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VH-EAG. Lockheed C-121 Constellation. c/n 4176.
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 |
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54-157. HARS - in the basic USAF livery at Pima, November 1992. |
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VH-EAG. Connie - with original 'winged' Qantas kangaroo logo on tail at Tucson, November 1994. |
VH-EAG. Connie - with original 'winged' Qantas kangaroo logo on tail at Tucson, November 1994. |
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VH-EAG. Connie - with original 'winged' Qantas kangaroo logo on tail at Tucson, November 1994. |
VH-EAG. Connie - with original 'winged' Qantas kangaroo logo on tail at Tucson, November 1994. |
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VH-EAG. Connie - with modified Qantas 'wingless' kangaroo tail logo at Tucson, November 1994. |
VH-EAG. Connie - with modified Qantas 'wingless' kangaroo tail logo at Arizona, February 1995. |
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VH-EAG. Connie - with modified Qantas 'wingless' kangaroo tail logo at Arizona, February 1995. |
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VH-EAG. Connie - with modified Qantas 'wingless' kangaroo tail logo at Arizona, February 1995. |
VH-EAG. Connie - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1996. |
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VH-EAG. Connie - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1996. |
VH-EAG. Connie - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1998. |
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VH-EAG. Connie - in its full livery at Albion Park Airport, August 2003. |
VH-EAG. Connie - in the full livery at Albion Park, August 2003. |
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VH-EAG. Connie - in the full livery at RANAS Albatross, Nowra, October 2004. |
VH-EAG. Connie - in the full livery at RANAS Albatross, Nowra, October 2004. |
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VH-EAG. Connie - in the full livery at RANAS Albatross, Nowra, October 2004. |
VH-EAG. Connie - in the full livery at Avalon Airport, March 2009. |
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VH-EAG. Connie - in the full livery at Avalon Airport, March 2009. |
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