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| Moved to the town of Kirkop, Malta in 1973 and converted to a restaurant, it was destroyed by a fire set by vandals in January 1997 (Gary Vincent) |
The restaurant business appears to be closed and aircraft abandoned in this April 1988 photo (Udo Haafke) |
This Biafran Airlift veteran, pictured in October 1991, was impounded at Luqa, Malta on February 16, 1968 and destined never to fly again (Steve Williams) |
- Final registration - 5T-TAF
- Delivered to Transportes Aereos Portugueses (TAP) September 1955 as L1049G CS-TLC
- Named "Cago Coutinho" in 1960's
- Made TAP's final Super Constellation flight on September 13, 1967 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Lisbon, Portugal)
- To International Aerodyne Inc November 3, 1967
- To North American Aircraft Trading Company (Hank Wharton) November 8, 1967 for use on the Biafran Airlift with false registration 5T-TAF
- Impounded at Luqa, Malta February 16, 1968 with a load of aircraft tires
- Abandoned at Luqa and sold at auction November 6, 1972 to Salvatore Bezzina & Sons, Ltd for £M3,000
- Towed to site near village of Kirkop January 9, 1973 and ownership officially transferred on January 10, 1973
- To BFB Ltd and converted to a restaurant/bar June 1974 at a cost of over £M10,000
- Cockpit, engines and instruments kept intact
- Restaurant closed ~1988 and aircraft abandoned
- Malta Aviation Museum Foundation founded 1992 and was interested in restoring the aircraft
- Burned by vandals January 30, 1997
- Foundation purchased the remains which included the wings, undercarriage and engines
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