N1206 c/n 2613

Still in basic FAA colors at Salina, Kansas in October 1972 (Ron Mak)	Over thirty years later still looking good at Salina, Kansas (RM Pettersen)	#3 engine starts with a large plume of smoke on July 9, 2009 (RM Pettersen)

• Current registration - N1206
• Delivered to USN August 1949 as WV-1 BuN 124438
• One of two WV-1's delivered to the Navy that were essentially prototypes of the later Super Constellation based WV-2's
• Retired by USN and flown to Litchfield Park for storage March 1957
• To CAA (predecessor to FAA) February 1958 as N7624C
• To FAA June 1958 as N120
• Radomes removed and converted for use as a "calibration" aircraft
• Retired by FAA by spring 1966
• Registered N1206 July 1966
• Sold to Kansas Surplus Property December 1966
• To Shilling Institute, Salina, KS February 1967 for use as a technical trainer
• To Air International August 1978
• Restoration underway in late 1970's
• Impounded at Salina for non-payment of taxes
• Sold at auction to Express Airways Inc November 1981
• To Gordon Cole/Society of Vehicle Preservation August 1985
• Restored to airworthy condition and an attempt to fly to Sherman, TX was made on November 8, 1992
• Flight aborted due to engine problems and aircraft returned to Salina, KS with #1 engine shut down
• Stored at Salina Airport
• Gordon Cole began working on engines in December 2008. #1 engine removed from aircraft
• Engine work continued during 2009 with #3 and #4 engines successfully run up and replacement for #1 engine built up and ready for installation
• #1 engine installed June 2016