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#Onthisday in 1952, Pan American World Airways received their first delivery of a Douglas DC-6B. #Aviationhistory #Avgeek #DC6 #PanAm This tweet was posted on February 27, 2017.
In 1948, BCPA received the new, long-range, pressurized Douglas DC-6 airliner. For the long, forty-hour, multi-stop Southern Cross route, each aircraft was comfortably equipped with reclining seats, sleeping berths, and a lounge in the aft. #FlyingSouthernCross #AvGeek This tweet was posted on February 16, 2023.
In the late 1940s, land-based aircraft, like the Douglas DC-4, the DC-6, and the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, made regularly operated commercial air routes between the United States & Australia a reality for airmail, cargo, and passengers alike. #AirmailDownUnder #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 30, 2022.
Introduced by United Air Lines and American Airlines in 1946, the DC-6 was the first new American-designed airliner to operate during the postwar years. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 21, 2021.
Introduced in 1951, the #Lockheed 1049 Super #Constellation was an enhanced-range, stretched upgrade of the 049 Constellation and was designed primarily to compete on #transatlantic routes with the Douglas DC-6. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on October 25, 2018.
Introduced in 1951, the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation was an enhanced-range, stretched upgrade of the L-049 Constellation and was designed primarily to compete on transoceanic routes with the Douglas DC-6. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on May 26, 2021.
Later DC-6 variants had a longer fuselage, increased range, and higher weight capabilities, and include the DC-6A cargo-liner, the DC-6B passenger-liner, and the convertible cargo/passenger DC-6C. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 21, 2021.
One of the most economical large propliners to operate during the postwar period and beyond, over 700 Douglas DC-6 were built and added to airline fleets worldwide. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 21, 2021.
The Douglas DC-6 was initially conceived of as a military transport but its design was changed to a civilian airliner following the end of WWII. It was fundamentally an updated, enlarged, and pressurized DC-4 built to compete with the Lockheed L-049 Constellation. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on April 21, 2021.
📸 1/4: United, American, Douglas DC-6 ceremony; c. 1946 Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.255 Pan Am, DC-6B “Clipper Liberty Bell”; c. 1950 Transfer 1993.03.07 American, DC-6B, @flySFO; 1953 Gift of William T. Larkins 2000.026.001 This tweet was posted on April 21, 2021.
📸 2/4: United, DC-6; c. 1950 Gift of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum 2008.060.009 United, DC-6A; c. 1950 Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.158 Northern Air Cargo, DC-6B-ST; c. 1970 Gift of the Pan Am Association 2000.058.0472.040 This tweet was posted on April 21, 2021.
📸 3/4: Braniff, Douglas DC-6; c. 1947 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0086 Panagra, DC-6; c. 1950 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0300 Japan Air Lines, DC-6B, @flySFO; 1954 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.165.103 a b This tweet was posted on April 21, 2021.
📸 4/4: Tasman Empire Airways Limited, DC-6, Nadi Airport; 1950s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.1427 This tweet was posted on April 21, 2021.