DC-6 Ferry Flight

#DC6 #Airplane #DirtLanding ©2022 Mr de Beer All rights reserved. Do not duplicate in any form without permission from Mr de Beer. Important Note: This is not a crash landing, or an emergency landing. This is a fully planned landing! DC-6 Empress of Suva c/n 45329 ZS-MUL Restoration of the started in November of 2008 for the Ferry flight from Swartkop Airforce Base, Pretoria, South Africa to her new owners at the Wonderboom Military Museum in Waterval, Wallmansthal just north of Pretoria, South Africa. Google Maps location https://maps.app.goo.gl/6dZpEwywe86mGJGQA?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy The ferry flight to off at 07:13 on 4 Dec 2010 and she landed at 07:50 on the makeshift landings strip. The pilots were Johan van den Berg and Laurie Raath both at the time from South African Airways and Flight Engineer Mike Mayers. More information pictures of the event can be found at http://dc-6.co.za/45329%20ferry%20flight.htm