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Iditarod Champ and dogs fly vintage DC-6B home

提交时间：3 年以前

2020 Iditarod Champion Thomas Waerner and dogs are finally heading home from Alaska to Norway after Covid-19 delayed their return when the race ended in March. Their ride is a historic aircraft that was purchased by a flight museum. If you are interested in following the history of this vintage aircraft and following Thomas' trip home, check out the Facebook group named DC-6B N151 (LN-SUB) Ferryflight Group. (m.facebook.com) 更多...

Rebecca Shaffer

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ImperialEagle 3 年以前 4

Those were really good old windmills. I would gladly fly on them today. Too bad they are so rare. I'm sure the FAA cringes at the thought of any of them carrying pax.

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Rebecca Shaffer 3 年以前 2

Flight follow N151 to track this journey

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Patrick Keohane 3 年以前 1

Last flight was listed as 15:44 in duration. Is that possible, even with fuel pods?

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Robert Ferguson 3 年以前 2

Maximum duration without adding extra tanks is about 16.5 hours

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Rob Palmer 3 年以前 2

My first flight was on one back in December 1946. Nonstop Boston to Washington, American Airlines, 2 hours and 5 minutes as scheduled. Fare for a minor: $10.00.

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Frederick Pack 3 年以前 1

As a pilot, I loved the DC-6.Used to fly from SEA to BIL with 6 stops between. Fun flying.
I detested the DC-7

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Lee Doughty 3 年以前 1

I was a passenger in a Greenland Air DC-6 in Greenland in 1971. They also flew DC-4s back then which were unpressurized.

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John Anastasio 3 年以前 1

Flew in one many times out of Wiesbaden AB when I served in USAFE in the late sixties. Comfortable old bird that had probably been in the Berlin Airlift.

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john kilcher 3 年以前 1

Wow,I was a tinknocker @ VR-22 in Norfolk, Va., back in the early '60's. I remember the 6 B fondly.

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DICK WARREN 3 年以前 1

I flew into Algiers in a DC6 and there were 35 (no mistake) Pilots on board.In the 60's

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skylab72 3 年以前 1

This is a heartwarming story of international cooperation to both save a historic aircraft and safely ferry a Norwegian Iditarod champion and his team home after horrific circumstance stranded them halfway around the world.

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DICK WARREN 3 年以前 1

I'll bet those poor dogs ears where hurting.

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