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| Parked at Heathrow Airport, while in service with Lufthansa in March 1965 (Jochen Beeck) | Rare photo of aircraft while in service with Air Venturers Travel Club (via Stephen Miller) | Landing at Fort Lauderdale in May 1976 where she would sit for over twelve years (Bob Garrard) |
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| Departing Sanford, FL October 19, 2001 for Fantasy of Flight on a flight many "experts" said would never happen (RM Pettersen) | On display at Fantasy of Flight in January 2008, where many internal parts had been harvested for the restoration of N7316C (Snorre) | With ownership transferred to Fantasty of Flight, painting into period Lufthansa colors had begun by February 2011 (RM Pettersen) |
- Current registration - N974R
- Delivered to Lufthansa December 1957 as L1649A D-ALAN
- To Lockheed Air Service May 1960 for conversion to freighter
- Returned to Lufthansa July 27, 1960 and named "Neckar"
- Leased to World Airways July 1962 to February 1964 as N45512
- Returned to Lufthansa and restored to D-ALAN April 24, 1964
- To Parker and Ransom Aircraft Sales February 22, 1966 as N179AV
- To Air Venturers March 10, 1966
- Leased to Trans Mediterranean Airways October 1966 to February 1967
- To CHS Leasing Corporation October 1, 1967 and leased to Air Venturers
- Registered N974R by mid-1970
- To CJS Aircargo December 29, 1970 and stored at Houston-Hobby Airport, TX by March 1972
- To West-Air June 23, 1973
- To Charles Baldon Aircraft on June 27, 1973
- Delivered Bethel, AK July 1973
- To Onyx Aviation Inc on October 18, 1973
- Stored Anchorage, AK until June 2, 1974 when departed for Houston, TX where it was stored spring 1975 to spring 1976
- To Thomas Campbell July 15, 1975 and named "Ramatou U"
- Leased to Burns Aviation April 28, 1976 to June 7, 1976 and ferried to Miami, FL on April 28, 1976
- To Proimex International Ltd on May 20, 1976 ferried to Fort Lauderdale that same month
- For sale August 1977 for $14,000
- To Aeroborne Enterprises September 1980 and restoration begun
- To Maine Coast Airways (Maurice Roundy) March 1986
- Aircraft restored 1986 to August 1988
- First attempt at ferry flight to Auburn-Lewiston, ME on August 18, 1988 resulted in an emergency landing at West Palm Beach Airport, FL after about a ten-minute flight
- Second attempt at ferry flight on September 19, 1988 resulted in an emergency landing at Sanford Airport, FL after about a one-hour flight
- Parked at Sanford with only intermittent maintenance and engine runs from September 1988 to early 2000
- Restored by Maurice Roundy early 2000 to October 2001
- Successful thirty-minute ferry flight October 19, 2001 from Sanford to Kermit Weeks "Fantasy of Flight Museum" in Polk, FL
- On five year loan to museum
- Aircraft sold to Jim Thompson, a Florida land developer, in the fall of 2005
- Aircraft donated to the U.S. Airline Industry Museum Foundation (USAIMF) by Jim Thompson and registered on September 15, 2006
- Due to lack of a USAIMF facility, aircraft remains parked at the Fantasy of Flight Museum
- Maurice attempted to have aircraft ownership transferred to him in January 2007 due to non-payment
- The museum filed suit in mid-2007 to prevent Maurice from regaining ownership of the aircraft
- Aircraft, along with N7316C and N8083H, sold at auction on December 18, 2007 to Lufthansa Berlin-Stiftung
- On display at Fantasy of Flight Museum
- Ownership transferred to Fantasy of Flight early 2011
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