Large sub-assemblies of former British Eagle Douglas DC-6, G-APSA (c/n 45497), have been transported to its new home at South Wales Aviation Museum. The aircraft had been stored at Coventry Airport since 2008 when corrosion was discovered in the tail, cutting short its already extensive flying career.
The airliner first flew in 1958 and was delivered to Canada’s Maritime Central Airways as CF-MCK the following January. After two years in the Great White North, it was acquired by Cunard Eagle Airways on January 5, 1961 before being transferred to British Eagle International Airlines in October 1963.