Biafran Airlift DC-6B Fragtflug Iceland TF-FRB | 1969 v1.0

Biafran Airlift DC-6B Fragtflug Iceland TF-FRB | 1969 v1.0

Repaint of payware PMDG DC6.

This DC-6B was was build 1956 with c/n 45067/709 and delivered to Western Air Lines as N93116 and sold in 1962 to Japan Air Lines as JA6208. In June 1968 it was bought by Onyx Corporation, reregistered PH-TRK and briefly flown by the Dutch company Transavia. The next year it was registered TF-FRB for Fragtflug who reregistered it again in December 1969 to TF-OAB. In that time TF-FRB is flying the famous Biafran Airlift, wearing first old Japan Air Lines painting with ICRC Red Cross stickers. Later in 1969, when airlift to Uli airstrip becomes more and more dangerous, it was reregistered to TF-OAB, wearing famous olive green/grey paint scheme. Later in mid 1970, TF-OAB flew humanitarian aid flights in Cambodia for UNICEF.

In 1972 TF-OAB was sold to Boreas Corporation as N14436; the next year Kimex bought it. Indiasa Aviation Corp. bought N14436 in 1978 and reregistered it as N120AC. Virgin islands Int’l Airways leased it in 1980, but the next year it was impounded in Colombia. The Air Force made use of it and registered it as FAC-902; it crashed near Letica, Amazona on 24Jul85. Because of a strike among Avianca pilots, Air Force transport planes were used on domestic services. The aircraft was flying in bad weather when no. 3 engine fire caused the plane to crash into the jungle. All 80 people on bord were sadly killed.

Installation
Unzip and move it to your MSFS Community folder. Enjoy!