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DC6B prepares for last Ferry Flight

Retiring a classic airliner from active service is an emotive experience .

Further emotions are never be spared when an aircraft makes a last flight to scrap metal dealers for eventual destruction and possible conversion into metal for mineral water cans

A DC6 B airliner abandoned in South Africa has been spared of this ignaminious fate.

AirReports has followed the progress of preparing this aircraft to make possibly it's last flight......

By Robin Rabec

A nostalgic review of vintage SAAF aircraft

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DC6B prepares for last Ferry Flight

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