Douglas DC-6B
Douglas. A piston airliner.
- Seats
- Mixed 72, Tourist 88
- Range
- 4,800 km
- Cruise
- 500 km/h
- Payload
- 11,000 kg
- Take off run
- 1,700 m
- Fuel burn
- 1,500 kg per block hour
- Reference price
- $1,400,000 in 1958 dollars
- Production ends
- 1958-12-01
- Confidence
- estimated (to be verified)
Source: Checked field by field against published sources, see evidence. Fields not listed under verifiedFields are estimates.
Evidence
Figures below were checked against published sources. The game value can differ from the checked value where sources used another definition, for example a range at maximum fuel against a range with a full load. Agreement describes the game value at the time of checking. Checked figures that agree: cruiseKmh, rangeKm, payloadKg, mtowT, takeoffRunM, seats.
| Field | Checked value | Agreement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cruiseKmh | 501 km/h | confirmed | en.wikipedia.org, aircraftinvestigation.info |
| rangeKm | 4830 km | confirmed | en.wikipedia.org |
| payloadKg | 10800 kg | confirmed | aircraftinvestigation.info |
| mtowT | 48.5 tonnes | confirmed | boeing.com, en.wikipedia.org |
| takeoffRunM | 1690 m | confirmed | aircraftinvestigation.info |
| newPrice | 1400000 USD | differs | en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org |
| introDate | 1951-04 ISO month | differs | aircraftinvestigation.info |
| seats | 60 to 89 (domestic); 42 to 89 (transoceanic); standard 70 (2+2); high density 106 seats | confirmed | en.wikipedia.org, aircraftinvestigation.info |
Caveats are kept in the repository file docs/research/aircraft-verification.json. The web pages cited were read through a summarising fetch tool, so figures should be rechecked against the originals before any release.