Douglas DC 6B
SE-BDG
c/n 45329

First delivered as new to Canadian Pacific Airlines as CF-CZV "Empress of Suva" in August 1957. Transair bought the aircraft in November 1961 as SE-BDG "Stockholm". Sold to Braathens as LN-SUT in may 1965. After this other registrations and owners have passed OY-DRC Greenlandair "Amalik" between February 1971 to March 1979. New owner after this was Air Atlantique where the aircraft was registered G-SIXB.

In December 1979 there was again a new owner and this time far south in Africa. It was Air Swaziland and new reg was 3D-ASA, later rereg 3D-ASB. Most of its time it was parked and in February 1987 it found a new owner in Flying Enterprise with reg N 90300. 6 months later there was again a new owner and this time Interocean Airways and new reg was C9-ASR. After this there was also another owner, African Air Carriers and in 1990 the aircraft was bought by Avia Air and registered ZS-MUL.

At the end of the 90:s the aircraft was working for a company in the Democratic Republic of Congo with the name, believe it or not, Trans Air Cargo and the reg was 9Q-CJE. In November 1998 the aircraft with the new reg ZS-XXX was ferried from Rand to Johannesburg and then on to Swartkop airforce base near Pretoria. Today it belongs to The South African Airways Museum Society and will probably remain there as a static display. The aircraft was the ONLY ex. Transair Sweden DC 6/6B that was in use after such a long time, nearly 42 years after delivery from the factory. For another picture see TSA Aircraft Today.