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Type:
L-1049E/L-1049G Super Constellation
Msn: 4578
Subsequent Identities:
| 54 | Built as L-1049E-55-81 but converted to L-1049E-55-118 on the production line. |
| 24SEP54 | CofR No 2803 issued to Qantas Empire Airways as VH-EAE. |
| 19NOV54 | Photographed carrying the name "Southern Moon". |
| 01FEB55 | First flown. |
| 04FEB55 | Export CofA No E-27662 issued. |
| 06FEB55 | Accepted by Qantas as VH-EAE "Southern Moon". Was to be VH-EAM "Southern Sea". More details. |
| 06FEB55 | Departed Burbank on delivery to Sydney via Honolulu and Nadi. |
| 08FEB55 | Arrived Sydney. Flying Time 28:52. Total Time 35:58. |
| 26FEB55 | Entered service (to London). |
| 56 | Modified to L-1049E-01-55 |
| 08FEB58 | Withdrawn from service for "A" overhaul and modification to L-1049G-01-55 and fitment of tip tanks and weather radar. |
| 21MAR58 | Returned to service. |
| 25SEP59 | Operated a Royal flight to Bangkok. |
| 09FEB60 | Departed Sydney on last Qantas service (to Nadi). |
| 02MAR60 | Sold to Lockheed as N9720C. Cancelled from Australian Register same day. Total Time 14,744:22. Landings 3,341. |
| 08MAR60 | Departed Sydney on delivery to Ontario. |
| 10MAR60 | Arrived Ontario. |
| JUL60 | Leased to Capitol Airways by this date. |
| MAY61 | Leased to Capitol Airways again. |
| DEC61 | Sold to Capitol Airways. |
| 66-67 | Operated for Berliner Flug Ring on inclusive tour flights during the European summer. |
| 68 | Withdrawn from service and stored at Wilmington, Delaware by this date. |
| JUL69 | Last sighting at Wilmington. |
| 70 | Cancelled from U.S. Register and presumably scrapped at Wilmington. |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 3 | 24JUN01 |
Clarified
planned allocation of VH-EAM "Southern Sea" to this aeroplane.
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