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VH-EAG. Lockheed C-121 Constellation. c/n 4176. Was also registered as: 54-0157; N4115Q. |
This aircraft was built as a Lockheed L-1049F-55-96 - 1955 Delivered to the United States Air Force - as '54-0157' - October 06, 1955 Issued to the Mississippi Air National Guard (183 ATS, Jackson) - July 25, 1962 Issued to 183 MAS - January 01, 1966 Issued to the West Virginia Air National Guard (167 MAS, Martinsburg) - February 14, 1967 Issued to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard (193 TEWS, Middletown-Olmstead) - mid 1972 Ferried to Davis Monthan AFB for storage - June 1977 The aircraft had flown 18,452 hours Inspected at Davis Monthan by the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Australia - December 1991 Acquired by H.A.R.S. - ? Restoration commenced at Davis Monthan - April 1992 Test flown from Davis Monthan to Tucson - as 'N4115Q' - September 23, 1994 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAG - September 23, 1994 Registered to Historical Aircraft Restoration Society Inc, Sydney Departed Tucson on the delivery flight to Australia - January 24, 1996 It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of the delivery flight - February 03, 1996 Ferry route: Tucson - Oakland - Honolulu - Pago Pago - Nadi - Sydney Flight time: 39 hours 30 minutes Airworthy and based at Albion Park Regional Airport, Wollongong, N.S.W. Current with HARS |
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54-0157. U S Air Force Pennsylvania Air National Guard - in the standard livery at RAF Base Greenham Common, July 1974. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1802-245.) |
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54-0157. U S Air Force - in the standard livery at Davis Monthan, August 1977. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1802-262.) |
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54-0157. HARS - 'Southern Preservation' in the basic U S Air Force livery at Pima County, November 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1802-218.) |
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54-0157. HARS - 'Southern Preservation' in the basic U S Air Force livery at Pima County, September 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1802-244.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - in the basic Qantas livery at Tucson Airport, November 1994. The aircraft has the original winged Qantas logo on the tail. (R. Shane Copyright Image 1802-014.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - in the basic Qantas livery at Tucson Airport, November 1994. The aircraft has the original winged Qantas logo on the tail. (R. Shane Copyright Image 1802-015.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - in the basic Qantas livery at Tucson Airport, November 1994. The aircraft has the original winged Qantas logo on the tail. (R. Shane Copyright Image 1802-152.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the basic Qantas livery at Tucson Airport, November 1994. The aircraft has the original winged Qantas logo on the tail. (R. Shane Copyright Image 1802-034.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the basic Qantas livery at Tucson Airport, November 1994. The aircraft now has the modified 'wingless' Qantas logo on the tail. (R. Shane Copyright Image 1802-002.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the basic Qantas livery somewhere over the Arizona desert, February 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1802-001.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the basic Qantas livery somewhere over the Arizona desert, February 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1802-227.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the basic Qantas livery somewhere over the Arizona desert, February 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1802-246.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the basic Qantas livery at Tucson Airport, February 1995. (R. Shane Copyright Image 1802-016.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1802-017.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1802-018.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, June 1998. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1802-019.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the standard livery at Sydney Bankstown Airport, November 20, 1998. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1802-263.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the standard livery at Albion Park Regional Airport, August 2003. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1802-004.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the standard livery at Albion Park Regional Airport, August 2003. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1802-003.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the standard livery at RANAS Albatross, Nowra, October 31, 2004. (G. Canciani Copyright Image 1802-220.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the standard livery at RANAS Albatross, Nowra, October 31, 2004. (G. Canciani Copyright Image 1802-221.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the standard livery at RANAS Albatross, Nowra, October 31, 2004. (G. Canciani Copyright Image 1802-222.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the standard livery at Narromine, September 29, 2007. (P. Vabre Copyright Image 1802-225.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the standard livery at Melbourne Avalon Airport, March 14, 2009. (G. Canciani Copyright Image 1802-223.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - 'Southern Preservation' in the standard livery at Melbourne Avalon Airport, March 14, 2009. (G. Canciani Copyright Image 1802-224.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - in the standard livery at Albion Park Regional Airport, April 29, 2016. (D. Chee Copyright Image 1802-258.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - in the standard livery at Albion Park Regional Airport, April 29, 2016. (D. Chee Copyright Image 1802-259.) |
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VH-EAG. Historic Aircraft Restoration Society - in the standard livery at Albion Park Regional Airport, April 29, 2016. (D. Chee Copyright Image 1802-260.) |