TWA was getting into the world market after WWII with newer and larger four engine aircraft that came online to support the war effort and proved to be able to fly over the oceans. The DC-4's were soon replaced with Lockheed Constellations and converted to cargo only aircraft, redesignated as C-54's.

The Douglas DC-4 is an American four-engined (piston), propeller-driven airliner developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Military versions of the plane, the C-54 and R5D, served during World War II, in the Berlin Airlift and into the 1960s.

The DC-4 was revised, smaller than the DC-4E, lighter and simpler. The wing was altered, the cabin unpressurised, Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasps (1.450 hp) were assigned to the case.

TWA (Trans World Airline) Douglas DC-4 NC45346 (c/n 27350) TWA used its DC-4s primarily on the North African route from New York to Cairo. As explained under the entry for the post war DC-3, the airline was known as the " Trans World Airline " until 1950, when the corporate name was changed from Transcontinental & Western Air to Trans World ...

2020年11月2日 · The plane that begain the dynasty of 4 engine Douglas propliners, here is the DC-4 from Jens Kristensen, in UAL, TWA, PAA and SAS liveries (among many others), and has a panel too.

“The Acropolis” was built as a C-54 for the USAAF and converted to a civilian DC-4 in 1945. TWA used its DC-4s primarily on the North African route from New York to Cairo. Up to 1950, TWA was officially registered as Transcontinental &amp Western Air, the slogan “The Trans World Airline” then becoming the official company name.

2020年7月4日 · The DC−4 was designed to be the airline industry's "dream" airplane - "a Grand Hotel with wings", capable of cruise speeds of more than two hundred miles per hour and a range of 3,300 miles, making it capable of non-stop coast-to-coast flight.

2015年12月12日 · Douglas DC-4 Transworld Airline (TWA) 1:144 Minicraft with Draw Decals. The DC-4 is one of my favourite aircraft, it did sterling work in the post war period and a few are still working today, such as those with Buffalo Airways in Canada. The Minicraft kit is a real beauty, one of their best, although it is getting hard to find now.

Douglas DC-4 TWA airplane model.&nbsp, The Douglas DC-4 is an American four-engine, propeller-driven airliner developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Military versions of the plane, the C-54 and R5D, served during World War II, in the Berlin Airlift and into the 1960s. From 1945, many civil airlines operated the DC-4 worldwide.

TWA's "Skyfreighter" arrives at Heathrow North during a transatlantic cargo flight. Ex USAAF 42-72436, this was operated by TWA from 1946 until March 1958. - Photo taken at London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL) in England, United Kingdom on June 3, 1955.