The Douglas DC-6 Association
of South Africa
DC-6/C-118 Updates/News from around the World
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2010/11/10 In Memoriam - Chris Schutte Click here for article published in the Namibia Sun |
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2010/11/09 Bateleur en Chris Schutte word stil The sad passing on 8 November 2010 of Chris Schutte, owner of Namibia Commercial Aviation and the beloved DC-6 Bateleur.
Click here for the article
published in the Namibian Republikein Online Newspaper |
| 2010/10/01 DC-6B ferry flight to new
home. South African DC-6B ZS-MUL c/n 45329 (ex ZS-XXX) will be ferried to her new home. Click here |
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2010/10/01 DC-6B Tour of Australia. For
Australia, the DC-6B was regarded as the ultimate in propeller
driven airliner reliability and economy. The seven DC-6s and six
DC-6Bs operated by Australian airlines represented an era now long
gone when flying was an adventure and service wasn't just a
catchword in a glossy brochure. Press release February 2010. DC-6B Tour of Australia February 2011. A JOINT venture between Namibia Commercial Aviation and Australia’s Yesteryear Aviation will bring aviation history to life at the beginning of next year. NCA’s Douglas DC-6B airliner,
V5-NCG, the last one of its
kind still doing commercial passenger flights, will depart from
Windhoek’s Eros Airport on a nearly three-month odyssey to
Australia.
The plane will participate in celebrations of the
Australian centenary of powered flight and according to Yesteryear
director David Gray, Namibia holds the holy grail of aviation
history with the DC-6B.
“The DC-6B was the ultimate domestic piston-engine
airliner operated in Australia,” he said. “To be able to work with
NCA and to take the last passenger DC-6B back to Australia is
incredibly exciting. She is the epitome of how a vintage aircraft
should be presented and operated. There is nothing quite like her in
Australia, and that is something that all Namibians should be proud
of”.
The DC-6B will fly via Johannesburg, Reunion
Island and Cocos Island before arriving in Perth, Australia to start
the tour.
From Perth she will circumnavigate Australia,
touching down in every state capital city for joy-flights, open
days, charity and community events as well as participating in large
functions like the Australian International Air Show at Avalon and
the Australian leg of the International Red Bull Air Race World
Series in Perth.
“Projected attendances at just the two air shows
alone will see the DC-6B seen by over 500 000 people. Tie this in
with the expected 1 800 people to fly in her, plus airport open days
around the country, and she becomes a highly visible airborne
ambassador for Namibia,” said Grey.
Hans Wiehahn, general manager of NCA said: “The
last passenger DC-6B left Australia in 1968, and 43 years later we
will be making history by returning.”
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2010/10/12 New colours for DC-6
N70BF The realization of a
dream.......a Pan Am DC-6! (scroll
down) This is the Pan Am
colors, I am missing the Globe in the tail, the name: Clipper:
Liberty Bell and the American Flag, next week we will
finish.
Carlos Gomez
Carlos Gomez is the owner/flight engineer (F/E) of Florida Air Transport and Turksair www.turksaircargo.com located at Opa Locka airport (North of Miami) N70BF is a cargo DC-6 which he uses mainly in the Caribean region. Together with Roger
Jarman they operate a passenger model DC-7B under
the name http://sites.google.com/site/historicalflightfoundation/Home +
http://atlantic-models.com
c/n
43720
DC-6
N70BF
Pan
American Airlines colours
Miami
- Opa Locka (OPF) Florida USA)
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October 2010
Photograph: Florida Air Transport
c/n
43720
DC-6
N70BF
Pan
American Airlines colours
Miami
- Opa Locka (OPF) Florida USA)
12
October 2010
Photograph: Florida Air
Transport
c/n
43720
DC-6
N70BF
Pan
American Airlines colours
Miami
- Opa Locka (OPF) Florida USA)
12
October 2010
Photograph: Florida Air Transport
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