VH-EAG c/n 4176

Outside the Lockheed hangar at Tucson International in October 1994 prior to painting (Graham Robson)	On final approach to the airport at Wollongong, Austalia on July 7, 2002 (Craig Murray)	Posing for cameras on a beautiful day at the 2007 Avalon Air Show (Daniel Klein)

• Current registration - VH-EAG
• Delivered to USAF MATS Atlantic Division October 1955 as C-121C 54-157
• To Mississippi ANG July 25, 1962
• To West Virginia ANG February 14, 1967
• To Pennsylvania ANG mid-1972
• Retired and flown to Davis Monthan AFB for storage June 1977
• Due to a large amount of bird droppings covering the interior, scrap dealers were not interested in purchasing aircraft and it became the last Constellation stored at Davis Monthan AFB
• To the USAF Museum who traded it to the National Aeronautic and Space Museum of Australia (NASMA) in November 1991 for a Bristol Beaufighter
• Australia's Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) teamed up with NASMA to restore the aircraft
• Moved from Davis Monthan AFB to the Pima Air and Space Museum April 16, 1992 for restoration
• Registered N4115Q
• Registered VH-EAG on September 23, 1994 and named "Southern Preservation"
• First post restoration flight made from Davis Monthan AFB to Tucson International Airport same day
• Lockheed Aeromod Center at Tucson painted aircraft in Qantas color scheme, less Qantas titles, by April 1995
• Flown from Tucson, AZ to Sydney, Australia January 24 to February 3, 1996
• Total restoration effort was in excess of 12,500 man-hours
• Flies regularly on Australian airshow circuit