Ex US Navy Bu131643. Stored at Davis Monthan by May 1974 and sold in May 1981 to Northern Peninsular Fisheries for use on fish hauling flights in Alaska. The aircraft remained grounded at Arlington WA. until sold in 1987 to World Fish and Agriculture, another company also owned by William 'Winky' Crawford, who planned to use it to haul fish from The Philippines to Japan. Only a few flights were made in late 1987, before being impounded at Manilla where it again remained stored for many years. Dismantled and shipped to Australia in 2017 for display in the Qantas Founders Museum.

K25 slide scan. Delivered to TWA 1957, converted to freighter 1960. Alaska Airlines 1962, converted to bulk fuel carrier 1968 for use on the North Slope by Red Dodge Aviation and Prudhoe Bay Oil Distribution, stored Anchorage 1972, Kenai 1974. Onyx Aviastion 1974, Burns Aviation 1975. Abandoned Stewart-Newburgh, NY 1976. Acquired by Maurice Roundy 1983 and flown to Auburn-Lewiston, ME. Acquired by Lufthansa Berlin Stiftung 2006 together with N974R and N8083H, restoration started 2008 in a purpose built hangar. With costs soaring project was cancelled 2018 with the aircraft being dismantled.

K25 slide scan. Built 1948 as 48-610, presidential aircraft "Columbine II" from 1952 to 1954, retired to MASDC 1968. Christler Flying Service 1970, remained in adjacent scrapyard for spares use. Slowly restored from 1984 by Mel Christler, flown out 1990. Stored Santa Fe, NM 1991. Flown to Avra Valley 2003. Acquired by Dynamic Aviation 2015 and flown to Bridgewater, VA 2016 for restoration. Registered N8610 2020.

K25 slide scan. Built for LAI as I-LIRA 1958. Not taken up but instead delivered to TWA as N8083H. Converted to freighter 1961. Alaska Airlines 1962, retired 1967. Converted to bulk fuel carrier 1968 for use on the North Slope by Red Dodge Aviation and Prudhoe Bay Oil Distribution, stored Anchorage 1972, Kenai 1974. Flown to CHandler, AZ 1981 and overhauled 1983. Used as drug runner, damaged in Colombia late 1983. Flown to San Pedro Sula 1983 and stored. Acquired by Maurice Roundy 1986 and flown to Auburn-Lewiston, ME. Acquired by Lufthansa Berlin Stiftung 2006 together with N974R and N7316C.

The "Super Constellation Bar & Restaurant" had long closed its doors and fell into neglect. This photo shows one final, failed attempt to revive it before being destroyed by fire on 30 January 1997.

K25 slide scan.Built 1948 as 48-609, retired to MASDC 1968. Christler Flying Service N9464 1970, taken out of store and converted to sprayer 1974 at Casper, WY. Beaver Air Spray C-GXKO 1979. Acquired by John Travolta 1984 as N494TW and stored at Tucson Ryan Field. Restored by Vern Raburn at Avra Valley 1991 in original USAF MATS colours, joining the airshow circuit. Acquired by United Technologies 2005 and donated to Koreanair. Flown to Aviation College at Cheju Island, displayed as HL4003 in Air Korea colours to resemble a L-1649 from the late 1960's.

Right landing gear collapsed while landing on a closed runway at Boston. Another photo confirms the aircraft name. It was Flagship Copenhagen earlier. Photo by: Leslie Jones / Boston Public Library

from my collection, photographer unknown, delivered to National Airlines Sep 1957 as N7132C, sold to Nordair late 1963 as CF-NAK, sold to CanAiRelief Apr 1969 to serve in the Biafran Airlift operations, w/o in a bomb attack at Uli/Biafra Dec 1969

from my collection, photographer unknown

from my collection, photographer unknown

from my collection, photographer unknown

from my collection, photographer unknown, built for and delivered to TWA late 1950 as N6017C, named Star of District Columbia, wfu Nov 1961 and sold to PNA, merged into Western Airlines in Jun 1967 and wfu by the end of 1968, sold to a private owner and wfu late 1971, b/u Panama City. Location might be Seattle.

from my collection, photographer unknown, delivered to KLM as PH-TDG in 1947, cvtd. to 749A and sold to Capital Airlines as N90621 in Sep 1953, purchased by BOAC as G-ANUZ and in service until 1958, to Miami Airline as N9812F, wfu 1966, b/u 1971

from my collection, photographer unknown, delivered new to TWA Transcontinental and Western Air Jul 1948 as N91209 Star of New Mexico, transferred to Trans World Airlines May 1950, wfu Dec 1966 and b/u Kansas City Jun 1968

from my collection, photographer unknown

from my collection, photographer unknown