Aircraft Photo of N6539C | Douglas DC-6A | United States Department of Commerce | AirHistory.net #19934
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N6539C
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6A
C/n (msn):45227 / 900
Operator Titles:United States Department of Commerce / NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Location
City / Airport:Miami - InternationalMap
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KMIA   IATA: MIA   Local: MIA   Other: -
 
Photo Date:August 1975
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 19934
Photo Comment

Heading out on another hurricane hunting mission, the modifications to this 1957-vintage DC-6 are clearly apparent here. Acquired in 1960 from Trans Caribbean, she was sold to Bellomy-Lawson six months after this shot and modified back to normal configuration. Painted in Challenge AT colours in 1979 and re-registered N98BL in 1983. Broken up at MIA in 1993 after a couple of years in storage

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