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| At Arlington, WA on July 7, 1986 being restored for its ill-fated South Pacific fish hauling venture (Peter Frei) | Stored at Manila Intl Airport in deteriorating condition on February 12, 2004 (Jay Selman) |
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| At Arlington, WA on July 7, 1986 being restored for its ill-fated South Pacific fish hauling venture (Peter Frei) | Stored at Manila Intl Airport in deteriorating condition on February 12, 2004 (Jay Selman) |
- Final registration - N4247K
- Delivered to US Navy December 1953 as R7V-1 BuN 131643
- Redesignated C-121J 1962
- Retired and stored at Davis Monthan AFB by May 1974
- Offered for sale February 1981
- To William "Winky" Crawford trading as Northern Peninsula Fisheries May 1981 as N4247K
- Restored for ferry flight and flown to Arlington, WA June 1981
- To World Fish and Agriculture, Inc October 1987 (company owned by Crawford)
- Restoration completed November 1987 and ferried to Palau Island in the Pacific the second week of November
- Flew tuna from Palau Island to Nagoya, Japan for three months, beginning November 24, 1987
- Impounded at Manila Airport, Philippines early 1988
- Stored in deteriorating condition at Manila Airport
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