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VH-EAN. Lockheed L-1049H Constellation. c/n 4803.
Built as a Lockheed 1049H-82-133 for Qantas order First flown - November 8, 1956 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAN - November 12, 1956 Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd Export C. of A. (E-28720) issued - November 12, 1956 Accepted by Qantas at Burbank - November 15, 1956 Aircraft was named 'Southern Tide' Departed Burbank on delivery flight to Australia - November 18, 1956 Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - November 20, 1956 Delivery route: Burbank-Honolulu-Nadi-Sydney Total flight time for delivery flight - 29 hours 9 minutes Operated first revenue service Sydney-Singapore - December 1, 1956 Damaged at Biak whilst unloading an engine for stranded KLM Constellation - December 7, 1956 Aircraft tipped backwards onto tail damaging rudders - repaired and returned to service Withdrawn from service for fitment of weather radar - January 28, 1957 Returned to service - March 2, 1957 Withdrawn from service to be stripped of passenger fittings for freighter operations - October 28, 1959 Operated first freighter revenue service Sydney-London - November 3, 1959 Operated final revenue service Sydney-London - October 25, 1961 Withdrawn from service for overhaul prior to sale Port main landing gear retracted and wing jack piercing Number 1 fuel tank - November 28, 1961 Test flown at Sydney following overhaul and repairs - July 8, 1962 Sold to Lockheed Aircraft Corporation - 1962 Departed Sydney on ferry flight to Ontario, California (Capt J.M. Hampshire) - July 11, 1962 Arrived Ontario at conclusion of ferry flight - July 13, 1962 Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - July 24, 1962 Aircraft had flown 13,320 hours Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N7777C - July 1962 Stored at Burbank, California for conversion to Lockheed 1049H-04 Observed stored at Burbank - July 1963 Leased to Alaska Airlines - May 19, 1964 Registered to International Aerodyne Inc - December 31, 1964 Leased to Alaska Airlines as registered operator Damaged beyond repair whilst landing at Kotzebue, Alaska - April 17, 1967 Undercarriage failed to extent correctly and subsequently collapsed on landing Used as asource for spare partsObserved at Kotzebue essentially complete with wings and tail on a mound of earth - 1978 Still in Alaska Airlines livery and used as a bar with 'The Flying Martini In' titles Broken up at Kotzebur - September 1980 |