Lockheed Constellation Survivors

BuN 137890 c/n 4347

L1049A 137890 August 25, 1967 L1049A 137890 April 1983 L1049A 137890 Unknown Date
On display at an airshow at NAS North Island in August 1967 (via Stephen Miller) In storage at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ in April 1983 (Don Jay via Stephen Miller) On display in false USAF markings 53-0552A at "Connie Park" at Tinker AFB, OK (RM Pettersen)
  • Current markings - 53-0552A
  • Delivered to US Navy March 1955 as WV-2 BuN 137890
  • To Litchfield Park for storage January 1959
  • To Pacific Missile Range, Point Mugu July 1959
  • Redesignated EC-121K November 1962
  • Modified by late 1960's to include four additional small radomes (no change in designation)
  • Retired and flown to Davis Monthan AFB for storage May 1979
  • Ferried to Tinker AFB, OK on October 1, 1985 for display at the Heritage Air Park Museum
  • Formal dedication ceremony April 26, 1986
  • On display at "Connie Park" near the 552 ACW complex marked as 0-30552


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