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| Seen at Oakland, CA in September 1967 while in service with Airlift International (John P. Stewart) |
Being scrapped at Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe in 1980 after an emergency landing in 1975 (Gerard Mougenot) |
A battered nose section at the Musee de l'Air in the early 1980's (Olivier Richard) |
- Final registration - N6931C
- Delivered to California Eastern April 1957 as L1049H N6931C
- Leased to Hughes Tool Company/TWA December 18, 1957 to January 18, 1961
- Returned to California Eastern (renamed Dynaelectron Corporation) and leased to World Airways January 19, 1961
- Leased to Slick Airways September 1963 to late 1965
- Slick ceased operations and aircraft leased to Airlift International July 1, 1966 to December 1967
- Returned to Dynaelectron and stored at Cheyenne, WY until at least May 1968
- To Charlotte Aircraft Corporation July 12, 1968
- To Jack Richards Aircraft Company March 14, 1969
- Leased to Skyways Inc and in service May 1969 at Heathrow Airport
- To Dynaelectron Corporation July 20, 1971
- Stored Vero Beach, FL for sale 1971-1972
- To Ronald K. Saulan March 29, 1972 and stored at Miami, FL by May 1972
- Stored at Ft Lauderdale by October 1973
- Leased to Sky Truck International April 20, 1974, named "Fort Lauderdale" and put into service
- Leased to Laura Sales and Leasing Inc December 1, 1974, who reportedly took over Sky Truck International in 1975
- Made a successful emergency landing at Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe September 3, 1975 with only the #4 engine running
- Repairs began but later abandoned and aircraft scrapped at Pointe-a-Pitre 1980
- Nose section to Musee de l'Air in early 1980's
- Nose section reportedly under restoration in late 1985 at the Musee de l’Air at LeBourget, France
- Museum representative stated that nose section was not at museum in 2003
- Recent report suggests that the pilot and flight engineer panels have been reassembled by a private collector in France
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