Text from an advertisement in Flying magazine, November 1945. FIRST HOME... IN WAR OR PEACE Cruising in excess of 300 mph (483 kmh) along the routes of the leading airlines, the dependable DC-6 will be ready soon to take you anywhere over land or sea, with comfort, speed, economy and assurance beyond anything you have ever imagined. DOUGLAS EQUIPPED AIRLINES: Alaska Airlines, All American Aviation, American Airlines, American Export Airlines, Braniff Airways, Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Colonial Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Eastern Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, Inland Air Lines, Mid-Continent Airlines, National Airlines, Northeast Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Pan American Airways, Panagra (Pan American Grace Airways,) Peck & Rice Airways, Pennsylvania-Central Airlines, Transcontinental & Western Air, United Air Lines, Western Air Lines, Plus 32 Foreign Airlines. GREATEST NAME IN AVIATION - Douglas DC-6 Sister Ship of the Famous C-54 Combat Air Transport