DC-4 In October 1963 Air Greenland acquired its first aircraft – a DC-4, which was purchased from the Icelandic airline Iceland air. The plane, replacing an earlier chartered plane of the same type, was used for contract flights for the U.S. Defence for personnel replacement and supply at the radar warning station at Kulusuk in East Greenland – close by to Ammassalik (Tasiilaq) – for military flights to Keflavik and to a radar station in Eastern Canada – Cape Dyer.

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published December 29th, 2012