Acquired by the Dutch Constellation Association. Aircraft ex Conifair (Canada) C-GKXR. Re-registered N749NL in October 2001. Flown to Amsterdam in September 2002. Now resides on static display at the Aviodrome, Lelystad, The Netherlands.

Joined the airshow circuit on USAF markings. Flown to Jeju Island, South Korea for static display in Air Korea colours.

Just in time for taking a picture during the last light of the day.

This aircraft is the former famous C-121A warbird N494TW (ex USAF 48-609), which was bought by Pratt & Whitney and donated to Korean Air. It departed Avra Valley, AZ on 01 Apr 2005 on delivery to Busan-Gimhae, South Korea. The route flown was Tucson - Oakland - Anchorage - Cold Bay - Hakodate (Japan) - Inchon (South Korea) - Busan (South Korea). On 18 Apr 2005 it flew its last flight ever, to Jeongseok on Jeju Island. The Constellation is now preserved at the Korean Air Flight Academy airfield and painted in the colours of Air Korea with registration HL4003. The real HL4003 was an L-1649A(F) Starliner, c/n 1037.

Scanned from a K64 slide

This classic airliner 'Bataan' is now on display outside the Planes of Fame Museum at Valle.

A £2 well spent for a look inside !

Although officially registered as N9463 since 1970, this registration was only applied in 1990. Until then it had remained in storage, as seen here. This ex-Presidential VC-121A Connie survived to fly away from its resting place in this Tucson yard. Note the variety of other aircraft in the background, including an unidentified Super Constellation.

It wears Conifair Aviation titles and has code "1" on the tail. Parked awaiting its eventual return to the air as the famous MATS Connie.

Brute power!

Taking on fuel for a test flight later that morning

Undergoing restoration by the Dutch Aviodrome, the cockpit has come a long way since my last visit in November 1997.

The flight engineer's panel. The busiest man in the cockpit.