivered new in 1951 as
"Flagship Arizona". It was
scrapped at Fort Lauderdale in 1972.