Registration / Serial:53-535
Alternate Registration:N51006
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 49 Constellation
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed EC-121H Warning Star
C/n (msn):1049A-4350
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Promotional Titles:Thomas & Coffey Australia
City / Airport:Tucson - Davis-Monthan AFB (KDMA / DMA)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:1 September 2008
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:41514Submit Correction
View count: 279
Delivered to the USAF in March 1955 this aircraft was retired to DMAFB in December 1969. On display at the Pima Air and Space Museum from 1973 to 1981. Sold at auction and assigned the civilian registration N51006, it was relegated to a Tucson scrapyard and used as a source of spare parts for many years. Aircraft purchased by the Australian Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) in 2007. Moved from the Allied scrapyard in June 2008. Subsequently scrapped at the museum and forward fuselage section currently stored at Dynamic Aviation headquarters in Bridgewater, Virginia.
Registration / Serial:53-535
Alternate Registration:N51006
Aircraft Version:Lockheed EC-121H Warning Star
C/n (msn):1049A-4350
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Tucson - Davis-Monthan AFB (KDMA / DMA)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:1 September 2008
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Registration / Serial:53-535
Alternate Registration:N51006
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 49 Constellation
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed EC-121H Warning Star
C/n (msn):1049A-4350
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Promotional Titles:Thomas & Coffey Australia
City / Airport:Tucson - Davis-Monthan AFB (KDMA / DMA)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:1 September 2008
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:41514Submit Correction
View count: 279
Delivered to the USAF in March 1955 this aircraft was retired to DMAFB in December 1969. On display at the Pima Air and Space Museum from 1973 to 1981. Sold at auction and assigned the civilian registration N51006, it was relegated to a Tucson scrapyard and used as a source of spare parts for many years. Aircraft purchased by the Australian Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) in 2007. Moved from the Allied scrapyard in June 2008. Subsequently scrapped at the museum and forward fuselage section currently stored at Dynamic Aviation headquarters in Bridgewater, Virginia.
Registration / Serial:53-535
Alternate Registration:N51006
Aircraft Version:Lockheed EC-121H Warning Star
C/n (msn):1049A-4350
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Tucson - Davis-Monthan AFB (KDMA / DMA)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:1 September 2008
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact