2188 results found
Registration / Serial:N90703
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42856 / 6
Operator Titles:International Airlines Inc. - IAI
City / Airport:Berlin - Tempelhof (EDDI / THF) (closed)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 October 1963
Photo by:Ralf ManteufelContact
Photo ID:576514Submit Correction
View count: 174
Withdrawn from use at Hal Far, Malta and broken up.
Registration / Serial:N90703
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42856 / 6
Operator Titles:International Airlines Inc. - IAI
City / Airport:Berlin - Tempelhof (EDDI / THF) (closed)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 October 1963
Photo by:Ralf ManteufelContact
Registration / Serial:N90703
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42856 / 6
Operator Titles:International Airlines Inc. - IAI
City / Airport:Berlin - Tempelhof (EDDI / THF) (closed)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 October 1963
Photo by:Ralf ManteufelContact
Photo ID:576514Submit Correction
View count: 174
Withdrawn from use at Hal Far, Malta and broken up.
Registration / Serial:N90703
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42856 / 6
Operator Titles:International Airlines Inc. - IAI
City / Airport:Berlin - Tempelhof (EDDI / THF) (closed)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 October 1963
Photo by:Ralf ManteufelContact
Registration / Serial:NC37503
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42868 / 5
Operator Titles:United Air Lines
Aircraft Name:Mainliner San Francisco
City / Airport:Los Angeles - International (KLAX / LAX)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1947
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Photo ID:576072Submit Correction
View count: 299
"Air Age Debut: Introducing new features of speed, comfort and operating efficiency to air travelers is United Airlines' four-engined, five-mile-a-minute Mainliner 300 (Douglas DC-6), accommodating up to 52-56 passengers plus 6000 pounds of cargo. Airport scenes such as this emphasize the immensity of the new luxury airliners with their 117 ½ foot wing span and 100 ½ foot length." (United Air Lines Photograph)
Registration / Serial:NC37503
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42868 / 5
Operator Titles:United Air Lines
City / Airport:Los Angeles - International (KLAX / LAX)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1947
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:NC37503
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42868 / 5
Operator Titles:United Air Lines
Aircraft Name:Mainliner San Francisco
City / Airport:Los Angeles - International (KLAX / LAX)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1947
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Photo ID:576072Submit Correction
View count: 299
"Air Age Debut: Introducing new features of speed, comfort and operating efficiency to air travelers is United Airlines' four-engined, five-mile-a-minute Mainliner 300 (Douglas DC-6), accommodating up to 52-56 passengers plus 6000 pounds of cargo. Airport scenes such as this emphasize the immensity of the new luxury airliners with their 117 ½ foot wing span and 100 ½ foot length." (United Air Lines Photograph)
Registration / Serial:NC37503
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42868 / 5
Operator Titles:United Air Lines
City / Airport:Los Angeles - International (KLAX / LAX)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1947
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:NX37503
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42868 / 5
Operator Titles:United Air Lines
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1947
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Photo ID:576059Submit Correction
View count: 251
"New Luxury Airliner: New giant of the airways, United Air Lines' five-mile-a-minute, four-engine Mainliner 300 has been making cross-country operational and training flights and visiting cities along United's coast-to-coast and Pacific Coast route prior to going into scheduled service about April 1. The Douglas-built luxury liner, commonly referred to as the DC-6, is capable of coast-to-coast flights in 8 ½ hours and will carry 52 to 56 passengers plus 5,400 pounds of cargo. United is taking delivery of 35 of these new postwar planes." (United Air Lines Photograph No. 241)
Registration / Serial:NX37503
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42868 / 5
Operator Titles:United Air Lines
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1947
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:NX37503
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42868 / 5
Operator Titles:United Air Lines
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1947
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Photo ID:576059Submit Correction
View count: 251
