Aircraft Photo of N515TS | Douglas DC-6B(F) | AirHistory.net #795874
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N515TS
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B(F)
C/n (msn):45201 / 805
Location
City / Airport:Detroit - Willow RunMap
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KYIP   IATA: YIP   Local: YIP   Other: -
 
Photo Date:26 July 1987
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 795874
Photo Comment

Delivered to Northwest Orient Airlines as DC-6B N576 in 1957. To United Arab Airlines as SU-ANM in 1965 then to Sterling Airways as OY-STS in 1968. Sold as N515TS and converted to a DC-6B(F) freighter for Zantop International Airlines in 1973. To Wonder Air as ZS-MTE in 1990 then to Transair Cargo as 9Q-CMC in 1994. Reregistered as 9Q-CJX in 1976. They were renamed to TAC Air Services in 1998. Withdrawn from use at Rand, South Africa by 2002 and scrapped in 2004.

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