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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 passenger versions could feature luxuriously appointed cabin interiors with options for a lounge in the tail section and sleeper berth accommodations. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 21, 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.

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.

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.

Operated by numerous airlines on domestic and transatlantic routes, the airliner played a major role in advancing long-range commercial aviation during the immediate postwar era. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on April 14, 2021.

The first production aircraft were requisitioned for the war effort as C-69 military transports. Following the war, Constellations were converted to civilian passenger configurations and were introduced into commercial service in 1946. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on April 14, 2021.

Designed in secret under the leadership Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, and with direction from Hughes, the renamed L-049 Constellation evolved into an extremely fast, revolutionary large-capacity airliner with a unique dolphin-shaped fuselage and distinctive tripletail. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on April 14, 2021.

In the late 1930s, Lockheed was developing a high-speed pressurized airliner, designated the L-044 Excalibur. Howard Hughes, who, in 1939, had acquired a majority share of TWA, requested that the airliner be redesigned and developed to his specs... #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on April 14, 2021.

With its long range and capacity of up to eighty-six passengers, the DC-4 was crucial to advancing trans-ocean commercial aviation in the immediate postwar era. #WingWednesday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 07, 2021.

By late 1945, #PanAm realized the superiority of the DC-4 over the Boeing 314 flying boat and began to operate the airliner on both transpacific and transatlantic routes. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 07, 2021.

World War II circumvented the DC-4's civilian use, and most were appropriated for use as C-54 Skymaster military transports. After the war, Douglas converted many to airliners and continued production until 1947. #WingWednesday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 07, 2021.