A67-1
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| Type: | L-18-56-23 Lodestar C-60A-5-LO |
| MSN: | 18-2508 |
| Previous Identities: | 42-56035 |
| Subsequent Identities: | VHRAA
(callsign) ZK-AOP N4646V N16L N789F N780F (bogus) N789F |
History:
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42-56035
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| 22JUL43 | Delivered ex Lockheed. (Source: 2) |
| 02AUG43 | To USAAF as C-60A-5-LO serial 42-56035. (Source: 3) |
| 10AUG43 | Arrived Long Beach. (Source: 2) |
| 15AUG43 | Departed Long Beach. (Source: 2) |
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A67-1
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| 23AUG43 | Received by 3AD RAAF Amberley as A67-1. (Source: 1) |
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VHRAA
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| 01SEP43 | Allocated callsign VHRAA while retaining RAAF serial A67-1. (Source: 1) |
| 08SEP43 | Received by 37 Sqn. (Source: 1) |
| 23FEB44 | Forced landing at Laverton due failure port engine. (Source: 1) |
| 25APR45 | Received by Australian National Airways, Parafield ex 37Sqn for complete overhaul and double engine change. (Source: 1) |
| 19NOV45 | Received by 1AD, Laverton ex DAP, Parafield. (Source: 1) |
| 22JAN46 | Received 7AD, Tocumwal ex 1AD for storage. (Source: 1) |
| JUL46 | "All new aircraft acquired from July 1946 onwards were registered to NAC and not to Union Airways Ltd." (Source: 4) |
| 22JAN47 | Sold to New Zealand Airways Corp., Wellington for £1,900. (Source: 1) |
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ZK-AOP
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| 31JAN47 | Registered to Union Airways as ZK-AOP (see JUL46 above). (Source: 3) |
| 05FEB47 | Issued to purchaser. (Source: 1) |
| Named Koropio (New Zealand Thrush). (Source: 4) | |
| 01MAY52 | Sold to R.L. Costine & Co. (Source: 3) |
| MAY52 | The aircraft was ferried back to the U.S. by Captains A.C. Kenning and F.C. Allen and Radio Operator J.I. McLachlan. (Source: 4) |
| 25JUN52 | Registration ZK-AOP cancelled. (Source: 3) |
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N4646V
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| 18SEP52 | Registered to Butler Co as N4646V. (Source: 3) |
| 16OCT52 | Sold to Aircraft Sales Ltd. & Arthur Kaplan. (Source: 3) |
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N16L
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| 19OCT54 | Re-registered N16L. (Source: 3) |
| 30NOV54 | Sold to Lear Inc. (Source: 3) |
| 25JAN55 | Converted to Learstar I by PacAero Engineering (their first conversion). (Source: 3) |
| 14DEC55 | To D.D. Feldman. (Source: 3) |
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N789F
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| 11SEP62 | Re-registered N789F. (Source: 3) |
| 03OCT62 | To Houston Aircraft Sales. (Source: 3) |
| 08APR63 | To Maxon Inc. (Source: 3) |
| 15APR66 | To Parker & Ransom Aircraft Sales Inc. (Source: 3) |
| 08MAY67 | Repossessed by Fidelity Bank & Trust Co. (Source: 3) |
| 17SEP68 | To Wilburt C. Windsor Jr. (Source: 3) |
| 16APR71 | Repossessed by Avemco Aircraft Investment Corp. (Source: 3) |
| 12NOV73 | To Jack L. Rhoades Aircraft Sales Inc. (Source: 3) |
| c.NOV73 | To Frank Paskal (North Atlantic Transport Co). Believed bogus. (Source: 3) |
| FEB76 | To Paul Poppenhager (for debts owed). (Source: 3) |
| 16SEP76 | To James R. Joyce. (Source: 3) |
| 23AUG78 | To Coastal Fisheries & Research Inc. (Source: 3) |
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"N780F"
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| SEP78 | Noted impounded at Pinellas County Airport, St. Petersburg, Florida having been used on an illegal flight marked as N780F (bogus). (Source: 3) |
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N789F
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| 20OCT78 | To "Paramacaibo Mining Co Inc." (Source: 3) Probably Paramaribo Mining Co., Surinam. |
| 20OCT78 | (same day) To Otis Lamar Lindsey. (Source: 3) |
| 22OCT78 | Seized by Sheriff of Tift County, Georgia for carrying 56 pounds of marijuana. (Source: 3) |
| 15JUL80 | To H P Helicopters Inc., Haines City, Florida. (Source: 3) |
| 18AUG80 | Registered to Summit Quarries Inc, Summit Station, PA. (Source: 3) |
| 20SEP82 | To Deltec Holdings Inc. (Source: 3) |
| MAY80 | Last recorded sighting at Tamiami, Florida. (Source: 3) |
| 09MAY13 | Registration cancelled by FAA. (Source: 5) |
Does this
aircraft still exist? Please report
any recent sightings.
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SOURCES
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RAAF Form E/E.88. |
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MAC Air Case 200. NAA via Gordon Birkett. |
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3
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Marson, Peter J., The Lockheed Twins, Air-Britain, 2001. |
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4
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Waugh, Layne & McConnell, The Illustrated History of NZNAC 1947-1978, Kynaston Charitable Trust, 2007. |
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FAA website. |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 9 | 27FEB24 |
Added
an image of N789F at Detroit in the
fifties thanks to Jim Orlando.
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| 8 | 13JUL22 |
Added
an image of A67-1.
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| 7 | 01APR16 |
Refreshed
page layout with no change to data.
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| 6 | 19SEP15 |
Added
the names of the crew who ferried the aircraft back to the U.S.
in MAY52.
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| 5 | 03OCT14 |
Major revision from sources shown.
Added an image of N789F as a Learstar. |
| 4 | 24JUN06 |
Added
delivery details thanks to Gordon Birkett.
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| 3 | 16APR99 | - |
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