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| Awaiting passengers at London Heathrow Airport on August 12, 1958 while in service with TAP, Portugal's flag carrier (Ian MacFarlane) | In use as a restaurant at Faro Airport in August 1985. Like so many other similar airplane restaurant ventures, it just didn't catch on (Paul J. Hooper) | The restaurant was closed by 1989 when the aircraft was disassembled, stored and eventually destroyed by a fire set by vandals in fall 1999 (Luis Rosa) |
- Final registration - 5N-83H
- Delivered to Transportes Aereos Portugueses (TAP) July 1955 as L1049G CS-TLA
- Named "Vasco de Gama" in 1960's
- Retired September 1967
- To International Aerodyne Inc September 25, 1967 and flown to Miami, FL as CS-TLA
- Registered N8338 by International Aerodyne in July 1968
- Used on Biafran Airlift as early as November 7, 1968 when it was noted at Lisbon with the false registration N-53H
- To Jack A. Crosson on November 21, 1968
- To Phoenix Air Transport as "Endeavour"
- Withdrawn from use at Faro, Portugal by November 13, 1969 where the registration 5N-83H was noted
- Stored at Faro where, by spring 1977, aircraft was derelict with interior stripped
- Renovated 1981 for use as a restaurant
- Still in use as a restaurant in 1986 but dismantled and stored at airport by August 1989
- Burned by vandals fall 1999
- Remains moved to scrapyard for disposal 2000
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