THE SIGHT & THE SOUND : Flight onboard The Flying Bulls DC-6B N996DM from Berlin (SXF) to Salzburg

I was scheduled to return onboard Vallentuna Aviatörförening "Congo Queen" DC-3 9Q-CUK back from the ILA in Berlin to Stockholm, when I received an irresistable offer to join a flight onboard The Flying Bulls DC-6B, N996DM, the former Yugoslav Air Force and Presidential Aircraft of Tito back to Salzburg.

I did not think twice and thanks to Lutz Schönfeld, Raimund Riedmann and a fantastic Team of The Flying Bulls I was about to experience a flight onboard a 1958 year built DC-6.

After a few display flights at the end of a successful and spectacular ILA show we returned onboard N996DM at around 6 PM in beautiful evening sun light.

We were accompanied by the Lockheed P-38 “Lightning” N25Y and The North American B-25J “Mitchell” N6123C all the way from Berlin to Salzburg.

The Flying Bulls DC-6 impresses by State-of-the-Art Technology and surprisingly quiet and smoothly running motors.

On request of The Flying Bulls I removed all images and footages of the cabin interior onboard.

This is my homage to a great Airliner and a great Team.

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History of McDonnell Douglas DC-6B N996DM

Airframe 45563/1034 was delivered on October 24, 1958 to JAT Yugoslav Airlines and registered YU-AFA.

YU-AFA operated for the Yugoslav Air Force as Presidential Aircraft for the President of State - Josip Broz Tito - from 1961 until 1969, registered 7451, from 1969 to 1973 registered 73101 and from 1973 to 1975, registered 7511.

7511 was donated 1975 to the Zambian Air Force, serving until January, 1994, registered GMB 110.

GMB 110 was sold in January, 1994 to Namibia Commercial Aviation, registered V5-NCF and later in July, 1996 Air Namibia.

V5-NCF returned back to Europe in June, 2000 and was purchased on April 4, 2001 by The Aviation Guaranty Corporation (Aviation Capital Group), registered N996DM.

N996DM was leased to The Flying Bulls, based in Salzburg, Austria.

The Flying Bulls is a private company owned by the aviation enthusiast Dietrich Mateschitz.

N996DM was registered OE-LDM on July 11, 2013 and is appearing in many airshows throughout Europe promoting the brand of the energy drink Red Bull.

There are two impressive Youtube documentations about the Ferry Flight from Namibia to Austria and restoration to full beauty :

- Die abenteuerliche Überführung einer Douglas DC-6 / Douglas DC-6 Ferry Flight Adventure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnkP1d-3u2E

- Flying Bulls DC-6 Restauration (deutsch/German)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tApO1xEBcc

Flight details

Flight : The Flying Bulls
Date : Thursday, June 13, 2010
Aircraft : DC-6B
Registration : N996DM
Former Registrations :
- YU-AFA (JAT Yugoslav Airlines)
- 7451 (Yugoslav Air Force)
- 73101 (Yugoslav Air Force)
- 7511 (Yugoslav Air Force)
- GMB 110 (Zambia Air Force)
- V5-NCF (Namibia Commercial Aviation, Air Namibia)
Later registration
- OE-LDM (The Flying Bulls)
Year manufactured : 1958
From : Berlin (SXF)
To : Salzburg (SZG)
Take off : 18.10 h (1610 Z)
Touch down : 19.51 h (1751 Z)
Flying time : 1 hour 41 minutes
Distance : 330 nM / 611 km
Altitude : 2.500 ft
Speed : 215 knots
Flight Captain : Handelmann, Frederic
Flight Captain : Gehrmann, Guido
Flight Engineer : Chambers, Andrew
Flight Engineer : Landl, Don
Cabin Crew : Eva
Cabin Crew : Tanja

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