N51006
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| Type: |
RC-121D (L-1049A-55-137) Super Constellation EC-121H Super Constellation (converted) |
| MSN: | 4350 |
| Previous Identities: | 53-535 |
| Owner: | Historical
Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) Albion Park, Wollongong, N.S.W. (Nose section delivery pending) |
History:
| Built as L-1049A-55-86 but modified to L-1049A-55-137 before delivery. (Source: 1) | |
| 16MAR55 | Delivered to USAF as RC-121D 53-535. (Source: 1) |
| Assigned 552 AEW & CW McClellan AFB. (Source: 1) | |
| Assigned 551 AEW & CW Otis AFB. (Source: 1) | |
| 62 | Converted to EC-121H. (Source: 1) |
| DEC69 | To MASDC Davis Monthan for storage. (Source: 1) |
| by OCT73 | Donated to Pima County Air Museum. (Source: 1) |
| OCT81 | Traded back to Davis Monthan AFB for EC-121T 53-554. (Source: 2) |
| On display near main gate of Davis Monthan AFB. (Source: 2) | |
| APR89 | To Leonard Parker circa April 1989 and stored near the Allied Aircraft yard. (Source: 2) |
| DEC92 | To Janet Shephardson (Minden Air Corporation) as N51006. (Source: 2) |
| by 96 | At Allied Aircraft yard on East Drexel Road. (Source: 2) |
| FEB96 | To Vern Raburn. (Source: 2) |
| JUL01 | To Urs Lauppi who donated it to the Super Constellation Flyers Association for use as a spares source. (Source: 2) |
| 07 | Sold to HARS. (Source: 2) |
| 27FEB08 | Aircraft moved from Allied Aircraft yard to the storage area at Pima Air and Space Museum. (Source: 3) |
| AUG11 | The forward fuselage was removed and stored in the restoration area of Pima Air and Space Museum pending shipment to Australia. After removal of all useful parts, the remainder of the airframe was subsequently scrapped. (Source: 2) |
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SOURCES
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Marson Peter J., The Lockheed Constellation Series, Air-Britain, 1982 |
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Pettersen, Ralph www.conniesurvivors.com |
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HARS |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 2 | 25FEB16 |
MSN
corrected from 4359 to 4350. Revised presentation of type.
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| 1 | 31DEC15 |
Original
issue
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