(Fantastic Sound) The Flying Bulls Douglas DC-6 taxiing and take off runway 32 at ZRH (Live ATC)
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- The Flying Bulls GmbH (Red Bull) | OE-LDM | Douglas DC-6B | Callsign: OELDM | Built: 1958 | Flight: Zürich-Salzburg
Photo: Mario Schmid
It’s crazy to think that at one time these old birds lined the aprons and filled the gates while the DC-8 and 707 were the new kids on the block. The smell of burning avgas and roar of radials filled the air as the ground crews rushed about. What glorious time I must have been
They can have all those noisy jets. Nothing makes more beautiful music than that DC-6. That pilot is the luckiest guy in the aviation world to fly that bird.
absolutly ;-)
Love it! I was a stew on Western Airlines in the 1960's and this was my favorite. The DC6b was almost at the end of service but gave me the best memories of all. I've tramped many a mile up and down those aisles but when I wasn't busy it was low and slow and everyone good natured. The pilots were mostly WWII vets with a few Korea vets. I had a pilots license but those were the days when women weren't allowed to be pilots. Gurr!
@ B.A.D. the 50's and 60's were the prime years for commercial piston engined aircraft. I flew from Rio to Love Field once with fuel and passenger stops at Quito, Tocumen and Havana. My ears still ache from the cabin depressurization. Not even free gum helped!
At 72 years old I can't tell you how many memories this video brings back!
ah beautiful, thanks :-)
I grew up the daughter of a pilot who flew all of the DC's from the Andes Mountains, to the DEWline, to Belgian Congo, and then, and finally, to Southeast Asia. By the time I was nine years old, I could tell which aircraft was taking off or landing just by sound with my eyes closed. I literally ached to fly. But I was a girl and the chances of that ever happening were slim and zero. I am now in my late seventy's and still long to see these aircrafts fly. There was a time when I would drive out to airports just to watch planes take off and land. Then, security became so tight I could no longer park my car and just watch. Thanks so much for this video!
your very welcome :-) but it is a pity that they were never able to fly :-( greetings sandro
WOW the sounds of DC6 wakes up your soul, another well maintained and hard work of maintenance people, THANK YOU!
Other than a DC-6 in PanAm colors, that's the prettiest DC-6 I've seen... thanks for posting.
nothing sounds better than a four engine radial prop airplane at or above 45" .... magnifique
How about half a dozen then add a few Super Connies, real aircraft, beautiful machines.
One should hear a "SPITFIRE" sound.
Fantastic Merlin engine.
Well - there is a sound better than 4 engines on a DC6, and that is three - after a close down on the right outer and return to Fiji part way through a flight to New Zealand. :) ( also flew QUANTAS Super Constellation and BOAC DC-7c on flights to and from Fiji during my school days. Last flight was in a Lockheed Electra. in 1961.
You are 100% correct absolutely nothing else
I flew on these as a child, as well as the Constellation. The sound was unforgettable.
what a beautiful experience :-) greetings sandro
A magnificent piece of aviation history perfectly preserved by Red Bull
As a kid I was a passenger in some dc6 and 7. I loved when they put the brakes on, pushed the engines to full power to check everything was ok. Plane would vibrate as alive👊. Then release brakes and go 💪. No jet comes close😉
I can imagine that. my father told me the same thing about the il18 ;-)
Watched this last year and this year it's still great. I remember when these were in service. Seems like it was a movie compared to today.
Such a beautifully maintained DC-6!
Liked that. Reminds me of my F/E's job with WAL back in the 50's.
The flight engineer is sure doing a great job in synching the props!
Man, I love those old "6 Bangers"! I used to work in plane overhaul at the UAL Maintence Operation Center SFO. They'll always be my favorite. Very dependable airplanes. They don't make 'em like that no more!
that's great that you still worked there :-) is really a great plane. greetings sandro
Even all the jet jockeys could not believe what they were seeing. Simply Beautiful.
Very nice indeed. What spit&polish on that aircraft. Those guys did it right.
Love the frame-rate/prop timing!
