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| At Mesa Falcon Field where she was stored from 1976 to late 1978 (Steve Williams) | Sitting pretty in the California sun a few days before departing for Switzerland (RM Pettersen) | In her new Swiss regestration HB-RSC at Samaden, Switzerland in July 2007 (Propfreak) |
- Current registration – HB-RSC
- Delivered to USAF MATS Atlantic Division November 1955 as C-121C 54-156
- To Mississippi ANG October 1962
- To West Virginia ANG March 1967
- Retired and stored at Davis Monthan AFB by April 1972
- To Smithsonian NASM June 1972
- To Aviation Specialties Inc August 17, 1972 in exchange for Boeing S307 Stratoliner N19903 and ferried to Mesa Falcon Field
- Sold to Aircraft Specialties March 1973 and registered N73544
- Modified as agricultural sprayer April 1973
- Restricted C of A issued April 27, 1973 and in service May 1973 as sprayer
- Stored at Mesa, AZ 1976 to November 1978
- Airworthy at Goodyear, AZ 1979 and flown to Chandler Memorial Airport, AZ early 1980
- To Globe Air Inc February 1981
- To Benny Younesi and Mehrdad Khoramian January 1982
- Leased to Classic Air, Van Nuys December 1982 for a sightseeing flight venture which never materialized
- Ferried to Chino, CA March 11, 1983
- Ferried to Camarillo, CA January 15, 1984, arriving with the #4 engine shut down and propeller feathered
- Younesi and Khoramian planned to restore aircraft and have it join N4247K hauling tuna fish between Palau Island and Nogoya, Japan
- Work progressed slowly until January 1988 when N4247K was impounded in Manila, Philippines
- Registered solely to Mehrdad Khoramian in March 1988 and solely to Benny Younesi in February 1992
- Constellation Historical Society (CHS) formed in 1992 to restore the aircraft
- Restored at Camarillo 1992 to 1994
- First post-restoration flight made June 23, 1994 with first airshow appearance at NAS Point Magu September 24, 1994
- Flew on airshow circuit in western US
- FAA grounded aircraft mid-2001 for maintenance irregularities
- Advertised for sale on e-Bay January 2002 with a reserve price of $750,000
- Reported offer of $600,000 rejected by owner, Benny Younesi
- CHS and Super Constellation Flyers Association (SCFA) signed a lease-purchase agreement on December 17, 2003
- Departed Camarillo April 26, 2004 for Basel-Mulhouse Airport, Switzerland where it arrived safely May 8, 2004
- Joint operation of aircraft by CHS/SCFA for five years after which SCFA could purchase the aircraft
- Purchased by the SCFA April 2007 and re-registered HB-RSC
- Based at Basel, Switzerland and flown on the European airshow circuit until grounded by wing corrosion issues in January 2010
- Plans are to complete repairs in 2010 and rejoin airshow circuit in 2011
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