"New Luxury Airliner: New giant of the airways, United Air Lines' five-mile-a-minute, four-engine Mainliner 300 has been making cross-country operational and training flights and visiting cities along United's coast-to-coast and Pacific Coast route prior to going into scheduled service about April 1. The Douglas-built luxury liner, commonly referred to as the DC-6, is capable of coast-to-coast flights in 8 ½ hours and will carry 52 to 56 passengers plus 5,400 pounds of cargo. United is taking delivery of 35 of these new postwar planes." (United Air Lines Photograph No. 241)
Registration / Serial:NX37503
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42868 / 5
Operator Titles:United Air Lines
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1947
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-BPF
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):43126 / 132
Operator Titles:British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines - BCPA
Aircraft Name:RMA Endeavour
City / Airport:Whenuapai (NZWP)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:January 1949 to May 1954
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Photo ID:576023Submit Correction
View count: 305
Delivered to BCPA on the 19 November 1948. Sold to Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) in May 1954 - named Aotearoa III. To the RNZAF as NZ3631 in March 1961. To Royal Laos Airlines in November 1968. Crashed in Java on 01 February 1971. (Unknown Photographer)
Registration / Serial:VH-BPF
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):43126 / 132
Operator Titles:British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines - BCPA
City / Airport:Whenuapai (NZWP)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:January 1949 to May 1954
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-BPF
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):43126 / 132
Operator Titles:British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines - BCPA
Aircraft Name:RMA Endeavour
City / Airport:Whenuapai (NZWP)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:January 1949 to May 1954
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Photo ID:576023Submit Correction
View count: 305
Delivered to BCPA on the 19 November 1948. Sold to Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) in May 1954 - named Aotearoa III. To the RNZAF as NZ3631 in March 1961. To Royal Laos Airlines in November 1968. Crashed in Java on 01 February 1971. (Unknown Photographer)
Registration / Serial:VH-BPF
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):43126 / 132
Operator Titles:British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines - BCPA
City / Airport:Whenuapai (NZWP)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:January 1949 to May 1954
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:OB-R-750
Fleet number:67
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B(F)
C/n (msn):45505 / 997
Operator Titles:Faucett
City / Airport:Miami - International (KMIA / MIA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:March 1976
Photo by:Bob GarrardContact
Photo ID:575986Submit Correction
View count: 294
Note the "Equpado con Radar" logo under the cockpit.
Registration / Serial:OB-R-750
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B(F)
C/n (msn):45505 / 997
Operator Titles:Faucett
City / Airport:Miami - International (KMIA / MIA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:March 1976
Photo by:Bob GarrardContact
Registration / Serial:OB-R-750
Fleet number:67
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B(F)
C/n (msn):45505 / 997
Operator Titles:Faucett
City / Airport:Miami - International (KMIA / MIA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:March 1976
Photo by:Bob GarrardContact
Photo ID:575986Submit Correction
View count: 294
Note the "Equpado con Radar" logo under the cockpit.
Registration / Serial:OB-R-750
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B(F)
C/n (msn):45505 / 997
Operator Titles:Faucett
City / Airport:Miami - International (KMIA / MIA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:March 1976
Photo by:Bob GarrardContact
Registration / Serial:N37540
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):43028 / 142
City / Airport:Denver - Stapleton International (KDEN / DEN) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Colorado, United States
Photo Date:July 1967
Photo by:Bob GarrardContact
Photo ID:575593Submit Correction
View count: 275
Delivered to United Air Lines on August 8, 1948 and seen here still serving with them as a crew trainer until the following year when it was retired.
Registration / Serial:N37540
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):43028 / 142
City / Airport:Denver - Stapleton International (KDEN / DEN) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Colorado, United States
Photo Date:July 1967
Photo by:Bob GarrardContact
Registration / Serial:N37540
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):43028 / 142
City / Airport:Denver - Stapleton International (KDEN / DEN) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Colorado, United States
Photo Date:July 1967
Photo by:Bob GarrardContact
Photo ID:575593Submit Correction
View count: 275
Delivered to United Air Lines on August 8, 1948 and seen here still serving with them as a crew trainer until the following year when it was retired.
