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GRANDES PIONEROS TRANSPORTE DE PASAJEROS Y CARGA COMO LOS CONSTELLATION , SUPER CONSTELLATION DC 3 , DC 4 DC 6B DC 7 DC 7 C DOUGLAS DC 3 CONSIDERADA COMO LA NAVE QUE AY…
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The Flying Boat 'coral' route continued until 1960 when a new airport was finished in Tahiti allowing TEAL to fly Douglas DC-6 aircraft. The Douglas DC-6 was flown by TEAL between 1954 and 1961. Three were transferred to TEAL after the break-up of British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines and came from the QANTAS takeover of BCPA who had owned the DC-6 fleet. At this time Australia took over the United Kingdom's 20 percent interest in TEAL giving them an equal 50 percent. These DC-6 aircraft started replacing the flying boats in May 1954 which meant the transfer of Auckland's Flying Boats only International Airport, from Mechanics Bay located in Auckland’s Waitemata harbour, to RNZAF Whenuapai, which was an military airbase that shared civil airline operations until 1965 when Auckland International Airport opened at Mangere. In September 1956, work was completed on the skin of the DC-6s to allow a 2000 lbs increase in payload. By 1961, they were handed over to the RNZAF to be used as troop transports. ********************************************** ********************************************** USE THE SCROLL ACROSS BAR LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW TO VIEW THESE LARGE SHEETS Tahiti NZ SOUTHERN ALPS ************************************************* ************************************************* *************************************************
Douglas DC-6B LN-SUK of Braathens SAAFE at Newcastle Airport on August 16th 1973.
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GRANDES PIONEROS TRANSPORTE DE PASAJEROS Y CARGA COMO LOS CONSTELLATION , SUPER CONSTELLATION DC 3 , DC 4 DC 6B DC 7 DC 7 C DOUGLAS DC 3 CONSIDERADA COMO LA NAVE QUE AY…
30 June 1956: At approximately 10:32 a.m., two airliners, United Airlines’ Douglas DC-7 serial number 44288, Mainliner Vancouver, Civil Aeronautics Administration registration N6324C, and Trans World Airlines’ Lockheed L-1049-54-80 Super Constellation serial number 4016, Star of the Seine, N6902C, were over the Grand Canyon at 21,000 feet (6,400 meters). Both airliners had departed Los Angeles International Airport shortly after 9:00 … Continue reading 30 June 1956 →
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 08-Mar-15. Delivered new to Mexicana as XA-KIR in Jul-53. They didn't keep it long and sold it to Northwest Orient Airlines in Nov-54 as N568. It was sold to Sterling Airways in Jun-63. The aircraft was withdrawn from service at Copenhagen, Denmark, in Jun-71. It was sold the following year and became a Coffee Bar near Borg, Jutland, Denmark. It was sold for scrap 10 years later in Jun-82.
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Douglas DC-6A (cn 44075/451) This DC-6 has been hauling cargo since delivered new to Flying Tigers on March 9, 1954 as N34959. Other regns worn were C-GBYN, N1281 and N402US. Seen climbing out of ANC.
