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On 1 May 1986, a Douglas DC-6 of the Salvadoran Air Force crashed 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the Ilopango International Airport in Ilopango, El Salvador shortly after takeoff. The crash killed 37 people on board the aircraft making it the deadliest military aviation accident in Salvadoran history.
Douglas DC-6B of Swiss airline Balair in 1976. The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. . Originally intended as a military transport near the end of World War II, it was reworked after the war to compete with the Lockheed Constellation in the long-range commercial transport
The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. Originally intended as a military transport near the end of World War II, Douglas reworked it after the war to compete with the Lockheed Constellation in the long-range commercial transport market.
The aircraft, a Douglas DC-6 registered as NC-37506, had been purchased brand new from Douglas by United Air Lines in March 1947. [1]: 1 [2] In November 1947, all DC-6 aircraft were grounded following two in-flight fires: one involving United Air Lines Flight 608, which resulted in 52 fatalities, and another involving an American Airlines flight that landed safely. [3]
A great number of airlines and air forces from several countries included the Douglas DC-6 in their fleets at some point in time. Today most DC-6s are inactive, stored, or preserved in museums; although a number are still flying in northern bush operations in Alaska and Canada, while several are based in Europe and a few other DC-6s are still in operation for small carriers in South America.
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Pan American Airways Douglas DC-6B registered N5026K, named Clipper Panama [1] was delivered on 28 May 1954. In 1958 it spent some time on lease to National Airlines but was returned to Pan Am. [2] On 22 June 1959, under charter, Clipper Panama departed Frankfurt for New York with intermediate stops at Heathrow Airport and Shannon Airport.
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