Originally Posted by
Planemike
You are not completely wrong. The Canadair C-4 is a blend of DC 4 with some DC 6 features added, powered by RR Merlin engines.
It is worth adding that Her Majesty flew from Nanyuki to Entebbe, where she boarded the BOAC Argonaut to return to London, in East African Airways DC 3 Dakota "Sagana" VP-KHK. Thus EAA became the first airline to fly a reigning British Monarch... This Royal flight was commanded by Capt. Aubrey Francombe with Capt. Bob Watson as co-pilot, Ivan Morris as Radio Officer & George Mathews as Steward.
Gad! I used to fly in EAA Daks back in the 50s and 60s! I wonder if I flew in that one? In those days you realised why places were called 'Airfields'. That's what many of the landing areas for the EAA Daks were: grass fields with a wooden shack in the corner. Them's were the days!