I flew to England on the military version, C-118. Facing backwards in the plane. McGuire AFB NJ to St. Johns, Newfoundland, to Prestwick, Scotland, to RAF Mildenhall in England. I was 10 years old. You want to talk adventure? Indeed it was. Got the best beef stew I have eaten to date in the little terminal at St. Johns. My Dad was USAF. Loved the 3 years at RAF Chicksands near Bedford. Best of my life really. 1963-1966 Beatles, Stones, Dave Clark 5, The Kinks....does it get any better than that?
Saw this one live, doing aerobatics and high speed passes. This thing is a monster.
I was so fortunate as a kid. We would ride our bikes to DCA and sit and watch planes like this take off and land all day long. DC 6Bs, Connies, DC 3s, and others.
Kelsey: "Douglas DC-6 in fs2020... coming up!"
Like a B-17 Flying Fortress built for passengers.
Ngl but I think the dc6 design was from the b17
Excellent beautiful immortal sound.. Amazing.
Fantastic shots! I've already liked this one in past.... coming back for a second watch ;)
+Jay's O'HareAviation Plane Spotting HD thanks =)
En marzo de 1973 volé en un DC-6 de Ladeco (Línea Aérea del Cobre) desde Santiago de Chile a Balmaceda. Un hermoso recuerdo de ese vuelo!!
Fantastic.... no words can convey the ...................... (fill in the blank). Thank you!!
Worked on these at Norton AFB, CA 50 years ago. Nice memories
Gorgoeous airplane! I enjoyed the radio traffic as well.
absolutly beautiful airplane :-) yes i think also it's cool with live ATC. greetings sandro
What a lovely aircraft
absolutly :-)
A beautiful classic
thank you for sharing the dc-6 taking off, nothing cooler than 4 radials at full power.
In December of 1966, we (Army troops) leased a DC 6 to fly us from Newport News, Virginia to San Francisco and back for $225. Eight hour flight in comfort. Great plane.
The second model plane I rode in was a DC6, the first was a DC4 in 1950 with American. The last one I rode, in the jump seat by the way, was with Trinidad & Tobago Air Service. The 6 flew just like a Piper Aztec. Same Speeds and all. Part of my bucket list is to get a run in one of these before my passing. These were real airplanes. By the way, get video of one taking off at night. The exhaust flames are mind bending. These were real airplanes.
Nothing will sound like that ever again. UTTER BLISS
Take care of the beauty indeed :)
Beautiful...quality built into those birds of yesteryear. Thanks
Amazing catch and sound of the DC-6!
In Spain (Girona province), just on the mountains that separate Spain and France we still have the remainings of a dc6 crashed into the mountain in 1986 when 4 brave heroes where fighting a big fire. It’s really impressing sit on the tail and imagine what happened…
I spent two years converting a DC 6 passenger plane into a full cargo plane at Hollywood a aviation at Sant a Monica airport I. California back in the sixties.
How big are the engines?
Makes me want to have a Red Bull just to do my part!
Vic M.
In the 1960s RNZAF had two DC6C aircraft ex TEAl to transport troops to Malaya travelled 3days up and 3 days back Auckland to Singapore fantastic experiance love these and the Connie
Now that is a REAL aeroplane.You just can´t not to love the sound of real piston engine.
what a fabulous bird, great filming also.
...DC-6 !!! - элегантный красавец!!! смотрю, аж дух захватывает!👍🛫❤
This is going to be at Farnborough Airshow this year in the UK! Cant wait to hear the amazing sound of it!
Last flight I had in a DC6 was in 1956.....Thanks for the memory. Great video.
Travelled on DC6B from Port Moresby in early 1966. Forward flight had been on Lockheed Electra L188, which was wonderful!
beautiful :-) thanks and have a nice day. greetings sandro
...perfect spot for the run up. Used to remember seeing DC-6s at MKE in the 60s for United. By that time they were pretty much relegated to "milk runs" in the Great Lakes region.
Österreichs Stolz!! DANKE Didi
Aaah yes.! The good old days.!! bj.
Definitely a beauty !!
