The Amazing Douglas DC-6B | The Flying Bulls
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Without a doubt, the DC-6B is the crown jewel of the Flying Bulls. Built in 1958, the plane has had an illustrious past. She was used to chauffeur heads of state and their celebrity guests all over the world. The sheer size and the unmistakable 1950s coat of the DC-6B are as impressive as ever.
All over the world, the DC-6B is renowned for her eventful history. Manufactured in Douglas, Santa Monica, in 1958, the plane was sold to the state owned Yugoslavian airline JAT. Premier Marshall Josip Broz Tito ordered a luxury model for himself and his celebrity guests. In 1975, Tito sold the plane to Zambia’s head of state Kenneth Kaunda who also used the DC-6B as a luxury airliner - until he left her abandoned outside Lusaka airport.
This is where Chris Schutte, the manager of a small aviation company in Windhoek, Namibia, found her, and by chance discovered a sister plane! In fact, Schutte bought the last two remaining DC-6Bs and began restoring them. However, as troubles along the Angolan border intensified, Schutte was forced to sell one of the DC-6B planes, and that’s exactly when the Flying Bulls appeared on the scene.
In March 2000, Sigi Angerer, chief Flying Bulls pilot, spotted the DC-6B for sale in Africa in an airline magazine and quickly made his move. On July 7th 2000, the plane took off from Windhoek and headed for Salzburg. The flight took 28 hours, with 4 stops, causing no problems. In 2001, restoration began and following thousands of hours of labour, the DC-6B left the workshop in all her glory three years later.
Once registered as “Fish Eagle” under the registration number V5-NCF in Namibia, the plane received the American aircraft register N996DM shortly after its transfer to Austria. Thirteen years later, the DC-6B was finally given Austrian citizenship and now operates under the Austrian registration OE-LDM, making it the first DC-6B to ever receive an Austrian code.
The first DC-6B to receive an Austrian code has fascinated people ever since its arrival, boasting a brand-new interior, four new engines and the latest technology. Everyone agrees the DC-6B is in better shape today than when she left her Douglas birthplace in 1958.
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Amazing how much effort goes into maintaining this aircraft. So amazing to see that a plane so old is in such a good shape. Love to see more videos like these
We've got some more videos of our Flying Bulls coming up in the near future 👍
My grandfather flew that plane with Tito. Glad to see it still flying!
really?
@@flywithtb5005 Yeah, well i think he was shturman or navigator precisely, or maybe even the pilot for this particular plane. I know he flew after the war with american military bombers and later with Tito planes . One time Tito got mad at him cause he thought my grandpa was late with the flight. But Tito's watch stopped working so he apologized to him and invited him for a dinner. I have a book with a chapter dedicated to that story. But i forgot many details cause i read it when i was a little boy. I must check it out once again in the future for sure.
Fantastic Restoration and without a doubt the last of the six's that's in the best shape. Pretty admirable that these guys spent that time and money to restore this classic. It does not go unnoticed. Thank you.
Who else is here after PMDG released the DC6
Me
@@mammid9622I’m a bit late but me too
what's up
It's cool that it's been retrofitted with modern avionics and tech. Old meets new, in a cool way.
I saw this thing flying over my house coming from the sea pretty low. The view, the sound everything was perfect. The Sun was in right position to bring the best of that polished surface. That happend so randomly I was not expecting that epic scene. Now I have a great memory and experience of something that I could only see on black and white pictures without or with very bad recording of that epic sound.
Thanks Red Bull of restore this amazing aircraft and keep flying with it, I live close to Santa Monica airport, where it was manufactured, I love history of aviation! Great job!
I love that these Guys keep this bad ass bird in the air!
Thank's ,Didi Mateschitz Heroe !❤
That's enough to make this pilot drool.. Dam you guys have some very cool toys 😲👍🇦🇺
Flyings always has and always will be a TEAM sport 😍
Beautiful aircraft!
I wish I could take a flight aboard this aircraft, bit it probable would be impossible. I wish this because I travelled almost 100,000 miles aboard DC-6s when I was growing up.
Now I belive, Red Bull gives you wings🤣
Awesome! The diva is life!
I was a loadmaster on one of these in the Navy. The Navy called them C-118b's .. Who knows maybe this was one that was in my squadron.
Thanks Bill, imagine that hey? I wonder if there's a way for you to find out?
@@RedBullMotorsports Now that I think of it.. we had two large cargo doors on the side where this has a passenger door. This looks more like the plane our Commander would have had.
That’s how to spend if you’re a billionaire 👍🏻
Great video
Stylish flight
My dad bought a scrapped DC-6 from the everts fleet here in AK and towed it through town up into the hills. Can see it out my kitchen window. Plan is to turn it into a house within the next few years.
brilliant
@@cornbreadpelicanundertake just got the wing and engines on today
Show the interior I was involved with this
Tito had only the best for himself.
I'd like to retrotfit that with turboprops!
Bah get away.
red bull ruining vintage aircraft with their tacky ass logo!
Was sollen solche dummen Sprüchen 🤨. Wenn es dir nicht passt dann schau es dir nicht an ! Das sind alles super Männer ( Piloten und Mechaniker ) . Auch diese Maschinen in stand zu halten erfordert eine Menge Arbeit. Also hört gefälligst auf , hier so dumme Sprüche zu schreiben !
@@Felix-ng1jz evey vintage historic aircraft has restored with their stupid logo what the hell does a shitty swiss energy drink have to do with ww2 or a p38 lighting? Instead of its original livery they are not content with a banner?! They ruin sports and now aircraft ever goddam extreme sport even soap box racers!! Da fukk keep forgetting you germans cant even restore a me-109 with its swastika do to bs political correctness pathetic and aad! Cheers from Salt Lake City
Ui, was bist denn Du für ein Trottel? Schweizer Energy-drink, "wir Deutschen" und "Swastika?" Kann eingentlich nur ein Mensch ohne jegliche Schulbildung sein. Immerhin kann er schreiben... Gruß aus Deutschland nach SaltLake-City😅
No they're not, they saved it.