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| The future didn't look too rosy in August 1968 when N8083H was stored at Seattle, WA and used for spares by Alaska Airlines (J. Roger Bentley) | With cowlings open and props removed, N8083H undergoes maintenance at Tucson International Airport in September 1981 (Bob Groenendijk) | After more than a few close calls with the scrapman during the past thirty years, N8083H gives the crowd a thrill in September 1998 (RM Pettersen) |
- Current registration - N8083H
- Completed for LAI as I-LIRA but remained stored at Lockheed in early 1958
- Delivered to TWA April 1958 as L1649A N8083H
- Ferried to Mid Continent Airport, MO April 1958 for conversion to TWA standards
- Entered service with TWA May 1958
- Last passenger service with TWA on December 20, 1960
- Converted to freighter by Lockheed Air Service and returned to TWA March 3, 1961
- Leased to Alaska Airlines April 1962 and sold to them December 31, 1962
- Retired by Alaska Airlines May 1967 and used for spares at Seattle, WA
- Restored December 1968 and converted to a bulk fuel oil carrier
- To Red Dodge Aviation November 16, 1968
- To Prudhoe Oil Distributing Company December 2, 1968
- Possibly leased to Interior Airways in 1969
- Stored at Anchorage, AK by June 1972
- To Westair September 9, 1974 and flown to Kenai, AK for storage during winter 1974-75
- To Onyx Aviation November 14, 1975
- To Burns Aviation January 17, 1976 but aircraft remained at Kenai
- Impounded at Kenai in 1978 for non-payment of parking fees
- Sold at auction to Gerald McNamara May 24, 1979 for $150
- To Airborne Enterprises Inc May 8, 1980
- Restored at Kenai and flown to Anchorage on August 26, 1980; Seattle, WA on November 29, 1980; and finally to Chandler, AZ by February 1981
- To Canary Leasing Corporation August 1981
- Extensive overhaul at Chandler completed in early 1983 where it was modified to airdrop marijuana
- Observed flying at low altitude on a number of occasions with the rear cargo door open
- Departed Chandler for Central and South America February 1983
- Stuck in mud with damaged prop at remote landing field in Colombia, South America August 1983
- Prop replaced and flown to San Pedro Sula, Honduras where it was noted in September 1983
- Abandoned at San Pedro Sula
- To Maine Coast Airways (Maurice Roundy) 1986 and restored
- Ferried to Auburn-Lewiston Airport, ME via Ft Lauderdale, FL on May 31 to June 1, 1986
- Stored at Auburn-Lewiston Airport adjacent to Maurice Roundy's home
- Due to corrosion in the wings, aircraft will be restored for static display only
- Aircraft sold to Jim Thompson, a Florida land developer, and registered to him on April 19, 2006
- Aircraft still on Maurice's property at the Aurburn-Lewston Airport in August 2006
- Aircraft returned to Maurice in early 2007 due to non-payment
- Aircraft, along with N974R and N7316C, sold at auction on December 18, 2007 to Lufthansa Berlin-Stiftung for $743,000
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