- Current registration - VH-EAG
- Delivered to USAF MATS Atlantic Division October 1955 as C-121C 54-157
- To Mississippi ANG July 1962
- To West Virginia ANG February 1967
- To Pennsylvania ANG March 1972
- Retired and flown to Davis Monthan AFB for storage March 1977
- For sale at auction November 1983, August 1984 and February 1985
- Due to a large amount of bird droppings covering the interior, scrap dealers were not interested in purchasing aircraft and it became the last Constellation stored at Davis Monthan AFB
- To USAF Museum February 1985 and accepted by Travis Air Museum. Never delivered
- Traded it to the Museum of Victoria/National Air and Space Museum of Australia (NASMA) in November 1991 for a Bristol Beaufighter
- Australia's Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) teamed up with NASMA to restore the aircraft
- Moved from Davis Monthan AFB to the Pima Air and Space Museum April 1992 for restoration
- Registered N4115Q August 1994
- Ferried DMAFB to Tucson International Airport September 21, 1994 and N4115Q cancelled on September 22, 1994
- Registered VH-EAG on September 23, 1994 and named "Southern Preservation"
- Lockheed Aeromod Center at Tucson painted aircraft in Qantas color scheme, less Qantas titles, November 1994
- Flown from Tucson, AZ to Sydney, Australia January 24 to February 3, 1996
- Handed over to HARS by NASMA February 21, 1997
- Based at the Illawarra Regional Airport near Wollongong and flies regularly on the Australian airshow circuit
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