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Iditarod Champ and dogs fly vintage DC-6B home

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2020 Iditarod Champion Thomas Waerner and dogs are finally heading home from Alaska to Norway after Covid-19 delayed their return when the race ended in March. Their ride is a historic aircraft that was purchased by a flight museum. If you are interested in following the history of this vintage aircraft and following Thomas' trip home, check out the Facebook group named DC-6B N151 (LN-SUB) Ferryflight Group. (m.facebook.com) More...

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ImperialEagle
ImperialEagle 4
Those were really good old windmills. I would gladly fly on them today. Too bad they are so rare. I'm sure the FAA cringes at the thought of any of them carrying pax.
rebeccashafferconsult
Flight follow N151 to track this journey
PKVol
Last flight was listed as 15:44 in duration. Is that possible, even with fuel pods?
dc6driver49
Maximum duration without adding extra tanks is about 16.5 hours
usrepeaters
Rob Palmer 2
My first flight was on one back in December 1946. Nonstop Boston to Washington, American Airlines, 2 hours and 5 minutes as scheduled. Fare for a minor: $10.00.
friendlyfred
As a pilot, I loved the DC-6.Used to fly from SEA to BIL with 6 stops between. Fun flying.
I detested the DC-7
dy1128
Lee Doughty 1
I was a passenger in a Greenland Air DC-6 in Greenland in 1971. They also flew DC-4s back then which were unpressurized.

jjanastasio
Flew in one many times out of Wiesbaden AB when I served in USAFE in the late sixties. Comfortable old bird that had probably been in the Berlin Airlift.
speshulk99
john kilcher 1
Wow,I was a tinknocker @ VR-22 in Norfolk, Va., back in the early '60's. I remember the 6 B fondly.
dickatp36
DICK WARREN 1
I flew into Algiers in a DC6 and there were 35 (no mistake) Pilots on board.In the 60's
skylab72
skylab72 1
This is a heartwarming story of international cooperation to both save a historic aircraft and safely ferry a Norwegian Iditarod champion and his team home after horrific circumstance stranded them halfway around the world.
dickatp36
DICK WARREN 1
I'll bet those poor dogs ears where hurting.
xmitr
Don Whyte 1

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