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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-049 Constellation
    Construction Number:1975
    Last Civil Registration:G-AHEJ
    Compressed ID:Lockheed L-049 cn 1975 cr G-AHEJ
    Latest Owner or Location:Vienna, Austria

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-049.

    6 April 1946

    To BOAC with new c/r G-AHEJ.

    To unknown owner with c/r G-AHEJ (LOCKHEED L049-46-26, 1975).

    1946

    Markings Applied: Bristol
    BOAC commenced its services to New York in 1946 with five ex USAAF C-69s and G-AHEJ was named Bristol.

    1 July 1946

    BOAC opened London-Shannon-Gander-New York flights by Lockheed Constellations, the first British civilian flights on the North Atlantic.

    27 May 1955

    To Capital Airlines with new c/r N2740A.

    2 June 1955

    To Capital Airlines Inc, Arlington, VA with new c/r N2740A.

    19 January 1961

    To Falcon Airways, U. K with new c/r G-AHEJ.

    1961


    Photographer: Graham Baker
    Notes: Photographed at Biggin Hill, U.K. prior to being broken up.For further information:http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AHEJ-1.pdfhttp://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AHEJ-2.pdf

    28 February 1961

    Civil registration, N2740A, cancelled.

    12 December 1962

    To Vienna, Austria keeping c/r G-AHEJ.

    Scrapped.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Graham Baker
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