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| Seen at London's Heathrow Airport on September 2, 1958 while on lease to Irish Airlines (Ian MacFarlane) | At the AMC Museum at Dover AFB, DE after being reassembled in July 2003 (RM Pettersen) | The transformation to a C-121C was complete with installation of a long radar nose (RM Pettersen) |
- Final registration - N1005C
- Originally ordered by Braathens SAFE but ordered cancelled
- Delivered to Cubana Airlines November 1954 as L1049E CU-P573
- To International Aviation who sold it to Seaboard & Western Airlines March 1956 as N1005C "Geneva Airtrader"
- Leased to BOAC April 1 to April 30, 1956
- Leased to Eastern Airlines January to June 1957
- Leased to Aerlinte Eireann (Irish Airlines) May 1958 to December 22, 1960 as "St Brigid/Brighid"
- To Canadair as trade-in for CL-44's in 1962 and immediately leased back
- Sub-leased to Intercontinental US Inc by June 1962 and reportedly damaged in the Congo December 30, 1962
- Painted in Trans State Airlines color scheme at Idlewild Airport, NY October 1963 for intrastate scheduled service
- Permission for service denied and aircraft stored at Idlewild until returned to Seaboard January 1964
- Leased to Capitol Airways June 1, 1965 and sold to them March 1, 1966
- Retired by Capitol and stored at Wilmington, DE by mid-1967
- To Jim Flannery August 20, 1967 for use as a cocktail lounge at his restaurant in Penndel, PA
- Disassembled and transported by road to Penndel
- Positioned atop "Jim Flannery's Restaurant" by August 1968 in Capitol color scheme
- "Spirit of 76" insignia added in 1976
- Became "Amelia's Restaurant" in November 1981 and closed in 1986
- Became "The Airplane Family Restaurant and Diner" in 1992
- Amoco Oil bought the site in 1996 and removed the aircraft from atop the restaurant on July 9, 1997 for storage
- Amoco donated aircraft to the Air Mobility Command (AMC) Museum at Dover AFB and it was moved by road to Dover AFB on October 25, 1997
- Aircraft stored disassembled at the museum until July 2003 when it was reassembled
- Restoration for display at the museum as a C-121C representation began August 2003
- Cleaning and painting in C-121C colors began April 2007 after which aircraft to be put on display
- Painting completed early July 2007 with false USAF serial "40315".
- Interior restoration completed by 2008 and aircraft on display
- Long radar nose fabricated by museum volunteers and USAF Reserve personnel and installed summer 2012
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