When I vacationed in south Florida in the 1970s I noticed around 1974 Mackey was adding Douglas DC-6s in their fleet
along side of their Convair 440s.I saw that most of their DC-6Bs had the registration that started with N37 which were
former United Airlines planes.From what I understand United repossessed a fleet of DC-6Bs from a scrapper for non
payment Did Mackey purchase those planes directly from United. Mackey also had a ex-American Airlines DC-6B-
N4354B which had more pointed prop spinners on the engines and also there was a Ex-Pan Am 6B N111DG a former
IGS plane. They also had a DC-6(not a B) N90705 ex-AA plane. Was Mackey the only airline in the USA to still operate
passenger DC-6s in the 1970s. Im sure when Mackey ceased operations in 1980 Those vintage DC-6s meant
the inevitable end at FLL and MIA
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RE: Mackey International's DC-6 Fleet
Mackey Int'l - interesting, never ever heard about this airline before. So I read about them on wikipedia and found some very nice pics in the photo database
Heck, they even had DC8's before operations stopped...
So thank you for starting this thread...
 Photo © Bob Garrard |  Photo © Bob Garrard |
Heck, they even had DC8's before operations stopped...
So thank you for starting this thread...
RE: Mackey International's DC-6 Fleet
I flew on N37573 in 1977. I enjoyed my first flight on a DC-6B, but the seats were filthy. They were bluish-gray. I had to look hard to find a seat I was willing to sit on. Seats were 3 x 2 in the main cabin and 2 x 2 facing seats in the small front cabin, although they all were sold as coach seats. I also flew on a couple of their Convair 440s. One of them still had Eastern's blue and green seat covers.
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