The Douglas DC-6 was a piston-powered airliner and cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. It began as a 1944 Army Air Forces project for a lengthened, pressurized development of the C-54 Skymaster, and after the war Douglas reworked it into a civilian transport 80 inches longer than the DC-4 to compete with the Lockheed Constellation, powered by Pratt and Whitney Double Wasp radial engines. The civil prototype first flew on 29 June 1946 and American Airlines and United Airlines took the first deliveries that November. Cabin fires, including the fatal crash of United Airlines Flight 608, grounded the fleet for four months in 1947. Over 700 were built, and the military versions were the C-118 Liftmaster and R6D.
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built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958
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The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) commissioned the DC-6 project as the XC-112 in 1944.
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The civilian DC-6 first flew on 29 June 1946
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airliner and cargo aircraft
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is a piston-powered airliner and cargo aircraft
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many still fly in cargo, military, and wildfire control roles
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built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958
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The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) commissioned the DC-6 project as the XC-112 in 1944.
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