Lockheed Constellation Survivors

HI-548CT c/n 4202

C-121C 54-183 June 7, 1969 L1049F HI-548CT June 9, 1989 L1049F HI-548CT February 1999
C-121C 54-183 photographed at Harrisburg, PA on June 7, 1969 with no markings while in service with the Pennsylvania ANG (Photo by Stephen Miller) Nice shot of this veteran landing at Miami International Airport after another cargo run to the Caribbean (Aad van der Voet) Waiting to be scrapped at Santo Domingo after being damaged by Hurricane George in September 1998 (Francisco Agullo)
  • Final registration - HI-548CT
  • Delivered to USAF MATS Atlantic Division April 1956 as C-121C 54-183 "City of Manchester"
  • To Pennsylvania ANG 1962
  • Retired and flown to Davis Monthan AFB for storage September 28, 1977
  • To Hangar 10 Inc November 15, 1983 as N515AC
  • Leased to Aerochago October 29, 1984
  • To Aerochago and delivered Santo Domingo September 4, 1988 as HI-548CT
  • Stored at Santo Domingo, DR by December 1991
  • Severely damaged on September 22, 1998 when struck by C-46 HI-503CT during Hurricane George
  • Scrapped at Santo Domingo in 1999
  • Many parts, including the cockpit section, were salvaged by the Super Constellation Flyers Association for use on their project
  • A simulator is being fabricated using the aircraft’s cockpit section, controls and instruments. The work started in early 2006 and is being performed in a vacated industrial building in the Swiss town of Schlieren by SCFA member Christian Müller.


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