Registration / Serial:N37540
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):43028 / 142
City / Airport:Denver - Stapleton International (KDEN / DEN) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Colorado, United States
Photo Date:July 1967
Photo by:Bob GarrardContact
Registration / Serial:G-APSA
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6A(C)
C/n (msn):45497 / 995
Operator Titles:Instone Air Line
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:April 1989
Photo from:Michael Roeser Collection
Photo ID:573820Submit Correction
View count: 238
Photographer: Clive Head. K64 slide scan. Built 1958 as CF-MCK for Maritime Central. Eagle Aviation G-APSA 1959, Cunard Eagle 1961, Saudia HZ-ADA 1964, Yemen Airways 1971, withdrawn Sanaa becoming derelict. Patched up 1987 for ferry flight to Southend for overhaul by Instone Air Line as G-APSA. Air Atlantique 1987, painted into KLM colours 2007 and British Eagle colours 2008. Retired past 2008 and preserved Coventry. Dismantled 2021 and moved to South Wales Aviation Museum, St.Athan for display. Running up engines after overhaul showing full Instone titling.
Registration / Serial:G-APSA
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6A(C)
C/n (msn):45497 / 995
Operator Titles:Instone Air Line
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:April 1989
Photo from:Michael Roeser Collection
Registration / Serial:G-APSA
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6A(C)
C/n (msn):45497 / 995
Operator Titles:Instone Air Line
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:April 1989
Photo from:Michael Roeser Collection
Photo ID:573820Submit Correction
View count: 238
Photographer: Clive Head. K64 slide scan. Built 1958 as CF-MCK for Maritime Central. Eagle Aviation G-APSA 1959, Cunard Eagle 1961, Saudia HZ-ADA 1964, Yemen Airways 1971, withdrawn Sanaa becoming derelict. Patched up 1987 for ferry flight to Southend for overhaul by Instone Air Line as G-APSA. Air Atlantique 1987, painted into KLM colours 2007 and British Eagle colours 2008. Retired past 2008 and preserved Coventry. Dismantled 2021 and moved to South Wales Aviation Museum, St.Athan for display. Running up engines after overhaul showing full Instone titling.
Registration / Serial:G-APSA
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6A(C)
C/n (msn):45497 / 995
Operator Titles:Instone Air Line
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:April 1989
Photo from:Michael Roeser Collection
Registration / Serial:N37503
Alternate Registration:NX37503
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42868 / 5
Operator Titles:United Air Lines
Aircraft Name:Mainliner San Francisco
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1946
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Photo ID:571197Submit Correction
View count: 1913
Delivered to United Airlines as NX37503 in November 1946. To Mars Aviation on 23 June 1968 and then BMR Aviation in September that year. Registration cancelled on 14 June 1976 and then to an unknown owner in Oklahoma City, OK. Further registration changes noted in January 1977 to the same owner and then reported as scrapped. (United Airlines Photograph No. 308 - 1947)
Registration / Serial:N37503
Alternate Registration:NX37503
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42868 / 5
Operator Titles:United Air Lines
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1946
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:N37503
Alternate Registration:NX37503
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42868 / 5
Operator Titles:United Air Lines
Aircraft Name:Mainliner San Francisco
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1946
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Photo ID:571197Submit Correction
View count: 1913
Delivered to United Airlines as NX37503 in November 1946. To Mars Aviation on 23 June 1968 and then BMR Aviation in September that year. Registration cancelled on 14 June 1976 and then to an unknown owner in Oklahoma City, OK. Further registration changes noted in January 1977 to the same owner and then reported as scrapped. (United Airlines Photograph No. 308 - 1947)
Registration / Serial:N37503
Alternate Registration:NX37503
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42868 / 5
Operator Titles:United Air Lines
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1946
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:G-APSA
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6A(C)
C/n (msn):45497 / 995
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:May 1987
Photo from:Michael Roeser Collection
Photo ID:570669Submit Correction
View count: 283
Photographer: Clive Head. K64 slide scan. Built 1958 as CF-MCK for Maritime Central. Eagle Aviation G-APSA 1959, Cunard Eagle 1961, Saudia HZ-ADA 1964, Yemen Airways 1971, withdrawn Sanaa becoming derelict. Patched up 1987 for ferry flight to Southend for overhaul by Instone Air Line as G-APSA. Air Atlantique 1987, painted into KLM colours 2007 and British Eagle colours 2008. Retired past 2008 and preserved Coventry. Dismantled 2021 and moved to South Wales Aviation Museum, St.Athan for display. Had just arrived from Yemen for overhaul.
