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DC-6 IN SOUTH
AFRICA
By Leon Steyn, October
2010
Although the DC-6 variants were common
visitors to Palmietfontein Airport and to Jan Smuts Airport in
the early post war years, they were being operated by KLM, PAA, SAS,
Sabena, British Caledonian, Alitalia and others. South African Airways did
not operate the DC-6 and opted for the Douglas DC-4 and Douglas
DC-7B.
The only South African DC-6
operators were Avia Air Charter of Wonderboom which briefly operated two
from Wonderboom Airport and Interocean Airways which operated from Lanseria
Airport.
West Air Aviation and Namibian Commercial Aviation
utilised DC-6s during the 1990s. Many more DC-6s, not on the South African
register frequented local airfields such as Rand Airport and Lanseria
Airport for maintenance. Many of these ended up in South
Africa.
DC-6 IN
AFRICA
Click on the c/n
for photographs and further information pertaining to that aircraft. If
the c/n is not coloured blue then no information is available for that
airframe. Contributions will be most welcome.
The DC-6
aircraft that carried ZS- registrations were:
c/n 45201 ZS-MTE Avia
Air
c/n 45329 ZS-MUL Avia Air, ZS-XXX South African Airways Museum
Society
Below is a list of DC-6 and C118 aircraft that have carried African civil or military registrations. The
list is sorted by construction number.
Click on the c/n to go to the information page for each
airframe.
Click on the link
under the
www.airliners.net colum to go to
the
www.airliners.net page for photos of the
aircraft.
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c/n |
Model |
Registrations
carried |
Location and
status |
www.airliners.net link to photographs
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Wreck
at Dar es Salaam? |
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43127/133 |
DC-6 |
EL-WNH |
Derelict at Lanseria Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa. Used
for fire training |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=43127/133&distinct_entry=true |
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43297/213 |
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9Q-CPK |
Filair, Kinshasa. Scrapped and broken up
1996 |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=43297/213&distinct_entry=true |
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43557/248 |
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TR-KEA |
Wreck at Libreville
in Gabon. |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=43557&distinct_entry=true |
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43573/272 |
C118A |
9Q-CGZ |
Stored at the SAA Museum Society
aircraft park at Rand Airport, Germiston, Johannesburg, South
Africa. When powerd up with a GPU all systems "come
alive". |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=43573/272&distinct_entry=true |
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43740/289 |
DC-6B |
9J-AEP
N84AU |
Broken up at Lanseria Airport. Was
named Baby Shoes .
Cockpit section owned by the SAA Museum Society and on loan to SAA
Technical at OR Tambo International Airport,
Johannesburg. |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=43740/289&distinct_entry=true |
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44119/465 |
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SU-ANJ |
Instructional use at
Cairo International Airport in Egypt. |
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44175/435 |
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9Q-CRH |
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http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=44175/435&distinct_entry=true |
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44632/569 |
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5Y-BRP |
Lokichogio
(HKLK) Airport, Kenya.Lokichogio, also Lokichoggio or
Lokichokio |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=44632/569&distinct_entry=true |
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44635/573 |
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5Y-SJP |
Lokichogio
(HKLK) Airport, Kenya. Lokichogio, also Lokichoggio or
Lokichokio |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=44635/573&distinct_entry=true |
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44645/594 |
C-118A |
EL-WIL |
Scrapped at Rand Airport January
2004 |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=44645/594&distinct_entry=true |
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44664/631 |
DC-6A |
53-3293
V5-NCC
9Q-CZU |
Kinshasa, wrecked |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=44664/631&distinct_entry=true |
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44668/635 |
C-118A |
53-3297
V5-WAC |
Written off during landing accident,
Namibia
, without
fatalities |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=44668/635&distinct_entry=true |
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45201/805 |
DC-6A |
ZS-MTE
9Q-CMC |
Scrapped at Rand Airport January
2004 |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45201/805&distinct_entry=true |
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45319/907 |
DC-6B(F) |
9Q-CYO |
Parked at
Rand Airport, Germison, South Africa.
Used for educational and recreational purposes involving
simulators. |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45319/907&distinct_entry=true |
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45329/853 |
DC-6B |
ZS-MUL
C9-ASR
3D-ASA
3D-ASB
9Q-CJE
ZS-XXX
ZS-MUL |
Restored
to flying condition for a once off ferry flight on 4 December 2010
as ZS-MUL. |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45329/853&distinct_entry=true |
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45373/862 |
DC-6A |
V5-NCB
9Q-CJR |
Wreck at Luzamba
in Angola |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45373/862&distinct_entry=true |
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45523/975 |
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ET-AAX |
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http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45523&distinct_entry=true |
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45524/994 |
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ET-T-26
ET-AAY |
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http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45524/994&distinct_entry=true |
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45533/1006 |
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ET-AAZ |
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http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45533/1006&distinct_entry=true |
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45500/1023 |
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CF-CPC
ET-AGY |
At one stage was
used for ground
instruction at Addis Ababa. |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45500/1023&distinct_entry=true |
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45563/1034 |
DC-6B |
V5-NCF |
With Red Bull in Austria |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45563/1034&distinct_entry=true |
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45564/1040 |
DC-6B |
V5-NCG |
Based at Eros Airport, Windhoek,
Namibia. |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45564/1040&distinct_entry=true |
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