Famgus Aviation Postcards
Douglas DC-6

This page shows my collection of postcards of the Douglas DC-6 aircraft.

Quoted from Wikipedia:

The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. Originally intended as a military transport near the end of World War II it was reworked after the war to compete with the Lockheed Constellation in the long-range transport market. More than 700 were built and many still fly today in cargo, military and wildfire control roles.

The DC-6 was known as the C-118 Liftmaster in United States Air Force service and as the R6D in United States Navy service prior to 1962 after which all U.S. Navy variants were also designated as the C-118.

Role: Airliner/transport aircraft
Manufacturer: Douglas Aircraft Company
First flight: February 15, 1946
Introduced: March 1947
Status: 49 fully active
Primary users: United States Air Force; United States Navy
Produced: 1946-1959
Number built: >700
Developed from Douglas DC-4
Variants Douglas DC-7

As for all my aircraft pages the postcards are grouped by airline:

Current number of postcards on this page: 27
Current number of airlines represented: 8

American Airlines (2)
Braathens SAFE (1)
Ethiopian Airlines (1)
Northeast Airlines (1)
PanAm - Pan American Airways (1)
SAS - Scandinavian Airlines System (15)
Swissair (1)
United Air Lines (5)

This page was last updated on November 21, 2010
American Airlines
DC-6 Flagship

Old postcard size 14x9 cm

Printed by: American Airlines.
(Unnumbered)

Photo: Ivan Dmitri.

Unused
DC-6 Flagship

Old postcard size 14x9 cm

Printed by: American Airlines.
(Nbr: T-150 B)

Photo: Ivan Dmitri.

Unused
Braathens SAFE
Douglas DC6-B

Old postcard size 14x9 cm

Printed by: Braathens SAFE.
(Unnumbered)

Photograher: Unknown

Unused
Ethiopian Airlines
New Radar Equipped DC6-B

Old postcard size 14x9 cm

Printed by: Ethiopian Airlines.
(Unnumbered)

Photograher: Unknown

Unused
Northeast Airlines
Northeast "Sunliners"

Old postcard size 14x9 cm

Printed by:Tichnor Bros, Boston, Mass.
(Nbr: T-2000)

Photo: Unknown

Unused
PanAm - Pan American Airways
PAA's new Super-6 Clipper

Old postcard size 14x9 cm

Printed by: Pan American.
(No: LAD-A656-53)

Photograher: Unknown

Unused
SAS - Scandinavian Airlines System

DC-6
SE-BDF "Alvar Viking"
In service with SAS 1948-1960

DC-6B
LN-LMO "Hjalmar Viking"
In service with SAS 1952-1961

A6 size (105 mm x 148 mm)
Artist drawn postcard

Published by: SAS Flight Academy.
(Nr: 8512-7)

Artist: Sturk.

Unused
DC-6
SE-BDF "Alvar Viking"
In service with SAS 1948-1960

A6 size (105 mm x 148 mm)
Color photo postcard

Published by: Ultra - Ulvsunda Tryckeri Bromma Stockholm.
(Unnumbered)

Photographer: Unknown

Postally used 1950
DC-6
SE-BDF "Alvar Viking"
In service with SAS 1948-1960
Photo taken from SAS DC-3 SE-BBL "Loke Viking"

A6 size (105 mm x 148 mm)
Color photo postcard

Published by: Munthe-Österbye, Copenhagen.
(Nbr: 8049)

Photographer: Unknown

Unused
DC-6
SE-BDB "Agne Viking"
In service with SAS 1948-1960

Old postcard size 14x9 cm
Color photo postcard

Published by: SAS.
(Unnumbered)

Photographer: Göran Algård

Unused
DC-6
LN-LAG "Sverre Viking"
In service with SAS 1948-1959
Bromma Airport, Stockholm, Sweden

Old postcard size 14x9 cm
Color photo postcard

Published by: SAS.
(Unnumbered)

Photographer: Unknown

Unused
DC-6
LN-LAG "Sverre Viking"
In service with SAS 1948-1959
Bromma Airport, Stockholm, Sweden

Old postcard size 14x9 cm
Color photo postcard

Published by: SAS.
(Unnumbered)

