Aircraft Photo of N93459 | Douglas DC-6A/B | Trans Continental Airlines | AirHistory.net #635279
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N93459
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6A/B
C/n (msn):45550 / 1032
Operator Titles:Trans Continental Airlines
Location
City / Airport:Detroit - Willow RunMap
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KYIP   IATA: YIP   Local: YIP   Other: -
 
Photo Date:17 May 1981
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 635279
Photo Comment

Delivered to Civil Air Transport as B-1006 in 1958. To Royal Air Lao as XW-PFZ in 1968 then to Southern Air Transport as N93459 in 1972. Converted to a DC-6A/B freighter in 1973. To Trans Continenal Airways in 1978 then to Air Atlantique as G-SIXC in 1987. Withdrawn from use at Coventry in 2007. Used as the DC-6 diner restaurant from 2011. Dismantled and moved to the Wales Air Museum, St.Athan in 2021.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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