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OO-SDC

 

Douglas DC-6B (43064)

 

 
Date: early 50's

Location: BRU/EBBR (Melsbroek)

Photo: collection Radoje Jelic

Description: ex OO-AWC of SABENA wearing the second (of three) color scheme(s) with white fuselage adopted from July 1951 onwards.

Date: 10/07/1954

Location: BRU/EBBR (Melsbroek)

Photo: collection Radoje Jelic

Description: seen in the second color scheme with white tail as well adopted from 1953 onwards. In the back an unidentified departing Convair 240 of Sabena.

Date: 1960

Location: LHR/EGLL

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: it was leased to Lebanese International Airways on June 13 1958 wearing a hybrid livery with "LIA" titles and reregistered "OD-ACY". On January 31 1960 it was again operated by Sabena in their final livery but retained the Lebanese regi for a while, here depicted such (see also upper left inset).

Date: 1960

Location: LHR/EGLL

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: six months later, on June 21, it came again in the Belgian register, here seen such.

Date: 1961

Location: BRU/EBBR

Photo: collection Christian Ueten

Description: between January 25 - September 19 1961 it was leased to Sobelair in their full colors. 

Date: 1963

Location: -

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: leased to BIAS between April 1 and September 15 1963, this DC6 airframe is wearing their first and only color scheme.

Date: 23/09/1963

Location: BRU/EBBR

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: during its lease to BIAS, the airframe was briefly subleased to Air Congo in September 1963 and wore basic BIAS colors. 

Date: 04/1964

Location: NBO/HKNA

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: on September 20 1963 the airframe returned to Sabena as back-up, but during 1964 leased to Air Congo in basic Sabena colors. 

Date: 04/1965

Location: BRU/EBBR

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: on April 13 1965 it was leased to Spantax, was resprayed in their full colors and cancelled as "EC-AZX" a month later. 

 

Belgian register