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N8223H National Airlines, delivered 8 November 1952
FB Ayer and Associates 29 March 1963
Northeast Airlines "623" leased 5 September 1963
FB Ayer and Associates returned 11 September 1967
Withdrawn from use and stored San Antonio, Texas
Bought by Arthur Stewart 20 December 1971
Sold to Gary Aircraft Corporation 12 March 1974
Sold to Air Djibouti as F-OCYJ in April 1974
To International Freight Airways as OO-IFA March 1977
Sold as N799TA to Atlas Aircraft Corporation 12 September 1978
Sold to Interocean Airways as 9J-AEP 22 November 1978
To Urban Drew as N84AU 10 August 1979
Sold to Shelia Sharman February 1982 and leased to Air Swaziland
Sold to Flying Enterprise Inc September 1986 - leased to Interocean Airways Mocambique
Withdrawn from use 18 May 1989 and scrapped at Lanseria Airport November 1990
Cockpit section to South African Airways Museum Society. On loan to SAA Technical Paint Shop


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N84AU Interocean Airways Baby Shoes
In the process of being scrapped
Lanseria Airport June 1990
Photograph: John Miller The Article Library john@thearticlelibrary.net



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N84AU Interocean Airways Baby Shoes
In the process of being scrapped
Lanseria Airport 3 June 1990
Photograph: Omer Mees



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N84AU Interocean Airways Baby Shoes
In the process of being scrapped
Lanseria Airport 3 June 1990
Photograph: Omer Mees



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N84AU Interocean Airways Baby Shoes
In the process of being scrapped
Lanseria Airport 3 June 1990
Photograph: Omer Mees



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N84AU Interocean Airways Baby Shoes
In the process of being scrapped
Lanseria Airport 15 August 1990
Photograph: Omer Mees



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N84AU Interocean Airways Baby Shoes
In the process of being scrapped
Lanseria Airport 15 August 1990
Photograph: Omer Mees



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N84AU Interocean Airways Baby Shoes
In the process of being scrapped
Lanseria Airport November 1990
Photograph: Omer Mees



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N84AU Interocean Airways Baby Shoes
In the process of being scrapped.
The South African Airways Museum Society were allowed to keep the cockpit section.
Museum members Kevin Mey, Hans Pearson and Ronny Butcher work at cutting off the nose section for preservation.
Lanseria Airport December 1990
Photograph: Omer Mees



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DC-6 "Baby Shoes" cockpit section at SAA Technical
November 1991
Photograph: Michel Anciaux


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DC-6 "Baby Shoes" cockpit section at SAA Technical now used for training at the paint shop.
11 October 2010
Photograph: Leon Steyn



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DC-6 "Baby Shoes" cockpit section at SAA Technical now used for training at the paint shop.
11 October 2010
Photograph: Leon Steyn



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DC-6 "Baby Shoes" cockpit section at SAA Technical now used for training at the paint shop.
11 October 2010
Photograph: Leon Steyn