The Douglas DC-6 Association
of South Africa
Individual Aircraft History
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c/n 43740
N8223H National Airlines, delivered 8 November 1952
FB Ayer and Associates 29
March 1963
Northeast Airlines "623" leased 5
September 1963
FB Ayer and Associates returned 11
September 1967
Withdrawn from use and stored San
Antonio, Texas
Bought by Arthur Stewart 20 December
1971
Sold to Gary Aircraft Corporation 12 March
1974
Sold to Air Djibouti as F-OCYJ in April
1974
To International Freight Airways as OO-IFA
March 1977
Sold as N799TA to Atlas Aircraft
Corporation 12 September 1978
Sold to Interocean
Airways as 9J-AEP 22 November 1978
To Urban Drew as
N84AU 10 August 1979
Sold to Shelia Sharman
February 1982 and leased to Air Swaziland
Sold to
Flying Enterprise Inc September 1986 - leased to Interocean Airways
Mocambique
Withdrawn from use 18 May 1989 and
scrapped at Lanseria Airport November 1990
Cockpit section to
South African Airways Museum Society. On loan to SAA Technical Paint
Shop
c/n 43740
N84AU Interocean
Airways
Baby
Shoes
In the process of being scrapped
Lanseria Airport June
1990
Photograph: John Miller The Article Library john@thearticlelibrary.net
c/n
43740
N84AU Interocean
Airways
Baby Shoes
In the process of being
scrapped
Lanseria
Airport 3 June 1990
Photograph: Omer Mees
c/n 43740
N84AU Interocean
Airways
Baby
Shoes
In the process of being scrapped
Lanseria Airport 3 June
1990
Photograph:
Omer Mees
c/n 43740
N84AU Interocean
Airways
Baby
Shoes
In the process of being scrapped
Lanseria Airport 3 June
1990
Photograph:
Omer Mees
c/n 43740
N84AU Interocean
Airways
Baby
Shoes
In the process of being
scrapped
Lanseria
Airport 15 August 1990
Photograph: Omer Mees
c/n 43740
N84AU Interocean
Airways
Baby
Shoes
In the process of being scrapped
Lanseria Airport 15 August
1990
Photograph:
Omer Mees
c/n 43740
N84AU Interocean
Airways
Baby
Shoes
In the process of being scrapped
Lanseria Airport November
1990
Photograph:
Omer Mees
c/n 43740
N84AU Interocean
Airways
Baby
Shoes
In the process of being scrapped.
The South African Airways Museum
Society were allowed to keep the cockpit section.
Museum members Kevin Mey, Hans
Pearson and Ronny Butcher work at cutting off the nose section for
preservation.
Lanseria Airport December 1990
Photograph: Omer
Mees
c/n
43740
DC-6 "Baby
Shoes" cockpit section at SAA Technical
November 1991
Photograph:
Michel Anciaux
c/n 43740
DC-6 "Baby Shoes" cockpit section at SAA
Technical now used for training at the paint shop.
11 October 2010
Photograph: Leon
Steyn
c/n 43740
DC-6 "Baby Shoes" cockpit section at
SAA Technical now used for training at the paint shop.
11 October 2010
Photograph: Leon
Steyn
c/n 43740
DC-6 "Baby Shoes" cockpit section at
SAA Technical now used for training at the paint shop.
11 October 2010
Photograph: Leon
Steyn