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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-49/L-649/L-749/L-1049/L-1649/C-69 Constellation / C-121 Super Constellation / WV Warning Star / Starliner
    Latest Model:C-121G-LO Super Constellation
    Last Military Serial:54-4062 USAF
    Construction Number:4137
    Last Civil Registration:N105CF
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-121G-LO sn 54-4062 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Dynamic Aviation, Bridgewater Air Park, Bridgewater, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a R7V-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 131636.

    June 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 54-4062 as a C-121G-LO.

    October 1963

    Transferred to Wyoming ANG.
    Operated with markings: City of Jackson Hole

    May 1972

    Transferred to USAF Reserves Homestead AFB.

    February 1973

    Transferred to 552 AEW WG McClellan AFB.

    March 1976

    Transferred to Homestead AFB.

    May 1978

    Assigned to Davis Monthan AFB for storage.

    11 October 1980


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: 54-4062 : Lockheed C-121G Constellation : USAF, AFRES at MASDC

    1987

    To Ralph Payne.

    November 1989

    To DMI Aviation with new c/r N2114Z.

    1990


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Santo Domingo Las Americas Airport - SDQ in the Dominican Republic

    January 1990

    To Aerochago with new c/r HI-583CT.

    Circa 1990


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In SDQ when still registered N2114Z.

    12 January 1992


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Santo Domingo Las Americas International Airport in the Dominican Republic

    March 1993

    Placed in storage at Santo Domingo, DR when the FAA banned Dominican cargo carriers from operating in the USA.

    1994


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: At Santo Domingo Las Americas Airport (SDQ) in 1994

    1997

    Flown for training of a Dominican pilot.

    September 2000

    To Super Constellation Flyers Association (SCFA).

    October 2000

    Assigned civil registration: N105CF

    Restored.
    Restored for a ferry flight.

    24 October 2000

    To Super Constellation Flyers, Marana, AZ with new c/r N105CF.

    7 November 2000

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from Santo Domingo to Opa Locka, FL.

    4 January 2001

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from Opa Locka, FL, to Conroe, TX. Forced to stop at Conroe for engine and hydraulic repairs.

    7 January 2001

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from Conroe, TX, to Avra Valley, AZ.

    Restoration started.

    Circa 2002


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2002 photo taken at Avra Valley, Arizona

    30 April 2002


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N105CF under the sun of Arizona at Avra Valley

    August 2002

    The Super Constellation Flyers Association suspend restoration efforts when unable to obtain an airworthiness certificate from the FAA.

    Remained in outside storage Avra Valley.

    To Central Air Service, Marana Northwest Regional Airport (formerly Avra Valley Airport), Marana, AZ.
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    2006

    The engines were removed and shipped to Switzerland to support the Breitling Connie.

    2007

    Placed up for sale.

    21 March 2007


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Photo taken at Marana Northwest Regional Airport, AZ, USA

    23 October 2009

    To unknown owner with c/r N105CF.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma.

    2010

    To Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS), Australia.
    Used as a parts source for another airframe.

    8 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    30 July 2012

    Civil registration, N105CF, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma.

    Based at Dynamic Aviation, Bridgewater Air Park, Bridgewater, VA.
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    March 2016

    Transported by ground.
    Moved from Arizona to Virginia by truck.


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Ralph M. Pettersens Constellation Survivors Website by Ralph M. Pettersen
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Patrick Carry
    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson

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