12 October 1984. where did 36 years go, 6 sectors Jersey-Southampton-Jersey on this British built beauty.

  The Last Production DC-6     A Texas man with an affinity for the Douglas DC-6 purchased the last production model, DC-6B that is still in its original passenger configuration. The last Douglas DC-6 produced has been stored since 2010. It’s now owned by a Texas man James Mac Ivor. The DC-6B, delivered in the waning months of 1958, is the sister ship to the famous Red Bull DC-6B that continues to be flown occasionally at air shows. This DC-6B, registration V5-NCG, has been stored in Namibia since 2010. It once was the presidential aeroplane for Yugoslav’s leader, Marshal Josip Tito. The plane was then donated to the Zambian government as the presidential aircraft for Kenneth Kuanda. This aircraft and the sister ship were purchased by Namibian Commercial Airlines (NCA). The sister ship, the second-to-the-last built, was  sold to Red Bull. The proceeds were used to restore V5-NCG.     More recently, it served in tourist charter work. The aircraft h...