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Old 19th August 2010, 01:04 AM
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The plans in Adelaide are as per the website, with a FunFlight day and joyflights, with the aircraft also available for charter. And she will be operating from Adelaide Airport - Parafield is a little small for an aircraft the size of the DC-6B.

In reference to your concern about the aircraft being African, to be honest, not all countries within Africa are created equal. The DC-6B airworthiness and operation is overseen by the Namibian Department of Civil Aviation, which in turn is supervised by a division of ICAO.

The airworthiness inspector who has been doing the annual Certificate of Airworthiness inspection on the DC-6B is actually a delegate of ICAO to the Nam-DCA. He is an Australian, actually an ex-CASA inspector, and is very thorough in what he does. When the DC-6B was rebuilt, she was rebuilt to meet the airworthiness requirements of ICAO Annex 8. In addition, the airworthiness and flight operations aspect of the aircraft is being very thoroughly checked by CASA here in Australia, to ensure she meets all of the requirements. This is more than welcomed by us, as this scrutiny by two major aviation regulatory bodies ensures that everything is above board and very safe and reliable.

Hopefully this should ease some of the concerns.
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