N494TW c/n 2601

Stored at Ryan Field, Tucson, AZ in Conifair color scheme in October 1985 (via J. Roger Bentley)	Taxiing out to runway 30 at Marana NW Regional Airport one last time on April 1, 2005 (RM Pettersen)	In freshy painted 1950's Air Korea colors at Gimhae, South Korea on April 17, 2005 (Shawn Dorsch)

• Current registration - N494TW
• Delivered to USAF December 1948 as C-121A 48-609
• Flew the Westover AFB-Rhein-Main route in support of the Berlin Airlift
• Converted to a VC-121A in ~1950 and flew VIP missions for the remainder of its USAF career
• Retired by USAF and flown to Davis Monthan AFB for storage March 1968
• One of five VC-121A's sold to Christler Flying Service at DoD auction on May 5, 1970
• Registered N9464 on July 10, 1970 and converted to an agricultural sprayer by Desert Air in Tucson, AZ
• To Les Arrosages Castor/Beaver Air Spray, Inc April 18, 1979
• Registered C-GXKO by Beaver Air Spray June 1979
• To Conifair Aviation, Inc by January 1980
• To John Travolta, the movie actor, in September 1984 as N494TW and stored at Santa Barbara, CA and Ryan Field, Tucson
• To Vern Raburn July 1987
• Restoration began August 1991 with first flight in October 1991, where several problems occurred
• Extensive restoration undertaken during winter 1991-92 with first post restoration flight in June 1992
• Painted in late 1940's MATS color scheme and made public debut as "MATS Connie" at Oshkosh 1992 Airshow
• Toured European air show circuit during summer 1998
• Advertised for sale May 2000 for $1.2M
• To United Technologies (Pratt & Whitney Division) February 22, 2005 and donated to Korean Air for static display at their training facility at Jeju Island, South Korea
• Departed Marana Northwest Regional Airport April 1, 2005 on ferry flight to South Korea
• Arrived at Jeju Island April 18, 2005 for display after being painted in 1950's era Air Korea colors with false registration HL4003 (See April 2005 Constellation News for additional details)
• #1 and #4 engines removed in April 2006 by a team from the Dutch Aviodrome Museum and replaced with unservicable engines. The engines will be used to replace the unservicable #3 engine on the Dutch museum's L749A Connie N749NL and allow her to return to the skies in 2007