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| New and shiny shortly after being delivered to The Flying Tiger Line in 1957 (Art Carter) | Landing at Miami International Airport in June 1990 while in service with AMSA (Aad van der Voet) | Restoration efforts appear to have stalled in this February 2006 photo (Yakfreak-www.vap-group.at) |
- Final registration - HI-542CT
- Delivered to Air Finance Corporation June 1957 as L1049H N6922C
- Leased same day to Flying Tigers Lines
- To Flying Tiger Lines June 30, 1959
- To Air America Inc July 7, 1963
- To Lockheed Aircraft Corporation March 26, 1969
- To American Jet Industries December 22, 1970
- To Peterson Enterprises Inc January 11, 1971
- Flew to New Zealand January 19, 1971 on abortive attempt to fly to the South Pole
- Returned to US January 23, 1971 and stored
- To Blue Bell Inc October 19, 1971 in "Wrangler" titles
- To Downair Ltd June 24, 1973 as C-FBFN
- Last flight with Downair September 30, 1974 and stored Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada
- To Paramount Petroleum December 2, 1978 and delivered Miami, FL December 15, 1978
- N6922C registration reissued February 5, 1979
- To Air Cargo International March 19, 1979 and restored to the US Registry at Miami with the issuance of a Standard Airworthiness Certificate by the FAA
- For sale for $225,000 in 1980
- Left side of aircraft painted in full Iberia color scheme (EC-ARN) on May 28, 1980 for a Bank of America/Iberia commercial
- Ferried to Ft Lauderdale May 30, 1980 for filming of the commercial
- To Express Airways at auction on November 24, 1981 and ferried to Sanford, FL December 1, 1981 for storage
- To AMSA June 1988
- Ferried Opa Locka Airport, FL July 26, 1988 and registered HI-542CT
- Struck by a runaway DC-4 Feb 3, 1992 at Aquadilla-Borinquen Airport, PR resulting in damage to the right wing and main spar
- Stored at Borinquen in deteriorating condition
- Restoration for static display by the Ramey AFB Historical Association as a MATS C-121C began in April 2003
- By February 2006, restoration efforts appear to have stalled with little apparent progress
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