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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-1329 / C-140 Jetstar
    Latest Model:C-140B-LM Jetstar
    Last Military Serial:61-2490 USAF
    Construction Number:5024
    Latest Owner or Location:LBJ Ranch Airport (JCY), Stonewall, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-140B-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA, USA.

    Circa 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-2490.

    July 1970


    Photographer: Ray Pittman via MNANG Museum
    Notes: Photographed during a visit to Minneapolis-St. Paul IAP from Robert Channing Seamans Jr. (then Secretary of the USAF)

    22 April 1987

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number CL0004.

    8 April 1998

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number CL0009.

    22 July 2009


    Photographer: Russ Whitlock
    Notes: 2009 Photo as stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson. Plane set to be transferred to National Park Service at LBJ Ranch, Texas

    Circa 2010

    To Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, Fredericksburg, TX.
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    To LBJ Ranch Airport (JCY), Stonewall, TX.
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    8 July 2010


    Photographer: Russ Whitlock
    Notes: Undergoing exterior restoration at Straubes in Kingman, AZ

    8 August 2010


    Photographer: Russ Whitlock
    Notes: Brigadier General James U. Cross (retired) stands with the JetStar he piloted for President Johnson. The photo was taken on the LBJ Ranch taxiway with Texas White House in background.

    8 August 2010


    Photographer: Russ Whitlock
    Notes: JetStar returns to the LBJohnson Ranch, Texas where it will be on permanent display. The aircraft served President Johnson and later Presidents until 1978


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