The DC-6B, originally powered by Double Wasp engines with Hamilton Standard 43E60 constant-speed reversing propellers, was regarded as the ultimate piston-engine airliner from the standpoint of ruggedness, reliability, economical operation, and handling qualities.

The DC-6B, originally powered by Double Wasp engines with Hamilton Standard 43E60 constant-speed reversing propellers, was regarded as the ultimate piston-engine airliner from the standpoint of ruggedness, reliability, economical operation, and handling qualities.

1958年9月30日，在中国台湾运营的民航空运公司接收了唯一的1架DC-6B（注册号B-1006），这架飞机被命名为“翠华”号，该机主要用来运营台北—东京航线，直到1968年被喷气式 康维尔880 取代。 中国 台湾远东航空公司 自1967年起引进DC-6B型运输机，其中B-2005号于1968年出租给 越南航空公司，该机于1969年12月22日在飞行事故中报废。 另外2架B-2003号和B-2007号在1972年和1973年退出运营。 [2] 部分DC-6退役后，进入了博物馆保存。 最有名的DC-6是美国总统 哈 …

dc-6b装备的普惠r-2800-cb-16引擎和汉密尔顿43e60恒速变距螺旋桨，被认为是当时活塞客机最优秀的动力之一。 和DC-6A较为相似的军用型，就是 美国空军 的C-118「举重霸王」和 美国海军 的R6D，它们装备了更为强劲的R-2800-CB-17引擎。

The DC-6B-1198A was a sixty to eighty-nine-seater domestic version while the DC-6B-1225A was a forty-two to eighty-nine-seater trans-ocean version; the DC-6C was a convertible cargo and passenger version. The DC-6 could fly up to 25,000 feet and …

第二次世界大戦が終わってからの米国航空機メーカーは軍民を問わず活況を呈しますが、特にダグラス社の民間大型機部門は、傑作機DC-4の後継としてDC-6、DC-6Aを生産し、その成功を見て、デラックス型DC-6Bを開発し、同時にDC-7の生産を始めるというもの凄さでした。 しかも、ダグラスの手堅さが信頼されてそのいずれもが主要航空会社から早々と予備注文を受けています。 日本航空でも、マーチン2 0 2を見限ってダグラスDC-4に一本化した時に、国際線を見 …

2024年9月11日 · Among the most iconic piston-powered airliners of the 1950s was the Douglas DC-6, a four-engine propeller-driven aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the United States military towards the end of the Second World War.

The “Six” was a pressurized and enlarged update to Douglas’ DC-4 series, seating 64 to 76 passengers with better range and a higher service ceiling. DC-6s would soon displace the DC-4s and provide welcomed fleet standardization from both an operations and a …

2014年5月24日 · The predecessor of the DC-6B, the DC-6, was in response to the challenge by Lockheed to out-class the DC-4, although reliable and route-proven in World War II, not pressurized and an under-performer against the Constellation. For the DC-6, Douglas stretched the fuselage of the DC-4 and pressurized it.

DC-6B - Typical passenger seating for 54, with max seating for 102, but now usually configured for freight. Total DC-6 production of 665, comprising 174 DC-6s, 73 DC-6As, 288 DC-6Bs, 105 C-118s and 25 R6Ds. Approximately 100 remained in service in 2003. Douglas DC-6.