I found this Douglas DC-6A/C (c/n 45531/1015) on my way in Alaska, as Tanker 51 with Conair, registered C-GIBS; the photo on my website triggered Bryan Benn to send me 2 photos of this "Six" doing commercial services in Europe, over 20 years ago... This photo of HB-IBS with Balair of Switzerland was taken around 1981, and sees it on final approach to Runway 26 at London-Gatwick, UK. Balair operated with this DC-6A next to a Fokker F.27 Friendship (HB-AAZ) and Douglas jets (2 DC-9s, 2 DC-8s and a DC-10). HB-IBS was taken here a year before, in January 1980, as it ran it's engines up seconds before departing on Runway 08 at London-Gatwick. Thanks Brian ! From Anchorage to Fairbanks, 2003 Background info on Douglas DC-6 To email me, click on the image and write the correct adress as given below (replace -AT- by the @ symbol). Sorry for the inconvenience, but this is because spam has increasingly become a problem.