Ordered by Trans Australia Airlines - February 26, 1960

First flown - August 16, 1960

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TLC - August 23, 1960

Accepted by T.A.A. at Lockheed Burbank factory - August 25, 1960

Departed Burbank on delivery flight - August 26, 1960

Flight crew: Capts R.R. Raye, L.W. Manning; Navigator Capt M.B. Darby;

F/O D.L. Mackenzie; F/E L.T.G. Heard

Ferry route: Los Angeles-Honolulu-Canton Island-Nadi-Melbourne arriving - August 29, 1960

Aircraft was named 'Charles Sturt'

Entered T.A.A. service as TN416 Melbourne-Sydney - September 3, 1960

Departed Melbourne for Burbank for wing and engine mount modification - May 22, 1961

Flight crew: Capts L.E. Morey, I.O. Black, A.W. Hawksford; F/E J. S. Mitchell; Navigator Capt R. Lauchland

Ferry route: Melbourne-Nadi-Canton Island-Honolulu-Burbank

Entered the Lockheed (LEAP) Program as LEAP #154 TAA-3 - May 24, 1961

LEAP modification completed - June 16, 1961

Departed Burbank on ferry flight to Melbourne - June 16, 1961

Flight crew: Capts L.E. Morey, I.O. Black, A.W. Hawksford; F/E J. S. Mitchell; Navigator Capt R. Lauchland

Ferry route: Burbank-Honolulu-Canton Island-Nadi-Melbourne

Set speed record on Melbourne-Perth sector of 4 hrs 19 mins (Capt J. Hickey) - July 20, 1961

Aircraft was grounded by Department of Civil Aviation order - July 24, 1964

Was result of corrosion specks being found in wing of TAA Electra VH-TLB - misidentified as being wing cracks

Grounding order lifted on Electra fleet - July 27, 1964

Major overhaul carried out in Hong Kong - February 28 to May 15, 1965

Operated its final revenue service as TN446 Hobart-Melbourne - October 31, 1970

Placed in storage at Melbourne's Essendon Airport having flown 28,831 hrs / 22,595 cycles

Ferried Essendon Airport to Tullamarine Airport with gear locked down - September 2, 1971

Flight crew: Capts S. Arnold, A. Hofman; F/E R. Verity

Leased to Holiday Airlines - July 1972

Leased to Transcontinental Air Transport - December 1, 1972

Returned to Concare then sold to California Airmotive Corp - December 20, 1973

Sold to American Jet Industries - May 1974

Converted to freighter configuration becoming 188AF - 1975

Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - May 4, 1976

Sold to Taca Air Cargo, El Salvador - becoming YS-06C - June, 1976

Registered to Galaxy Airlines Inc, Fort Lauderdale, Florida - as N188LC - October 1985

Registered to Orion Aircraft Sales Inc, Van Nuys, California - August 1987

Observed withdrawn from use and stored in Galaxy livery at Tucson, Arizona - November 27, 1987

Registered to Nevada Aircraft Sales, Las Vegas - January 1988

Registered to Cardinal Corporation - April 1988

Leased to Palmas del Espino SA - as OB-M-1328 - December 1988

Arrived on delivery to Palmas del Espino SA at Lima, Peru - December 10, 1988

Entered service with Aero Transporte SA - December 28, 1988

Leased to Linhas Aereas de Mocambique (LAM) for 1 year arriving at Maputo - March 20, 1989

Returned to Aero Transport SA - as OB-1328 - November 11, 1989

Reregistered as HK-3642X to Lineas Aereas de la Amazonica, Colombia - August 1991

Reregistered as HK-3706X to Transapel S.A., Bogota, Colombia - February 1992

Observed with Apel Express titles at Bogota - June 1, 1992

Reregistered as HK-3706 - August 1994

Observed stored at Bogota - September 7, 1997

In service with Mex-Jet Cargo of Mexico City - as XA-AEG - January 2003

VH-TLC. TAA The Nation's Jetline - in the original delivery dayglow livery, August 1960.

(Image 1808-222. R. N. Smith Collection - via TAA)

VH-TLC. TAA The Nation's Jetline - in the original dayglow livery at Sydney Airport, February 1961.

(Image 1808-568. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-TLC. TAA The Nation's Jetline - in the final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(Image 1808-437. B. Colledge Photograph)

VH-TLC. TAA The Nation's Jetline - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, January 1967.

(Image 1808-491. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-TLC. TAA The Nation's Jetline - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, date unknown.

(Image 1808-225. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-TLC. TAA The Nation's Jetline - in the final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, December 1968.

(Image 1808-224. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-TLC. TAA - in the final livery with modified titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, November 1970.

(Image 1808-227. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-TLC. TAA - in the final livery with modified titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, November 1970.

(Image 1808-228. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-TLC. TAA - in the final livery with modified titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, May 1971.

(Image 1808-741. G. Bennett Photograph)

VH-TLC. TAA - in the final livery with modified titles at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, June 1971.

(Image 1808-742. G. Bennett Photograph)

N188LC. Concare Aircraft Leasing - all white livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, May 1972.

(Image 1808-354. R. N. Smith Collection)

N188LC. Concare Aircraft Leasing - all white livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, May 1972.

(Image 1808-292. P. J. Gates Collection)

N188LC. Transcontinental Air Transport - in the basic livery at unknown location - January 1973.

(Image 1808-517. R. N. Smith Collection)

N188LC. Transcontinental Air Transport - in the basic livery at unknown location - March 1973.

(Image 1808-658. P. J. Gates Collection)

YS-06C. TACA Air Cargo - in the full livery at Miami Airport, August 1978.

(Image 1808-569. P. J. Gates Collection)

YS-06C. TACA Air Cargo - in the full livery at an unknown airport, March 1979.

(Image 1808-231. R. N. Smith Collection)

YS-06C. TACA Air Cargo - in the full livery at Miami Airport, February 1980.

(Image 1808-482. R. N. Smith Collection)

YS-06C. TACA Air Cargo - in the full livery at Miami Airport, October 1983.

(Image 1808-483. R. N. Smith Collection)

N188LC. Galaxy - in the full livery undergoing overhaul at Tucson, June 1986.

(Image 1808-233. R. N. Smith Collection)

N188LC. Galaxy - in the full livery at Tucson Airport, December 1986.

(Image 1808-514. R. N. Smith Collection)

N188LC. Cardinal Corporation - in the basic livery without titles at Miami Airport, August 1988.

(Image 1808-234. R. N. Smith Collection)

OB-M-1328. Palmas del Espino SA - in the basic livery without titles at Miami Airport, September 1988.

(Image 1808-235. R. N. Smith Collection)

OB-1328. Aero Transporte SA Cargo - in the full livery at Miami Airport, December 1989.

(Image 1808-236. R. N. Smith Collection)

OB-1328. Aero Transporte SA Cargo - in the full livery at Miami Airport, December 1989.

(Image 1808-432. P. J. Gates Collection)

HK-3706. Apel Express - in Aero Transporte SA Cargo livery at Bogota Airport, January 1995.

(Image 1808-238. R. N. Smith Collection)

XA-AEG. Mex-Jet Cargo - in the full livery at unknown location, April 2003.

(Image 1808-239. R. N. Smith Collection)