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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6B
    Last Military Serial:6710 FAPo
    Construction Number:43529
    Last Civil Registration:HI-474CT
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6B sn 6710 FAPo cn 43529...
    Latest Owner or Location:Hotel Iberostar Dominicana - Disco DC6, Punta Cana, La Altagracia

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    Dates

    Event

    1952

    Constructed as a DC-6B.

    20 August 1952

    To Pan AM with new c/r N6529C.

    1961

    To Transportes Aereos de India Portuguesa with new c/r CR-IAH.

    November 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Forca Aerea Portuguesa with s/n 6710.

    1976

    To SATA with new c/r CS-TAM.

    1977

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Forca Aerea Portuguesa with s/n 6710.

    Withdrawn from use.
    Placed in storage at Alverca, Portugal.

    1980

    To Aero B Tropicana with new c/r YV-297C.

    1984

    To Atlas Aircraft Corporation with new c/r N873TA.

    1986

    To Transporte Aereo Dominicano with new c/r HI-474.

    1989

    To Transporte Aereo Dominicano with new c/r HI-474CT.

    15 November 1992


    Photographer: Peter M. Garwood

    1994


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: At Opa Locka Airport

    To Hotel Iberostar Dominicana-Disco DC6, Punta Cana, La Altagracia.
    Only the cockpit section and wings survive here. It is the feature attaction at a disco where the cockpit section is used for the DJ booth and the wings are used for the bars.
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