| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N93459 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-6 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-6A/B |
| C/n (msn): | 45550 / 1032 |
| Operator Titles: | Trans Continental Airlines |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Detroit - Willow RunMap |
| Region / Country: | Michigan, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KYIP IATA: YIP Local: YIP Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 17 May 1981 |
| Photo by: | Paul Seymour |
| Photo ID: | 635279 |
| Photo Comment |
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Delivered to Civil Air Transport as B-1006 in 1958. To Royal Air Lao as XW-PFZ in 1968 then to Southern Air Transport as N93459 in 1972. Converted to a DC-6A/B freighter in 1973. To Trans Continenal Airways in 1978 then to Air Atlantique as G-SIXC in 1987. Withdrawn from use at Coventry in 2007. Used as the DC-6 diner restaurant from 2011. Dismantled and moved to the Wales Air Museum, St.Athan in 2021. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 27 December 2023, and has since been viewed 193 times. |