Registration / Serial:G-APSA
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6A(C)
C/n (msn):45497 / 995
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:May 1987
Photo from:Michael Roeser Collection
Registration / Serial:G-APSA
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6A(C)
C/n (msn):45497 / 995
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:May 1987
Photo from:Michael Roeser Collection
Photo ID:570669Submit Correction
View count: 283
Photographer: Clive Head. K64 slide scan. Built 1958 as CF-MCK for Maritime Central. Eagle Aviation G-APSA 1959, Cunard Eagle 1961, Saudia HZ-ADA 1964, Yemen Airways 1971, withdrawn Sanaa becoming derelict. Patched up 1987 for ferry flight to Southend for overhaul by Instone Air Line as G-APSA. Air Atlantique 1987, painted into KLM colours 2007 and British Eagle colours 2008. Retired past 2008 and preserved Coventry. Dismantled 2021 and moved to South Wales Aviation Museum, St.Athan for display. Had just arrived from Yemen for overhaul.
Registration / Serial:G-APSA
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6A(C)
C/n (msn):45497 / 995
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:May 1987
Photo from:Michael Roeser Collection
Registration / Serial:128426
Military Code:426
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-118B Liftmaster
C/n (msn):43209 / 199
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Airport:Camp Springs - Joint Base Andrews (KADW / ADW)Map
Region / Country:Maryland, United States
Photo Date:30 December 1978
Photo by:Stephen MillerContact
Photo ID:569457Submit Correction
View count: 378
Registration / Serial:128426
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-118B Liftmaster
C/n (msn):43209 / 199
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Airport:Camp Springs - Joint Base Andrews (KADW / ADW)Map
Region / Country:Maryland, United States
Photo Date:30 December 1978
Photo by:Stephen MillerContact
Registration / Serial:128426
Military Code:426
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-118B Liftmaster
C/n (msn):43209 / 199
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Airport:Camp Springs - Joint Base Andrews (KADW / ADW)Map
Region / Country:Maryland, United States
Photo Date:30 December 1978
Photo by:Stephen MillerContact
Photo ID:569457Submit Correction
View count: 378
Registration / Serial:128426
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-118B Liftmaster
C/n (msn):43209 / 199
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Airport:Camp Springs - Joint Base Andrews (KADW / ADW)Map
Region / Country:Maryland, United States
Photo Date:30 December 1978
Photo by:Stephen MillerContact
Registration / Serial:N747CE
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-118A Liftmaster
C/n (msn):44661 / 628
Operator Titles:Everts Air Cargo
City / Airport:Anchorage - Ted Stevens Anchorage International (PANC / ANC)Map
Region / Country:Alaska, United States
Photo Date:18 May 2022
Photo by:Gerry BarronContact
Photo ID:569002Submit Correction
View count: 198
Registration / Serial:N747CE
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-118A Liftmaster
C/n (msn):44661 / 628
Operator Titles:Everts Air Cargo
City / Airport:Anchorage - Ted Stevens Anchorage International (PANC / ANC)Map
Region / Country:Alaska, United States
Photo Date:18 May 2022
Photo by:Gerry BarronContact
Registration / Serial:N747CE
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-118A Liftmaster
C/n (msn):44661 / 628
Operator Titles:Everts Air Cargo
City / Airport:Anchorage - Ted Stevens Anchorage International (PANC / ANC)Map
Region / Country:Alaska, United States
Photo Date:18 May 2022
Photo by:Gerry BarronContact
Photo ID:569002Submit Correction
View count: 198
Registration / Serial:N747CE
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-118A Liftmaster
C/n (msn):44661 / 628
Operator Titles:Everts Air Cargo
City / Airport:Anchorage - Ted Stevens Anchorage International (PANC / ANC)Map
Region / Country:Alaska, United States
Photo Date:18 May 2022
Photo by:Gerry BarronContact
Registration / Serial:JA6205
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):44432 / 510
Operator Titles:Japan Air Lines - JAL
Promotional Titles:Olympic Special
Aircraft Name:City of Osaka
City / Airport:Darwin (YPDN / DRW)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:November 1956 to December 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:567683Submit Correction
View count: 1465
This aircraft, taking athletes to or from the Melbourne Olympics, was likely the first Japanese aircraft to visit Australia after WW2. That it stopped at Darwin was more significant because Darwin was bombed many times by Japanese aircraft during the war, the final raid in November 1943. JA6502 was sold in Peru in August 1966 as OB-R-846. Photo from: Library and Archives NT
Registration / Serial:JA6205
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):44432 / 510
