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Dates |
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Event |
1956 |
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Constructed as a DC-6B. |
11 January 1956 |
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To United Airlines Inc with new c/r N37569.
Operated with markings: Mainliner Diamond Head |
2 June 1960 |
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To United States Overseas Airlines keeping c/r N37569. |
Circa September 1963 |
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Civil registration HI-83 reserved but not taken up.
Intended sale to Compania Dominicana de Aviacion SA (C.D.A.) did not eventuate. |
15 November 1963 |
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To Ansett-ANA with new c/r VH-INA. |
18 November 1963 |
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Accepted by Ansett-ANA and departed Los Angeles on delivery flight to Australia. |
From 18 November 1963 to 22 November 1963 |
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Ferry flight.
Route: Los Angeles - Honolulu - Nadi - Melbourne. |
13 December 1963 |
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Entered service with Ansett-ANA. |
14 April 1964 |
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Damaged.
Involved in mid-air emergency on Melbourne - Adelaide service as AN216. After take-off a blade from No.3 propeller detached wrenching the engine from its upper mountings. Damaged engine was subjected to various air-loads to dislodge it which were successful. |
From 28 December 1965 to 30 December 1965 |
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Leased to Royal Australian Air Force. |
29 May 1966 |
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Withdrawn from use.
Placed in open storage at Melbourne (Essendon) Airport. |
16 December 1966 |
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To Far Eastern Air Transport (FEAT). |
10 March 1967 |
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Ferry flight.
Melbourne to Taipei. |
12 March 1967 |
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Civil registration, VH-INA, cancelled. |
Circa March 1967 |
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Assigned civil registration: B-2003 |
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Leased to Air Vietnam.
Lease dates unknown. |
Circa July 1973 |
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To Bellomy-Lawson Aviation with new c/r N44893. |
Circa November 1973 |
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Converted to a DC-6BF. |
7 January 1974 |
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To Richard E Foy, Medford, OR with new c/r N62876. |
11 January 1974 |
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Civil registration, N62876, cancelled. |
By February 1974 |
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To Conair Aviation, Canada with new c/r C-GHCB. |
By February 1974 |
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Operated as fire service #43. |
September 1974 |
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Photographer: Eric Bannwarth Collection
Notes: C-GHCB - DC-6B - Conair Aviation Ltd. at Abbotsford |
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Based at Abbotsford International Airport (East Side), Abbotsford, BC.
 View the Location Dossier |
24 September 1991 |
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To Conair Group Inc (Conair Aviation), Abbotsford, BC keeping c/r C-GHCB. |
Circa May 2001 |
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Withdrawn from use.
Stored at Abbotsford, British Colombia, Canada. |
Circa 2004 |
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Photographer: Eric Bannwarth Collection |
7 May 2006 |
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Photographer: Reinhard Jost
Notes: At the Conair yard at Abbotsford / BC |
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