Rare Original Aeroplane Flight Manual for the DC-6/6B aircraft. This particual manual is a "Company Edition", published to the flight crews of Scandinavian Airlines System in 1958 with revisions to 1961.
The DC-6 was produced by built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. The DC-6B was the passenger version. The manual - on a page dated August 1960 - lists six DC-6B in service with SAS, all delivered between 1952 and 1954.
Here is the general desription of the aircraft from the manual:
"The DC-6B aeroplane serie, built by Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc. are long range, low wing monoplanes with full cantilever wing and empennage, semimonocoque fuselage, and fully retractable, hydraulically actuated landing gear. The aeroplanes are powered by four Pratt & Whitney Douglas Wasp 18 cylinder, 2800 cubic inch displacement, radial engines equipped with Hamilton Standard reversible pitch propellers. The passenger cabins, the cockpit and flight compartment, and the lower fuselage compartments are pressurized and heated by an air conditioning system that can be operated either automatically or manually. The windshield and of the airfoils are protected against ice accretion by heated air.
The DC-6B aeroplanes are designed for passenger transportation and are equipped with suitable interior furnishings and equipment."
Contents:
1. Description
2. General Operation
3. Operation of Systems and Equipment
4. Performance
5. Weight, Loading and Equipment
6. Emergency Procedured
7. Appendices
Original Company Folder, large format
ca 480 Seiten / pages
performance graphs, system diagrams, photos
good condition
Denmark - Norway - Sweden - 1958 - Scandinavian Airlines System
Art.Nr. 17056
