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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-14/15/18 / B-34 / C-56 C-60 / PV / R5O
    Latest Model:L-18 Lodestar
    Last Military Serial:BW445 RAF
    Construction Number:18-6124
    Last Civil Registration:N41CW
    Latest Owner or Location:Sanders Aeronautics, Eagles Nest Airport, Ione, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-29-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, CA.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-23307.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n BW445 as a Hudson IIIA.
    Remained in USA and Canada.

    To unknown owner with c/r N880V.

    From By 1949 to By 1954

    To Arctic Airlines, Edmonton, AB with new c/r CF-ESJ.

    April 1954

    To Gordon B. Hamilton Co, Tucson, AZ with new c/r N4980V.

    From November 1954 to By 1955

    To Thomas H. Peterson, Tucson, AZ keeping c/r N4980V.

    From November 1955 to By 1959

    To Giddings Lewis MacHine Tool Co, Fond du Lac, WI keeping c/r N4980V.

    Contracted to Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson, AZ for work on the airframe.
    Hamilton contracted to for the rebuild.

    10 December 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4980V (18-56, 6124) issued.

    December 1956

    Converted to a L-18.
    Completed as a Model 18 Lodestar.

    January 1960

    To Jack Adams Aircraft Sales, Walls, MS with new c/r N41CW.

    From January 1960 to By 1964

    To Stringair Corp./Edward L. Stringfellow, Leeds, AL keeping c/r N41CW.

    August 1964

    Contracted to Aerodyne Engineering Corp, Dallas, TX for work on the airframe.
    Executive windows and an extended tailcone was installed.

    From 16 September 1964 to By 1965

    To Stringair Corp, Leeds, AL with new c/r N880V.

    June 1965

    To Robert I. Ingalls keeping c/r N880V.

    From 1965 to By 1966

    To Jefferson County Board, Education, AL keeping c/r N880V.

    January 1966

    To Lackey Aero Corp keeping c/r N880V.

    February 1966

    To James W. Gentle Ernest L. Jordan keeping c/r N880V.

    From February 1966 to By 1972

    To McMartin Industry, Omaha, NE keeping c/r N880V.

    14 April 1972

    To Duncan Aviation Inc, Omaha, NE keeping c/r N880V.

    Circa 18 October 1972

    Certificate of airworthiness for N880V (18-56, 6124) issued.

    18 October 1972

    To Hawkins Powers Aviation Inc, Greybull, WY keeping c/r N880V.

    21 September 1979


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: No Learjets for Hawkins and Power ! Lockheed L.18 Lodestar N880V with executive modifications was the Hawkins and Power company transport. Interestingly, this aircraft was built as a wartime RAF Hudson, became a Canadian airliner, then was one of a batch of Hudsonfuselages rebuilt by Hamilton Aircraft at Tucson, Arizona as L.18s for executive conversions with new wings

    From By 1987 to By 1997

    Withdrawn from use and placed in open storage at Greybull.

    29 April 1989


    Photographer: Paul J. Hooper
    Notes: Photograph taken at Greybull, WY.

    From By 1995 to By 1997

    Restored.
    Work carried out at Greybull. Executive interior restored and finished in a bronze and white paint scheme.

    4 August 1997


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Scanned from my 1997 photo taken at Greybull

    From 24 August 2000 to By 2006

    To D G Inc, Greybull, WY keeping c/r N880V.

    Withdrawn from use at Greybull.

    2006

    Sold at the Hawkins and Powers closing down auction at Greybull, WY.

    October 2006

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from Greybull, WY, to California.

    5 October 2006

    To unknown owner with c/r N880V.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Westlake Village, CA.

    28 November 2006

    To Ironworker Supply Inc, Westlake Village, CA with new c/r N41CW.

    2008

    To Wirraway Aviation Museum/Stephen Searle, Kallangur, QLD keeping c/r N41CW.

    Restored.
    Overhauled at Gainesville, TX.

    From 29 March 2008 to 5 April 2008

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from Gainsville, TX, to Chino, CA.

    By November 2009

    Based at Buckeye Municipal Airport, Buckeye, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    1 January 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N880V (18-56, 6124) issued.

    Delivery to Australia pending.

    22 August 2010


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: Shot at Camarillo Airport

    23 November 2010

    To unknown owner.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Los Angeles, CA.

    19 January 2011

    To Wirraway Aviation, Los Angeles, CA keeping c/r N41CW.

    12 October 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Mustang Days at the Nutree Airport in Vacaville, CA.

    12 October 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Mustang Days at the Nutree Airport in Vacaville, CA.

    11 March 2015

    Civil registration, N41CW, cancelled.

    8 March 2017

    To Galloway Chris, Knights Landing, CA with new c/r N41CW.

    Based at Camarillo Airport, Camarillo, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    19 June 2020

    To Dennis R. Sanders, Ione, CA keeping c/r N41CW.

    5 November 2020


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Sanders Aeronautics, Eagles Nest Airport, Ione, CA.

    Based at Sanders Aeronautics, Eagles Nest Airport, Ione, CA.
    View the Location Dossier


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

    Print Sources
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Ruud Leeuw.com by Ruud Leeuw
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee amp; Wood

    Individual Contributors
    Mike Henniger

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