Operator Titles:Japan Air Lines - JAL
City / Airport:Darwin (YPDN / DRW)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:November 1956 to December 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:JA6205
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):44432 / 510
Operator Titles:Japan Air Lines - JAL
Promotional Titles:Olympic Special
Aircraft Name:City of Osaka
City / Airport:Darwin (YPDN / DRW)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:November 1956 to December 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:567683Submit Correction
View count: 1465
This aircraft, taking athletes to or from the Melbourne Olympics, was likely the first Japanese aircraft to visit Australia after WW2. That it stopped at Darwin was more significant because Darwin was bombed many times by Japanese aircraft during the war, the final raid in November 1943. JA6502 was sold in Peru in August 1966 as OB-R-846. Photo from: Library and Archives NT
Registration / Serial:JA6205
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):44432 / 510
Operator Titles:Japan Air Lines - JAL
City / Airport:Darwin (YPDN / DRW)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:November 1956 to December 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:F-OCYJ
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):43740 / 289
Operator Titles:Air Djibouti
City / Airport:Paris - Orly (LFPO / ORY)Map
Country:France
Photo Date:30 May 1975
Photo from:Udo Haafke CollectionContact
Photo ID:565433Submit Correction
View count: 267
from my collection, photographer unknown
Registration / Serial:F-OCYJ
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):43740 / 289
Operator Titles:Air Djibouti
City / Airport:Paris - Orly (LFPO / ORY)Map
Country:France
Photo Date:30 May 1975
Photo from:Udo Haafke CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:F-OCYJ
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):43740 / 289
Operator Titles:Air Djibouti
City / Airport:Paris - Orly (LFPO / ORY)Map
Country:France
Photo Date:30 May 1975
Photo from:Udo Haafke CollectionContact
Photo ID:565433Submit Correction
View count: 267
from my collection, photographer unknown
Registration / Serial:F-OCYJ
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):43740 / 289
Operator Titles:Air Djibouti
City / Airport:Paris - Orly (LFPO / ORY)Map
Country:France
Photo Date:30 May 1975
Photo from:Udo Haafke CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:FAE 44691
Alternate Registration:HC-AVH
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):44691 / 552
Operator Titles:Ecuador - Air Force
City / Airport:Quito - Mariscal Sucre (SEQU / UIO) (closed)Map
Country:Ecuador
Collection:Museo Aeronáutico de la Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana
Photo Date:11 October 2014
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Photo ID:563778Submit Correction
View count: 177
Delivered new to LAN Chile in February 1955 as CC-CLDB and re-registered as CC-CLE in 1956. To the Ecuadorian AF in 1971 as FAE44691 / HC-AVH. Withdrawn c1975 and on display at the museum by 1977
Registration / Serial:FAE 44691
Alternate Registration:HC-AVH
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):44691 / 552
Operator Titles:Ecuador - Air Force
City / Airport:Quito - Mariscal Sucre (SEQU / UIO) (closed)Map
Country:Ecuador
Photo Date:11 October 2014
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Registration / Serial:FAE 44691
Alternate Registration:HC-AVH
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):44691 / 552
Operator Titles:Ecuador - Air Force
City / Airport:Quito - Mariscal Sucre (SEQU / UIO) (closed)Map
Country:Ecuador
Collection:Museo Aeronáutico de la Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana
Photo Date:11 October 2014
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Photo ID:563778Submit Correction
View count: 177
Delivered new to LAN Chile in February 1955 as CC-CLDB and re-registered as CC-CLE in 1956. To the Ecuadorian AF in 1971 as FAE44691 / HC-AVH. Withdrawn c1975 and on display at the museum by 1977
Registration / Serial:FAE 44691
Alternate Registration:HC-AVH
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):44691 / 552
Operator Titles:Ecuador - Air Force
City / Airport:Quito - Mariscal Sucre (SEQU / UIO) (closed)Map
Country:Ecuador
Photo Date:11 October 2014
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Registration / Serial:NX90703
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42856 / 6
Operator Titles:American Airlines
Aircraft Name:Flagship District of Columbia
City / Airport:New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:November 1946
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Photo ID:563686Submit Correction
View count: 333
A very early DC-6, and one of American's first of this type. It briefly flew as NX90703 in November 1946, shortly before delivery to the airline as NC90703 later that same month. Photo by Harold G. Martin.
