He fostered a close relationship with Douglas Aircraft that led American to become a key adopter of the Douglas DC-3 and DC-6: he was also one of the early proponents of what is now LaGuardia Airport in New York City.

It is the first crash of a DC-6 and the second-deadliest air crash in U. S. history at the time.

The Cessna DC-6 earned certification on October 29, 1929, sharing this day in history with the stock market crash of 1929.

On 4 July 1948 a Scandinavian Airlines Douglas DC-6 on a flight from Amsterdam to RAF Northolt collided with a RAF Avro York coming from Malta over Northwood.

Besides Miami, it also connected Havana with Mérida ( MEX ) and San Salvador, with DC-4, and DC-6.

* Aerolíneas Argentinas connected Buenos Aires to Havana via Rio de Janeiro and Trinidad, and to the north with New York City, with DC-6 equipment.

* Braniff International Airways, connected Havana to the north with Houston, Texas, and to the south with Panama and other South American countries, such as Ecuador, Perú, Colombia, Argentina and others, with DC-6 equipment.

* KLM, flew between Havana-Montreal-Europe with DC-7 and the route Miami-Havana-Curaçao, with DC-6 and DC-7.

* National Airlines in 1958 flew daily from New York City, Tampa and Miami, with DC-6, DC-7 and Convair 340 / 440.

* On October 29, 1953 British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines flight 304 a Douglas DC-6 en route from Sydney, Australia with fuel stops in Auckland, New Zealand, Fiji, and Honolulu crashed on approach to SFO into Kings Mountain in San Mateo County.

Service was started with a Boeing 727-100, number 475, which was nicknamed " Ju-Ju ," and a Douglas DC-6.

This " hand-me-down " process of supplying aircraft continued with designs like the Convair 440, Douglas DC-6 and Vickers Viscount also serving in this role while the first jets were introduced.

He returned in 1973 following a period of corporate mismanagement and scandal, although he retired again less than a year later, stating that he was " working in a 747 era with a DC-6 state of mind.

DC-4 and DC-6 service was offered with the addition of 5, 000 ft of runway.

* Douglas DC-6 with American Airlines

* June 28 – American Airlines Flight 910, a Douglas DC-6, collides with a privately owned Temco Swift while on final approach to Love Field in Dallas, Texas.

The DC-6 lands with no injuries to any of the 60 people on board, but the Swift crashes, killing both occupants.

The Solents continued flying until 1954 with the introduction of the Douglas DC-6 landplanes.

In 1961, service to the United States ( Miami ) was originated with four engined Douglas DC-6 airliners.

The Squadron was supplemented with three Douglas DC-6 acquired from the defunct Australian airline, British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines by 1961.

In 1976, the Portuguese Air Force offered two Douglas DC-6 airplanes with a continental range.

On December 16, 1951 a Miami Airlines Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando bound for Tampa, FL lost a cylinder on takeoff from runway 28 and crashed in Elizabeth killing 56, on January 22, 1952 an American Airlines Convair CV-240-0 arriving from Syracuse, NY crashed in Elizabeth while on approach to runway 6 killing all 23 passengers and crew as well as seven on the ground, and on February 11, 1952 a National DC-6 bound for Miami crashed in Elizabeth after takeoff from runway 24 killing 29 of 63 on board and four persons on the ground.

However, with the flaps down and only two of the four engines working, the DC-6 did not accelerate ; it continued to drop, headed on a path crossing Runway 36 approximately 40 degrees to the left.

* October 24 – United Airlines Flight 608, a DC-6 ( NC37510 ) en route to Chicago from Los Angeles, catches fire and crashes while attempting an emergency landing at the Bryce Canyon, Utah, airport, killing all 52 people aboard.

* November 29 – American Airlines Flight 157, a Douglas DC-6, crashes while on final approach at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, killing 28 of the 46 people on board and injuring 16 of the 18 survivors.

* October 29 – The British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Douglas DC-6 Resolution, operating as Flight 304, crashes near Woodside, California, while on initial approach to San Francisco International Airport in San Mateo County, California, killing all 19 people on board.

* April 27 – A United Airlines Douglas DC-6 becomes the first DC-6 to be placed in overseas service when it flies from San Francisco, California, to Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii.

Mary Bergman died February 14, 1953, aboard a National Airlines DC-6 which went down in the Gulf of Mexico during a thunderstorm on a flight from Tampa to New Orleans.

After World War II, Western was awarded a route from Los Angeles to Denver via Las Vegas, but financial problems forced Western to sell the route and brand new DC-6 delivery positions to United Air Lines in 1947.

At first the DC-4 was used, but from 1961 the airline started using the 96-seat Douglas DC-6, reaching seven aircraft in 1967.

Sabena Douglas DC-6 | Douglas DC-6B arriving at Manchester Airport from New York in 1955

* On 13 February 1955, the pilots of a SABENA flight from Brussels to Rome lost orientation when approaching Ciampino Airport, resulting in the aircraft involved, a Douglas DC-6 registered OO-SDB, crashing into the slope of Monte Terminillo at 18: 53 local time, killing the 21 passengers and eight crew on board.

Passengers disembarking from a SAS DC-6

In 1955 PSA purchased two Douglas DC-4 aircraft from Capital Airlines and painted boxes around the windows to make the planes resemble the more advanced Douglas DC-6.

* April 4 – The United Airlines Douglas DC-6 Mainliner Idaho crashes shortly after taking off from Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, Islip, New York, on an instrument rating check flight due to an inadvertent reversal of the pitch of the propeller on number 4 engine.

* July 19 – Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 644, a Douglas DC-6, encounters severe turbulence during climbout 30 minutes after takeoff from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and crashes 12 km ( 7. 5 miles ) west of Pardo, Buenos Aires, killing all 67 people on board.

The first part of the Coral Route was then operated by DC-6 from Whenuapai to Nadi.

Engine supercharging and cabin pressurization enabled planes like the Douglas DC-6, the Douglas DC-7, and the Constellation to have certified service ceilings from 24, 000 ft to 28, 000 ft.

In addition a single Douglas DC-6 was leased from the Canadian International Development Company.

On 4 July 1948, he was returning from a sales trip to Helsinki when the Scandinavian Airlines Douglas DC-6 in which he was flying was involved in the Northwood mid-air collision.

The aircraft, a Douglas DC-6, was flying on November 29, 1949 from New York City bound for Mexico City with 46 passengers and crew.