Built as an L-1049E-55 but converted during construction to L-1049E-82-140

First flown at Burbank - November 14, 1955

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAD - November 14, 1955

Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd

Aircraft was named 'Southern Dawn'

Accepted by Qantas at Burbank - November 18, 1955

Departed Burbank, California on delivery flight to Australia - November 23, 1955

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - November 26, 1955

Delivery route: Burbank-San Francisco-Honolulu-Nadi-Sydney

Total elapsed time of 36 hours 12 minutes

Operated first revenue service Sydney-Tokyo - January 4, 1956

First Super Constellation to land at Adelaide Airport (Capt R. Uren) - February 24, 1956

Carried out 6 courtesy flights during Adelaide visit

Operated inaugural Sydney-London Express service carrying 43 First Class passengers - March 2, 1956

Route: Sydney-Darwin-Singapore-Calcutta-Karachi-Cairo-Rome-London

Flying time: 54 hours 30 minutes

Withdrawn from service for fitting of weather radar - May 12, 1957

Re-entered service - June 9, 1957

Withdrawn from service for modification to L-1049G-01-55 with wingtip tanks - December 1, 1957

Re-entered service - December 22, 1957

Operated final revenue service Sydney-DarwinSydney - February 8, 1960

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - February 10, 1960

Sold to Lockheed - March 8, 1960

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N9721C

Performed acceptance flight at Sydney - March 14, 1960

Aircraft had flown 12,505 hours with 2,393 landings

Departed Sydney on delivery flight to Burbank (Capt W.A. Killingworth) - March 15, 1960

Leased to Twentieth Century Airlines - 1960

Withdrawn from use and stored at Lockheed Aircraft Service, Ontario

Sold to Trans International Airlines - May 20, 1962

Reregistered as N9751C

Leased to Standard Airways - June 19, 1963

Returned to Trans International Airlines - October 1963

Sold to California Airmotive - July 1968

Withdrawn from service and stored at Oakland, California - August 1968

Ferried Oakland-Fox Field, Lancaster, California for storage - November 1969

Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - 1970

Aircraft scrapped at Fox Field - May 1971

VH-EAD. Qantas - in the full livery over Sydney, circa 1958.

VH-EAD. Qantas - in the full livery over the Sydney coastline, circa 1958.

VH-EAD. Qantas - in the full livery over the Sydney coastline, circa 1958.

VH-EAD. Qantas - in the full livery over the Sydney coastline, circa 1958.

VH-EAD. Qantas - in the full livery over the Sydney coastline, circa 1958.

VH-EAD. Qantas - in the full livery over the Sydney Airport, circa 1958.

VH-EAD. Qantas - in the full livery over the Sydney coastline, circa 1958.