N1206 c/n 2613

Still in basic FAA colors at Salina, Kansas in October 1972 (Ron Mak)	Over thirty years later still looking good at Salina, Kansas (RM Pettersen)

• Current registration - N1206
• Delivered to USN August 1949 as WV-1 BuN 124438
• One of two WV-1's delivered to the Navy that were essentially prototypes of the later Super Constellation based WV-2's
• Retired by USN and flown to Litchfield Park for storage March 1957
• To CAA (predecessor to FAA) February 1958 as N7624C
• To FAA June 1958 as N120
• Radomes removed and converted for use as a "calibration" aircraft
• Retired by FAA by August 1966 and sold to Kansas Surplus Property December 1966
• To Shilling Institute, Salina, KS February 1967 for use as a technical trainer
• To Air International August 1978
• Restoration underway in late 1970's
• Impounded at Salina for non-payment of taxes
• To Gordon Cole March 1983
• To Society of Vehicle Preservation August 1985 (still owned by Gordon Cole)
• Restored to airworthy condition and an attempt to fly to Sherman, TX was made on November 8, 1992
• Flight aborted due to engine problems and aircraft returned to Salina, KS with one engine feathered
• Stored at Salina Airport