aviation - the past, present and future of flight

UNITED’S DC-6

MAINLINERS

The Douglas DC-6 served passengers of United Airlines

from 1947 to 1970 and was a mainstay of the operation,

as Barry Lloyd explains.

48 Aviation News incorporating Jets March 2018

PROPLINER SPECIAL

DC-6s NC37507 and NC37508 on the ramp at Douglas’s manufacturing facility at Santa Monica, prior to delivery in 1947.

The ‘C’ suffix (for commercial) was dropped from airliners the following year. Douglas/Jon Proctor Collection

48-51_prop_unitedDC.mfDC.mfDC.indd 48 05/02/2018 14:16