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    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:L-749 Constellation
    Construction Number:2561
    Last Civil Registration:N9744Z
    Compressed ID:Lockheed L-749 cn 2561 cr N9744Z
    Latest Owner or Location:California Airmotive Company

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-749.

    3 October 1947

    To Lineas Aeropostal Venezolana with new c/r YV-C-AMU.
    Operated with markings: Antonio Jose de Sucre

    May 1948


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: YV-C-AMU at Newark, NJ in May 1948

    1 January 1958

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    And stored at New York, Idlewild.

    To California Airmotive Company with new c/r N9744Z.

    August 1963

    Scrapped.
    At Hartford, CT - still as YV-C-AMU.
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