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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:C-69-5-LO Constellation
    Last Military Serial:42-94549 USAF
    Construction Number:1970
    Last Civil Registration:N90831
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-69-5-LO.

    28 April 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 42-94549.

    From August 1945 to March 1946

    Leased to Trans World Airlines.

    1 October 1948

    To Trans World Airlines with new c/r N90831.
    Operated with markings: Star of Switzerland

    30 March 1961

    Damaged.
    The left main gear retracted while parked on the ramp at Las Vegas.

    13 April 1961

    To Hacienda Hotel/Las Vegas Hacienda Inc, Las Vegas, NV keeping c/r N90831.
    Acquired in damaged condition.

    Repaired.
    Repaired using left wing of c/n 2074 c/r N9409H.

    July 1962

    Leased to World Wide Airlines.

    Circa June 1963

    Leased to Consolidated Airlines.

    Circa June 1963

    Leased to Standard Airways.

    April 1964

    Leased to Dellair.

    To Trans World Insurance Brokers keeping c/r N90831.

    Placed in storage at Long Beach, CA, by Trans World.

    July 1965

    To Hacienda Hotel/Las Vegas Hacienda Inc, Las Vegas, NV keeping c/r N90831.

    From Circa September 1965 to Circa December 1965

    Painted in Air Belize International markings, but never operated by the airline.

    December 1965

    To McCullough Properties Inc, Lake Havasu City keeping c/r N90831.

    May 1970

    To Allied Aircraft Sales keeping c/r N90831.

    May 1970

    To Southwestern Skyways Sales keeping c/r N90831.

    June 1970

    To Southwestern Skyways keeping c/r N90831.

    23 June 1970

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from Lake Havasu City, AZ, to Tucson International Airport, AZ.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Circa 28 July 1970

    Certificate of airworthiness for N90831 (49-46, 1970) issued.

    28 July 1970

    To Southerstern Skyways Inc, Albuquerque, NM with new c/r N90831.

    5 February 1971

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from Tucson International Airport to Davis Monthan AFB, both in Tucson, AZ.

    April 1971

    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    10 July 1972

    Civil registration, N90831, cancelled.

    23 September 1974


    Photographer: eLaReF
    Notes: At Pima County Air Museum - in Lake Havasu City colours

    From 1977 to February 1980

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: TWA, TRANS WORLD AIRLINE, TWA, 517, N90831
    Returned by TWA volunteers.

    25 September 1980


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1980 photo at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ - of a TWA Lockheed C-69 (L-049) Constellation

    15 March 1982


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at Tucson, AZ.

    March 1990


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pima Air Museum.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: This is the only surviving C-69.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Ralph M. Pettersens Constellation Survivors Website by Ralph M. Pettersen
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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    Mike Henniger
    Phil Rademacher

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