Built as an L-1049E-55-81 but converted during construction to L-1049E-01-82-119

First flown at Burbank - February 22, 1955

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAA - February 24, 1955

Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd

Aircraft was named 'Southern Sea'

Accepted by Qantas at Burbank - February 26, 1955

Departed Burbank, California on delivery flight to Australia - March 1, 1955

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - March 4, 1955

Delivery route: Burbank-San Francisco-Honolulu-Canton Island-Sydney

Flight time: 29 hours 25 minutes with total elapsed time of 37 hours 23 minutes

Operated first revenue service Sydney-San Francisco - March 22, 1955

Established Sydney-Nadi record time (Capt A. Duffield) of 5 hrs 32 min - July 19, 1955

Operated inaugural Sydney-Johannesburg Super Constellation service - November 5, 1955

Withdrawn from service for fitting of weather radar - June 16, 1957

Re-entered service - July 13, 1957

Withdrawn from service for modification to L-1049G-02-82 with wingtip tanks - January 8, 1958

Re-entered service - January 24, 1958

Operated inaugural Sydney-Port Moresby Super Constellation service - January 23, 1959

Departed Sydney on delivery to Ontario for conversion to L-1049H-01-55 freighter - January 29, 1960

Arrived Sydney following conversion (Capt D.J. Skinner) - April 4, 1960

Withdrawn from service and stored at Sydney - April 1961

Re-entered service - December 1961

Operated its last Qantas revenue service Sydney-Hong Kong-London - December 15, 1962

Sold to Lockheed - January 22, 1963

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N9714C - January 22, 1963

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - January 22, 1963

Aircraft had flown 17,709 hours

Departed Sydney on delivery flight to Burbank - January 23, 1963

Sold to Eagle Aircraft Inc - January 1963

Sold to World Wide Airways Inc (Canada) - 1964

Entered onto Canadian Aircraft Register as CF-PXX

Ferried to Buffalo, NY to escape collapse of World Wide Airways - August 15, 1965

Sold to International Aerodyne In - May 1966

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N9714C

Leased to Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for world tour - August to November 1966

Leased to Aerotransportes Entre Rios - April 12, 1967

Entered onto Argentinian Aircraft Register as LV-IXZ

Withdrawn from service and stored at Buenos Aires-Ezeiza - April 1970

Aircraft scrapped - date unknown

VH-EAA. Qantas - in the full livery at Sydney Airoport, date unknown.

VH-EAA. Qantas - in the full livery, location and date unknown.

CF-PXX. World Wide Airways - in the full livery at an unknown airport, circa 1964.

N9714C. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra - in the basic WWA livery at Zurich Airport, September 1966.

N9714C. Aerotransportes Entre Rios - in the basic WWA livery at Miami Airport, April 1967.