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All photos: Neil Aird © 10 July 2011

A pleasant private visit to Hangar 8 and N996DM (45563) - Dietrich Mateschitz's immaculate Douglas DC-6B
Welcome Aboard - for a nose to tail tour.
Tom and Sally Schrade check out the interior with me. They own the Sikorsky S.38 Amphibian N28V - which is somewhat smaller.
• A brief history of N996DM •
• c/n 45563/1034 • YU-AFA delivered 14 October 1958 • Regd 24 November 1958 Jugoslovenski Aerotransport • 7451 transferred to the Yugoslav Air Force in 1961 • 73101 Yugoslav Air Force re-serialed 1973 • 7511 Yugoslav Air Force re-serialed in 1973 • GBM-110 Zambian Air Force - donated 1975 • V5-NCF regd January 1994 • Namibia Commercial Aviation • Air Namibia • Leased July 1996 • (OE-IDM) ntu • N996DM regd 04 April 2001 • The Flying Bulls GmbH • (purchased in June 2000). Info: TAHS 1991 + 2002
My pal Ruud Leeuw has a page of images of N996DM in action plus some stories. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxHere's also a link to The Flying Bulls website.
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