Registration / Serial:NX90703
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42856 / 6
Operator Titles:American Airlines
City / Airport:New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:November 1946
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Registration / Serial:NX90703
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42856 / 6
Operator Titles:American Airlines
Aircraft Name:Flagship District of Columbia
City / Airport:New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:November 1946
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Photo ID:563686Submit Correction
View count: 333
A very early DC-6, and one of American's first of this type. It briefly flew as NX90703 in November 1946, shortly before delivery to the airline as NC90703 later that same month. Photo by Harold G. Martin.
Registration / Serial:NX90703
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):42856 / 6
Operator Titles:American Airlines
City / Airport:New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:November 1946
Photo from:William T. Larkins Collection
Registration / Serial:HB-IBZ
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):44089 / 422
Operator Titles:Balair
City / Airport:Basle / Mulhouse - Euro (LFSB / BSL / MLH)Map
Country:France
Photo Date:December 1971
Photo from:Propfreak CollectionContact
Photo ID:563349Submit Correction
View count: 296
soon after sold to the Zaire Air Force - Photographer unknown
Registration / Serial:HB-IBZ
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):44089 / 422
Operator Titles:Balair
City / Airport:Basle / Mulhouse - Euro (LFSB / BSL / MLH)Map
Country:France
Photo Date:December 1971
Photo from:Propfreak CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:HB-IBZ
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):44089 / 422
Operator Titles:Balair
City / Airport:Basle / Mulhouse - Euro (LFSB / BSL / MLH)Map
Country:France
Photo Date:December 1971
Photo from:Propfreak CollectionContact
Photo ID:563349Submit Correction
View count: 296
soon after sold to the Zaire Air Force - Photographer unknown
Registration / Serial:HB-IBZ
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):44089 / 422
Operator Titles:Balair
City / Airport:Basle / Mulhouse - Euro (LFSB / BSL / MLH)Map
Country:France
Photo Date:December 1971
Photo from:Propfreak CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:OO-SDA
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):43062 / 51
Operator Titles:Sabena
City / Airport:Geneva - International (LSGG / GVA)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:March 1953
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:562241Submit Correction
View count: 442
Ex OO-AWA. Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich
Registration / Serial:OO-SDA
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):43062 / 51
Operator Titles:Sabena
City / Airport:Geneva - International (LSGG / GVA)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:March 1953
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:OO-SDA
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):43062 / 51
Operator Titles:Sabena
City / Airport:Geneva - International (LSGG / GVA)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:March 1953
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:562241Submit Correction
View count: 442
Ex OO-AWA. Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich
Registration / Serial:OO-SDA
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6
C/n (msn):43062 / 51
Operator Titles:Sabena
City / Airport:Geneva - International (LSGG / GVA)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:March 1953
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:OO-LVG
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):45496 / 992
Operator Titles:Delta Air Transport - DAT
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:21 July 1973
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Photo ID:561190Submit Correction
View count: 269
On short final for runway 24 at Southend. Delivered to Cathay Pacific as VR-HFK in 1958. To LN-SUB in 1962, LN-MTV in 1971. Acquired by Delta Air Transport as OO-LVG in 1972 and re-registered OO-VGL later in 1973. To Conair as C-GICD in 1976 then to Everts as N151 in 1996. Last flight to Stavanger-Sola in 2020 for preservation. Repainted as LN-SUB.