Early seventies in England, at school in Geography class. At about 4.30, we were watching a projector film on Africa, the blinds were down and the lights were off, but there was a kerfuffle. Then the teacher turned the lights on, to see about 6 young 'air spotters' falling over each other in the dark, having made little holes in the blinds to look out at the Sterling Airways DC-6B, heard taking off from Stansted Airport on its weekly service. At the end of term, my report stated, "Much more interested in what is flying in the air, than in irrigation work in Uganda". Luckily my Father stated, Im not surprised.............
amazing machines
What an absolute beauty
Gosh, what a beautiful plane ✈
Hermosísimo, añoro escuchar ese sonido nuevamente ,el de mi juventud
In my state the CDF have used these types of planes when we had forest fires a long time ago back in the 1970's.
We have a DC-6 here. Belongs to a friend of mine. It is in great condition. I remember watching engine start ups as a child. It is for sale currently.
Nice, and as an added bonus I got to watch a SwissAir BA-146 (my fav.) take -off also.
thank you and I appreciate that :-) greetings sandro
Fantastic video!
A remarkable plane, the DC - 6.
Finally an aviation enthusiast who picked the correct prop liner to restore and fly, most of them go with a Connie of DC7 and because of the Wright 3350 engines neither of those aircraft are reliable enough to put on an air show tour.
ZRH looks like a conglomeration of different terminal styles built onto what was there before. The D.C.-6 and 7's and the Connoes were incredible machines I also love the sound.
Totally beautiful !!!
Looks and sounds great.
very nice engine sound
Wonderful!
So beautiful
merci de bien belle images
I wonder at ZRH how many noticed that ancient sound from many many decades ago? I'd guess one would have to be 70, or many more years old!
No way bro! I'm not even 60 and yet I do remember DC-6s and -7s coming into and flying out of AMS in the first half of the 1960s.
Same here. By the mid 70s they were getting rare but even in a (then) quiet airport like Dublin I saw various old piston airliners such as DC-3s, DC-4s, DC-6s, DC-7s, Constellations, Bristol Freighters etc.
I am only12 and remember all those roaring in the sky
At Glasgow airport in the sixties and seventies we had dc3,dc4,dc6dc7, il18, convair240, 340,440,580, constellations, viscounts, heralds, f27 friendships, so piston engine sounds are in this Glaswegians blood as an air spotter in the sixties and seventies and an engineering officer in the RAF in the eighties and nineties, and in the 2000’s. Conserving our future generations
Next to the Constellation the DC5 is my favorite radial prop-liner.
MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC.... what souvenirs..
Damn, that sound though 😍
Great sound and fantastic takeoff
Isso é uma maravilha 😍.
That *is* a beautiful airplane.
I flew on a DC7 in 1965 from New York to London. Very much the same.
VERY GOOD VÍDEO, DC10. Brasil ok.
I didn't realise that DC-6s were being built as late as 1958. I flew in an Earle Airways BC-6B from Bermuda to Heathrow and back in 1960. It has rearward facing seats.
Wonderful. Beautiful plane. Nice job on the video.
Haven't seen one of those in 40 years
Excellent job on the video/sound. Thank you.
Guauuuu. Espectacular el viejito. 60 años no son nada
Perfect spot.
Yo volé el verano de 1978 en un DC 6B de la Fuerza aérea de Chile. Gran recuerdo.
Great clip, well done.
Nice Catch Bud :-)
Awesome
Ok, the Swiss Air Hawker jet is also pretty dam cool !
I love this bird even more than the super Connie
Very cool.
Great video.
12 heures pour aller au Sénégal en 1971; 12 heures, pour revenir de l'armée en 1972. C'était long le DC 6;
Not much more beautiful than "4 turning" !! As a h.s. kid my first flight was in a DC-6 (USAF C-54) at Offutt AFB . This one is good lookin' old bird !!
The Douglas DC6 was referred to as the Queen of the Airways. The galley and heads were in the front of the aircraft, and the seats in the back were in a large semicircle.
Hurra! Ein Jugendtraum wird Wirkllichkeit! DAS IST FLIEGEN!
Great art deco look.
I very like this great sound !
Heared near Graz some time agoo.
KR
Beautiful airplane ... when people didn't wear armpit shirts and flip flops to fly.