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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-49/L-649/L-749/L-1049/L-1649/C-69 Constellation / C-121 Super Constellation / WV Warning Star / Starliner
    Latest Model:EC-121K Warning Star
    Last Military Serial:141297 USN
    Construction Number:4421
    Compressed ID:Lockheed EC-121K sn 141297 USN cn 4...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, Georgia

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as a WV-2.

    1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 141297.

    1962

    Redesignated as EC-121K.

    March 1965

    Converted to a YEC-121K.

    By July 1966

    Converted to an EC-121K.

    Transferred to Navy Research Lab, NAS Patuxent River, MD.

    Markings Applied: 297, NRL

    1977


    Photographer: Ray Hanson
    Notes: Taken at NAS Brunswick, ME in 1077

    1 August 1979

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 5C0108.
    USN Inventory.

    9 September 1982

    New serial number assigned: CK0224 MASDC
    USAF Inventory.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to WR-ALC/MU, Robins AFB, GA.

    20 November 1987

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, GA.
    Flown to the museum in USAF markings by Save-A-Connie crew.
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    By April 1988


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at the Museum of Aviation in Macon, GA.

    12 March 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    12 March 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    By 2007

    Markings Applied: 141297
    In USAF markings with the USN BuNo.

    18 February 2007


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, Georgia, United States
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Ralph M. Pettersens Constellation Survivors Website by Ralph M. Pettersen
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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