Registration / Serial:OO-LVG
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):45496 / 992
Operator Titles:Delta Air Transport - DAT
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:21 July 1973
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Registration / Serial:OO-LVG
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):45496 / 992
Operator Titles:Delta Air Transport - DAT
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:21 July 1973
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Photo ID:561190Submit Correction
View count: 269
On short final for runway 24 at Southend. Delivered to Cathay Pacific as VR-HFK in 1958. To LN-SUB in 1962, LN-MTV in 1971. Acquired by Delta Air Transport as OO-LVG in 1972 and re-registered OO-VGL later in 1973. To Conair as C-GICD in 1976 then to Everts as N151 in 1996. Last flight to Stavanger-Sola in 2020 for preservation. Repainted as LN-SUB.
Registration / Serial:OO-LVG
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):45496 / 992
Operator Titles:Delta Air Transport - DAT
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:21 July 1973
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Registration / Serial:G-SIXC
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B(C)
C/n (msn):45550 / 1032
Operator Titles:Air Atlantique
City / Airport:Saint Athan (EGSY / DGX)Map
Region / Country:Wales, United Kingdom
Collection:South Wales Aviation Museum
Photo Date:14 February 2022
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:560759Submit Correction
View count: 441
Ex N93459, XW-PFZ, B-1006. Converted for use as a restaurant at Coventry Airport, and registration cancelled on 2 August 2011 as permanently withdrawn from use. Moved to St Athan in 2021 and stored pending preservation.
Registration / Serial:G-SIXC
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B(C)
C/n (msn):45550 / 1032
Operator Titles:Air Atlantique
City / Airport:Saint Athan (EGSY / DGX)Map
Region / Country:Wales, United Kingdom
Photo Date:14 February 2022
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Registration / Serial:G-SIXC
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B(C)
C/n (msn):45550 / 1032
Operator Titles:Air Atlantique
City / Airport:Saint Athan (EGSY / DGX)Map
Region / Country:Wales, United Kingdom
Collection:South Wales Aviation Museum
Photo Date:14 February 2022
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:560759Submit Correction
View count: 441
Ex N93459, XW-PFZ, B-1006. Converted for use as a restaurant at Coventry Airport, and registration cancelled on 2 August 2011 as permanently withdrawn from use. Moved to St Athan in 2021 and stored pending preservation.
Registration / Serial:G-SIXC
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B(C)
C/n (msn):45550 / 1032
Operator Titles:Air Atlantique
City / Airport:Saint Athan (EGSY / DGX)Map
Region / Country:Wales, United Kingdom
Photo Date:14 February 2022
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Registration / Serial:G-APSA
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6A(C)
C/n (msn):45497 / 995
Display Paint:British Eagle International Airlines
City / Airport:Saint Athan (EGSY / DGX)Map
Region / Country:Wales, United Kingdom
Collection:South Wales Aviation Museum
Photo Date:26 March 2023
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:559745Submit Correction
View count: 736
Ex 4W-ABQ, HZ-ADA, G-APSA, C-FZCY, C-FMCK, CF-MCK. Registration cancelled on 17 May 2021 as permanently withdrawn from use. Dismantled and moved to St Athan during 2021 for preservation with SWAM.
Registration / Serial:G-APSA
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6A(C)
C/n (msn):45497 / 995
Display Paint:British Eagle International Airlines
City / Airport:Saint Athan (EGSY / DGX)Map
Region / Country:Wales, United Kingdom
Photo Date:26 March 2023
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Registration / Serial:G-APSA
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6A(C)
C/n (msn):45497 / 995
Display Paint:British Eagle International Airlines
City / Airport:Saint Athan (EGSY / DGX)Map
Region / Country:Wales, United Kingdom
Collection:South Wales Aviation Museum
Photo Date:26 March 2023
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:559745Submit Correction
View count: 736
Ex 4W-ABQ, HZ-ADA, G-APSA, C-FZCY, C-FMCK, CF-MCK. Registration cancelled on 17 May 2021 as permanently withdrawn from use. Dismantled and moved to St Athan during 2021 for preservation with SWAM.
Registration / Serial:G-APSA
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6A(C)
C/n (msn):45497 / 995
Display Paint:British Eagle International Airlines
City / Airport:Saint Athan (EGSY / DGX)Map
Region / Country:Wales, United Kingdom
Photo Date:26 March 2023
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact