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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-121C-LO Super Constellation
    Last Military Serial:54-0177 USAF
    Construction Number:4196
    Last Civil Registration:N1104W
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-121C-LO sn 54-0177 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1954

    Constructed as a C-121C-LO.

    Circa 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 54-0177.

    March 1956

    Transferred to 1608th Air Transport Wing.

    From 1956 to 1957

    Participated in Hungarian Airlift carrying refugees from Eastern Europe to the U.S.

    30 October 1962

    Transferred to 183rd Air Transport Squadron, Mississippi ANG.

    1 January 1966

    Transferred to 183rd Military Airlift Squadron, Mississippi ANG.
    The unit was re-designated.

    19 April 1967

    Transferred to 167th Military Airlift Squadron, West Virginia ANG.

    1972

    Transferred to 193rd Tactical Electronic Warfare (TEW) Squadron, Pennsylvania ANG, Olmstead AFB, Middletown, PA.

    November 1977

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CK0204.

    August 1981

    To Classic Air Inc/Ascher Ward.

    1 December 1989

    To National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC with new c/r N1104W.

    By 1993


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: In Storage at Washington Dulles in 1993

    Stored at the Washington-Dulles airport.

    2008

    Placed on display with Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
    View the Location Dossier

    By 2009

    Markings Applied: 177, 0177, WEST VIRGINIA AIR GUARD, 0-40177
    Markings of 167th Military Airlift Squadron, West Virginia ANG.

    8 May 2009


    Photographer: Matt Maranto

    16 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    16 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    16 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    6 October 2014

    Civil registration, N1104W, cancelled.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     MASDC (1983 Aviation Press ISBN 0 907898 02 8) by Peter Blanchard, Philip Chinnery and Martyn Swann
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Matt Maranto
    Robert Nichols
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