Douglas DC-6

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airliner cargo aircraft propeller-driven aircraft

The Douglas DC-6 is a four-engine, propeller-driven airliner and cargo aircraft introduced in the late 1940s, widely used by airlines and militaries around the world for medium- to long-haul flights.

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Label Occurrences
Douglas DC-6 canonical 6

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airliner ⓘ
cargo aircraft ⓘ
propeller-driven aircraft ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crew 3 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed 507 km/h ⓘ
developedFrom Douglas DC-4 ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
enteredServiceWith American Airlines ⓘ
United Airlines ⓘ
surface form: United Air Lines
firstFlight 1946-02-15 ⓘ
followedBy Douglas DC-7 ⓘ
height 8.66 m ⓘ
introduced 1947 ⓘ
length 32.18 m ⓘ
manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company ⓘ
maximumSpeed 507 km/h ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight 48600 kg ⓘ
militaryDesignation Douglas C-118 Liftmaster ⓘ
surface form: C-118 Liftmaster
navalDesignation R6D ⓘ
notableUse VIP transport for heads of state ⓘ
long-range passenger services in the 1950s ⓘ
numberBuilt 704 ⓘ
numberOfEngines 4 ⓘ
powerplant Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp ⓘ
pressurizedCabin yes ⓘ
primaryRole medium- to long-haul airliner ⓘ
productionEnd 1958 ⓘ
productionStart 1946 ⓘ
propulsion propeller-driven ⓘ
range 4000 km ⓘ
secondaryRole freight transport ⓘ
military transport ⓘ
typicalPassengerCapacity 52 ⓘ
up to 102 ⓘ
usedBy Braniff International Airways ⓘ
Eastern Air Lines ⓘ
JAT Yugoslav Airlines ⓘ
KLM ⓘ
National Airlines (US) ⓘ
Pan American World Airways ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
SAS ⓘ
Sabena ⓘ
South African Airways ⓘ
Swissair ⓘ
Trans Australia Airlines ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
wingspan 35.81 m ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adria Airways → operatedAircraftType → Douglas DC-6 ⓘ
Douglas Aircraft Company → notableProduct → Douglas DC-6 ⓘ
Canadian Pacific Air Lines → fleetType → Douglas DC-6 ⓘ
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp → usedInAircraft → Douglas DC-6 ⓘ
Donald Wills Douglas Sr. → designed → Douglas DC-6 ⓘ
Tasman Empire Airways Limited → operatedAircraft → Douglas DC-6 ⓘ