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Post by beeker46 on Jun 27, 2021 12:30:14 GMT -5
What was typically the shortest route the DC-6 was used on, back in the day, and/or today (for those operators still using this aircraft)?
One other question; what was the shortest runway that could safely accommodate the DC-6, not with a full load of fuel/cargo/passengers obviously, but the minimum required takeoff/landing?
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Post by Tom/CalClassic on Jun 27, 2021 12:59:30 GMT -5
It is hard to answer this question, since the wide variety of DC-6 flights could not be called "typical".
The shortest US flights when delivered in 1946-1953 were probably regional flights like IDL-CLE-CHI.
The shortest US flights later in the 1960s were typically quite short, like UAL's Sacramento to Reno flight (and on to SLC via Elko and Ely). Other airlines had routes as short or shorter.
Today the DC-6 is just about extinct, with only a couple of operators like Everts Air Cargo. They typically fly short routes within Alaska.
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Post by gharper on Jun 27, 2021 21:35:00 GMT -5
Rode on a NWA DC-6B from ORD to MKE in 1964.
Gary
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Post by londonlad on Jun 28, 2021 11:56:35 GMT -5
Northeast operated BOS-PWM (then to BGR and PQI) in the early 60s.
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Post by beeker46 on Jun 28, 2021 21:41:25 GMT -5
excellent, thanks for the input. Short hops were possible, after all, probably taking over from the DC-4s on those routes, well below pressurized altitudes, and perhaps even with their pressurization equipment removed to boot... exactly what I was looking for..
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Post by Tom/CalClassic on Jun 29, 2021 9:40:31 GMT -5
I never heard of pressurization systems being removed in the classic era. But certainly in the 1970s and later.
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Post by Dennis the menace on Jun 29, 2021 14:56:40 GMT -5
The shortest route/leg that I know if it being scheduled on was KOAK-KSFO and KSFO-KOAK. The National/Delta/American Interchange route from Miami to San Francisco has this leg in it.
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