N105CF
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| Type: |
R7V-1 (L-1049B-55-75) Super Constellation C-121G Super Constellation (redesignated) |
| MSN: | 4137 |
| Previous Identities: | 131636 54-4062 |
History:
| 28SEP53 | Delivered to the U.S. Navy as Bureau Number 131636. (Source: 1) |
| 03OCT53 | Assigned to VR-8 Military Air Transport Service (MATS) at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. (Source: 1) |
| 21SEP57 | VR-8 moved to NAS Moffett Field, California. (Source: 4) |
| 15JUN58 | Struck off charge by the USN. Total Time: 5,248 hours. (Source: 1) |
| Transferred to the USAF as C-121G 54-4062 and assigned to MATS WESTAF (Western Transport Air Force previously Pacific Division) and named "City of Saratoga". (Source: 1) | |
| OCT61 | Used in support of Operation Deep Freeze. (Source: 1) |
| OCT63 | Assigned to the 187 ATS Wyoming Air National Guard at Cheyenne. (Source: 1) |
| 01JAN66 | Assigned to 187 MAS (Materiel and Services) and named "City of Jackson Hole". (Source: 1) |
| Served with the Wyoming ANG until at least NOV71. (Source: 1) | |
| Assigned to 552nd Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing at McClellan AFB, California. (Source: 1) | |
| JUL74 | Unit renamed 552nd Airborne Early Warning and Control Group. (Source: 1) |
| JUN76 | Assigned to 20 ADS, Det 1, Air Force Reserve at Homestead AFB, Florida. (Source: 1) |
| 31MAY78 | To MASDC Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona for storage. (Source: 1) |
| MAY82 | Noted stored at MASDC. (Source: 1) |
| 87 | Reportedly to Ralph Payne but not registered. (Source: 2) |
| NOV89 | To DMI Aviation as N2114Z. (Source: 2) |
| JAN90 | To Aerochago of the Dominican Republic as HI-583CT. (Source: 2) |
| MAR93 | Stored at Santo Domingo, DR after the FAA banned Dominican cargo carriers from operating in the US. (Source: 2) |
| 97 | Frank Lang flew the aircraft for the purpose of training a Dominican pilot. (Source: 2) |
| SEP00 | To Super Constellation Flyers Association (SCFA) of Switzerland. (Source: 2) |
| OCT00 | Registered N105CF to SCFA. (Source: 2) |
| 07NOV00 | Ferried from Santo Domingo to Opa Locka, FL. (Source: 2) |
| 04JAN01 | Departed Opa Locka for Avra Valley but was forced to land at Conroe, TX with engine and hydraulic problems. (Source: 2) |
| 07JAN01 | Ferried Conroe to Avra Valley, AZ. (Source: 2) |
| AUG02 | Restoration abandoned by the SCFA when it emerged that the FAA would not issue a standard certificate of airworthiness. The SCFA subsequently acquired C-121C N73544 which was re-registered HB-RSC for operations in Switzerland. N105CK was subsequently parted out to support the new aircraft. (Source: 2) |
| 06 | The remaining engines from N105CK were shipped to Switzerland in early 2006. (Source: 2) |
| 16OCT07 | Noted at Avra Valley stripped of any useful parts and for sale. (Source: 2) |
| 10 | Sold by SCFA to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) who acquired the aircraft by way of assistance to the Qantas Founders Museum at Longreach. In September 2014, the QFM succeeded in acquiring N4247K in Manila and therefore had no further requirement for N105CF. (Source: 3) |
| OCT15 | Acquired by Dynamic Aviation who also own VC-121A N9463/48-610 Columbine II. |
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SOURCES
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Marson Peter J., The Lockheed Constellation Series, Air-Britain, 1982 |
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Pettersen, Ralph www.conniesurvivors.com |
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HARS |
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http://www.navymats.com/VR-8.html |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 3 | 15JUN17 |
Added
an image.
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| 2 | 25FEB16 |
Revised
presentation of type.
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| 1 | 31DEC15 |
Original
issue
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