Suffered a nose gear collapse on take-off for Antwerp on 4th October 1974 and came to rest just short of the end of runway 24. Broken up at Southend in February/March 1975.

Suffered a nose gear collapse on take-off for Antwerp on 4th October 1974 and came to rest just short of the end of runway 24. Seen here 2 days later. Broken up at Southend in February/March 1975.

Built 1953, delivered new to Sabena as OO-CTI July 4th 1953. 1961 Leased Aviaco i basic SN colours. April 1963 SE-CCZ Transair Sweden , named "Uppsala". December 1965 N998BC Boreas. January 27th 1966 LN-SUI Braathens SAFE. May 13th 1971 LN-MTU SAGA Norsk Flytjeneste. December 1972 OO-BVG Delta Air Transport. June 976 OO-VGB Delta Air Transport. April 10th 1974 damaged beyond repair, and broken up 1975. Seen at LGW in June 1970, photograper unknown.

Braathens DC-6B fleet was gradually replaced by Boeing 737-200 jets, often re- using the registrations

The fourth DC-6B delivered to Sabena, this aircraft served the airline from April 1953 until sale in February 1963. It is arriving at Ringway after a 9 hours 30 minutes non-stop scheduled flight from New York Idlewild and will leave for Brussels after dropping passengers and freight.

Returning passengers to Antwerp after a day shopping excursion, this DC-6 suffered a nose-gear collapse when the F/E raised the undercarriage prematurely just after V1 the day before this photo was taken. 105 on board escaped unharmed after the aircraft skidded to a halt at the end of r/w 24. The tail damage was caused by debris thrown up by the propellers impacting the tarmac. Later scrapped at Southend.

Sabena were the first airline to operate transatlantic schedules from Manchester, starting in October 1953. Here OO-CTI arrives on Runway 06 direct from NY Idlewild (later JFK) after a ten-hour nonstop flight. After dropping passengers, it will continue to Brussels. The westbound flights were via Gander for refuelling.