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DOUGLAS DC-6 MAINLINER

TEXT & PHOTOS BY PAT TRITLE This classic multi-engine transport uses e-power and traditional building techniques I MOUNTED THE BATTERY ON A TRAY IN THE WING CENTER SECTION SO THAT THE WING WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REMOVED EACH TIME THE MODEL WAS FLOWN THE PREDECESSOR to the DC-7, The DC-6B Mainliner was the last of the Douglas-built piston-driven airliners. It went into service in 1947, and 362 were built. The Mainliner remained in full...

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