Built as a Lockheed L-1049F-55-96 - 1955

Delivered to the U.S.A.F. - as 54-157 - October 6, 1955

Issued to Mississippi Air National Guard (183 ATS, Jackson) - July 25, 1962

Issued to 183 MAS - January 1, 1966

Issued to West Virginia Air National Guard (167 MAS, Martinsburg) - February 14, 1967

Issued to Pennsylvania Air National Guard (193 TEWS, Middletown-Olmstead) - mid 1972

Ferried to Davis Monthan AFB for storage - June 1977

Had flown 18,452 hours

Inspected at Davis Monthan by H.A.R.S. - December 1991

Restoration commenced - April 1992

Test flown from Davis Monthan to Tucson - as N4115Q - September 23, 1994

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAG - September 23, 1994

Registered to Historical Aircraft Restoration Society Inc

Departed Tucson on delivery flight to Sydney, Australia - January 24, 1996

Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - February 3, 1996

Airworthy and based at Albion Park Regional Airport, Wollongong, N.S.W.

Current

VH-EAG. Connie - with original 'winged' Qantas kangaroo logo on tail at Tucson, November 1994.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1802-014.)

VH-EAG. Connie - with original 'winged' Qantas kangaroo logo on tail at Tucson, November 1994.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1802-015.)

VH-EAG. Connie - with modified Qantas 'wingless' kangaroo tail logo at Tucson, November 1994.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1802-002.)

VH-EAG. Connie - with modified Qantas 'wingless' kangaroo tail logo at Arizona, February 1995.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1802-001.)

VH-EAG. Connie - with modified Qantas 'wingless' kangaroo tail logo at Arizona, February 1995.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1802-016.)

VH-EAG. Connie - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1996.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1802-017.)

VH-EAG. Connie - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1996.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1802-018.)

VH-EAG. Connie - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1998.

(P. J. Gates Photograph. 1802-019.)