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Airliner - Douglas DC-6B
Douglas DC-6B
The DC-6b went for Pan Am into service on May 1st 1952 with the "Clipper Liberty Bell" (N6519C). The Airline ordered a total number of 45 BC-6B, which were all delivered to Pan Am by June 1954. The airliners flew the prestige route from New York to London first. They do well even in the new "jet-age" and the last 5 of them were sold on September 17th 1968.
| Type: | Douglas DC-6B |
| Engines: | 4x Pratt & Whitney Wasp R2800 (2.500 hp) |
| Max. Gross T/O-Weight: | 107.000 lb |
| Range: | 3.000 statute miles |
| Lenght, Span, Height: | 106 ft, 118 ft, 29 ft |
| Speed: | 315 mph |
| Seats: | 88 |
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