VH-TAZ Stockdale
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| Type: | L-18-56-23 Lodestar C-60A-5-LO |
| MSN: | 18-2612 |
| Previous Identities: | 43-16452 A67-8 VHRAH (callsign) VH-CAC |
| Subsequent Identities: | N4848V N14L |
History:
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43-16452
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| 12NOV43 | Delivered to the United States Army Air Force as C-60A-5-LO serial 43-16452. (Source: 2) |
| 13NOV43 | Delivered ex Lockheed. (Source: 3) |
| 13NOV43 | Arrived Long Beach. (Source: 3). Fitted with long range tanks at Long Beach. (Source: 2) |
| 01DEC43 | Departed Long Beach. (Source: 3) |
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A67-8
VHRAH |
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16DEC43
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Received at 3AD Amberley ex USAAF as 43-16452. To be renumbered A67-8 and 37SQN to arrange immediate collection. (Source: 1) |
| Allocated callsign VHRAH. (Source: 1) | |
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21DEC43
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Received at 37SQN Laverton ex 3AD. (Source: 1) |
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23MAR45
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Allotted 1CU ex 37SQN. To be fitted with 4 seats ex Hudson A16-120. (Source: 1) |
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28MAR45
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Above allotment cancelled. (Source: 1) |
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14MAY45
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Allotted 1CU ex 37SQN. (Source: 1) |
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28MAY45
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Issued and received 1CU ex 37SQN. (Source: 1) |
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11JUN45
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Grounded at 1CU as per RAAF signal. (Source: 1) |
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07JUL45
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Allotted 7AD, Tocumwal ex 1CU for inspection and possible tank repairs. (Source: 1) |
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09AUG45
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Received at 7AD ex 1CU. (Source: 1) |
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16JAN46
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Work to cease. Aircraft to be stored Cat D. (Source: 1) |
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05FEB46
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Received at 7AD Storage ex 7AD. (Source: 1) |
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01OCT46
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To be stored Cat D. (Source: 1) |
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19MAR47
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Sold through Commonwealth Disposals Commission for £2,500 to the Department of Civil Aviation, Melbourne. (Source: 1) |
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18SEP47
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Allotted to Department of Aircraft Production at Parafield ex Care and Maintenance Unit (prev 7AD), Tocumwal. (Source: 1) |
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26SEP47
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Issued to purchaser. (Source: 1) |
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OCT47
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Trucked from Tocumwal to Parafield in convoy with A67-2 and A67-10 for overhaul by the Dept of Aircraft Production. (Source: 2) |
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VH-CAC
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| 20JUL50 | Registered
to the Department of Civil Aviation as VH-CAC. (Source: 5) Leased to Trans-Australia Airlines. Used on the Townsville-Innisfail-Cairns run. Likely also used on the Sydney-Newcastle route. |
| 26APR51 | Departed Essendon for Townsville and Cairns. (Source: 4) |
| 27APR51 | Arrived Cairns. (Source: 4) |
| 22FEB52 | Sold to TAA as VH-CAC. |
| Doug
Fawcett claims in his autobiography that he overhauled three Lodestars
for TAA. (Source: 6) See: Doug Fawcett's Lodestars | |
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VH-TAZ
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| 26FEB52 | Re-registered
VH-TAZ to TAA. (Source: 5) Named Stockdale. |
| 05MAY53 | Withdrawn from service. (Source: 2) |
| 27MAR53 | Sold to Earl Bacon Corp via B.W.Cowan. |
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N4848V
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| 10MAY53 | Departed Australia on delivery to the Earl Bacon Corp as N4848V. (Source: 2) |
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NX4848V
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| APR54 | Registered NX4848V to William P. Lear. (Source: 2) |
| 54 | Converted to executive configuration as a Learstar. (Source: 2) |
| 10MAY54 | First flown as a Learstar. (Source: 2) |
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N14L
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| AUG54 | By this date the aircraft was re-registered N14L. (Source: 2) |
| 25APR55 | To Learcraft Conversions Inc. (Source: 2) |
| 27APR55 | Learstar conversion completed. (Source: 2) |
| 28APR55 | To Chance-Vought Aircraft Inc. (Source: 2) |
| 16AUG61 | Transferred to Ling-Temco-Vought Inc. (Source: 2) |
| 02JAN65 | Company renamed LTV Aerospace Corp. (Source: 2) |
| 01JAN69 | Returned to Ling-Temco-Vought Inc. (Source: 2) |
| 12NOV71 | To Tom Steele. (Source: 2) |
| 11JAN72 | To Aero Enterprise Corp. (Source: 2) |
| 10MAY72 | To Robrose Sales of Florida Inc. (Source: 2) |
| MAY72 | To United Aviation Inc. (Source: 2) |
| 08OCT73 | To Richard D Johnson. (Source: 2) |
| OCT73 | To Onyx Aviation Inc. (Source: 2) |
| MAY74 | To Allen Edward Corp, Denver CO. (Source: 2) |
| AUG74 | Last reported at Winter Haven, Florida. (Source: 2) |
| 31OCT75 | Cancelled from the US Register following a crash of which no details are known. (Source: 2) |
| Parts from this aircraft were used on MSN 2454 (no Australian history). (Source: 2) | |
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For
more information on TAA Lodestar operations out of Cairns see the
page for VH-TAY.
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SOURCES
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1
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RAAF Form E/E.88 Airframe Record Card |
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Peter J. Marson, The Lockheed Twins, Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2001. |
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MAC Air Case 200. NAA via Gordon Birkett |
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Log book of Capt R.R. Hickey via Gordon Reid |
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Tony Arbon, AustAirData. |
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Fawcett, Doug, Pilots & Propellers - a lifetime in aviation, Crawford House, 1998. |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 13 | 21JUL24 |
Added
an image of what is
believed to be the Learstar production line at Santa Monica in
the early fifties.
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| 12 | 13JUL22 |
Added
a reference to the aircraft being overhauled by Doug Fawcett.
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| 11 | 29JUN22 |
Further
details from Source: 1.
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| 10 | 19AUG16 |
Major
update from sources shown.
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| 9 | 18AUG16 | |
| 8 | 03APR16 |
Refreshed
page layout with no change to data.
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| 7 | 24JUN06 |
Added
delivery details thanks to Gordon Birkett.
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| 6 | 05FEB06 |
Added
detail of the ferry flight from Essendon to Cairns drawn from
the log book of Captain R.R. Hickey supplied by Gordon Reid.
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| 5 | 29AUG04 |
Added
an image of VH-TAZ in TAA colours thanks to Gary Killion and Geoff
Goodall.
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| 4 | 13FEB04 |
Added
two images of this aircraft as the Learstar prototype thanks to
Gary Killion. Also added an image as A67-8 thanks to Phil Vabre
of the CAHS.
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| 3 | 16APR99 |
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