Photographer: Ateljé Wahlberg, Sweden

Unused

Same card as above, but a different printing.
DC-6
LN-LAG "Sverre Viking"
In service with SAS 1948-1959
Bromma Airport, Stockholm, Sweden

Old postcard size 14x9 cm
Color photo postcard

Published by: SAS.
(Unnumbered)

Photographer: Ateljé Wahlberg, Sweden

Postally used, post mark however unreadable
DC-6
LN-LAG "Sverre Viking"
In service with SAS 1948-1959
Torslanda Airport, Gothenburg, Sweden

Old postcard size 14x9 cm
Handcolored photo postcard

Published by: AB Torslanda Flygrestaurang.
(Unnumbered)

Photographer: Unknown

Post marked Jul 7 1959
DC-6
Unidentified
with 48 seats.

Old postcard size 14x9 cm
Color photo postcard

Published by: SAS.
(Unnumbered)

Photographer: Unknown

Unused
DC-6
Unidentified

Old postcard size 14x9 cm
Color photo postcard

Published by: SAS.
(Unnumbered)

Photographer: Unknown

Unused
DC-6B
OY-KLY "Alf Viking"
In service with SAS 1951-1959
Bromma Airport, Stockholm, Sweden

A6 size (105 mm x 148 mm)
Color photo postcard

Published by: AB Grafisk Konst, Stockholm.
(Nbr: A 2707)

Photographer: Unknown

Postally used 1960

DC-6
OY-KLY "Alf Viking"
In service with SAS 1951-1959
DC-6B
LN-LMO "Hjalmar Viking"
In service with SAS 1952-1961

Old postcard size 14x9 cm

Printed by: Enell, Inc.
(Nbr: 8A)

Photo: Unknown

Unused
DC-6B
LN-LMO "Hjalmar Viking"
In service with SAS 1952-1961

A6 size (105 mm x 148 mm)

Published by: SAS.
(Unnumbered)

Photo by: SAS

Unused
DC-6B
OY-KMA "Torkil Viking"
In service with SAS 1952-1964

A6 size (105 mm x 148 mm)

Published by: IKARUS (Tekniska Museets arkiv).
(Unnumbered)

Photo by: Unknown

Unused
DC-6B
SE-BDU "Erik Viking"
In service with SAS 1954-1961
Los Angeles International Airport, U.S.A.

Old postcard size 14x9 cm
Color photography

Distributed by: A. Mitock & Sons, 13561 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, Calif.
(No. P10449)

Photograher: Bill Eccles.

Unused

Text at back of postcard: S.A.S., Scandinavian Airlines' giant DC-6B readied at Los Angeles International Airport for the new regular transpolar route to Europe via Copenhagen, Denmark.
Swissair
DC-6B
Registration HB-IBI "St. Gallen"
In service with Swissair 1952-1962
Sold to Sterling Airways 1962 as OY-EAP. Written-off after a heavy landing in Copenhagen 1963.

Old postcard size 14x9 cm

Printed by: Swissair.
(Unnumbered)

Photograher: Unknown

Posted June 19 1959

Text at the back of the postcard: Souvenir of your Cinerama Holiday at the Casino Theatre, London, W.1.
United Air Lines
DC-6B
Registration N37559
This plane crashed on Nov 1st 1955 following the in-flight detonation of a bomb.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The disintegrating force of a dynamite bomb explosion which occurred in the no. 4 baggage compartment."
Sources: ICAO Accident Digest Circular 50-AN/45 (201-203)

Old postcard size 14x9 cm

Printed by: United Air Lines.
(Nbr: CA 556)

Photo: Unknown

Unused
DC-6
Registration NC30001

Old postcard size 14x9 cm

Printed by: United Air Lines.
(Unnumbered)

Photo: Unknown

Written but not postally used
DC-6
Unidentified registration

Old postcard size 14x9 cm

Printed by: United Air Lines.
(Unnumbered)

Photograher: Unknown

Unused
DC-6
Unidentified registration

Old postcard size 14x9 cm

Printed by: United Air Lines.
(Unnumbered)

Photo: Unknown

Unused
DC-6
Unidentified registration

Old postcard size 14x9 cm

Printed by: United Air Lines.
(Nbr: H-1)

Photo: Unknown

Unused