Any one know if this beautifully restored DC-6B has a full FAA clearance for passenger service?
That's how a restored/converted B377 should be looking like at airshows.
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/8/7/4/1486478.jpg
MarkerInbound
26th Feb 2009, 17:58
Well, it has a standard airworthness certificate but I don't think it's operating on a 121 certificate so I'd say no.
Lets face facts here.
The DC-6B airplane was absolutely the most reliable and economic 4-engine piston-powered passenger airplane ever produced.
The Stratocruiser?
Yeah, I've flown the beast, and although it was a very long range and comfortable airplane, its reliability, in service, was...awful.
My God, it used more oil than a DC-7:eek:, gobbled up fuel like there was no tomorrow, suffered multiple GeneralElectric turbosupercharger failures than you can count, was an electrical nightmare, and leaked like a seive, cabin pressure-wise.
Other than that...it was OK.:ugh: