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| In service with Air France at London's Heathrow Airport in the mid-1960's (via J. Roger Bentley) |
Disassembled at Frankfurt and ready for the trip by road to Munich in August 1993 (Marc Lehmann) |
Beautifully restored in Lufthansa colors at Munich Airport in March 2002 (Antti Hyvärinen) |
- Current markings - D-ALEM
- Delivered to Air France February 1957 as L1049G F-BHML
- Named "Maurice Nogues" by November 1960
- Leased to Tunis Air summer 1961
- Returned to Air France and stored at Paris-Orly September 1961
- Returned to service ?? and again stored at Paris Orly October 16, 1963
- Returned to service July 12, 1965
- To Compagnie Air Fret March 8, 1968
- Retired by Air Fret and stored at Nimes-Garons by August 1976
- To Air Classics ~November 1977
- Ferried Nime-Garons to Düsseldorf, Germany June 27, 1978
- Proposed sale to Panamanian company in October 1978 did not materialize
- Painted in Air Classics color scheme with false registration D-ADAM by January 1979
- Moved from Düsseldorf to Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport June 1985 and marked with false registration D-ALAP
- Moved from Frankfurt to FJ Strauss International Airport, Munich about August 1993
- To Munich Airport Authority March 2000
- Extensive restoration at Munich and aircraft reopened May 2001
- Painted in 1955 Lufthansa color scheme with false registration D-ALEM to commemorate Lufthansa’s first trans-Atlantic flight on June 8, 1955
- Cabin serves as a cinema showing historical films of Lufthansa Super Constellation flights
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