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    Airframe Family: Martin 4-0-4
    Latest Model:4-0-4
    Construction Number:14233
    Last Civil Registration:N259S
    Compressed ID:Martin 4-0-4 cn 14233 cr N259S
    Latest Owner or Location:The Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum, Martin State Airport, Baltimore, Maryland

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    Dates

    Event

    1952

    Constructed as a 4-0-4.

    1952

    To Eastern Air Lines with new c/r N485A.
    Operated with markings: 485

    1964

    To Southern Airways with new c/r N259S.
    Operated with markings: 118

    1976

    To Shawnee Airlines keeping c/r N259S.

    1976


    Photographer: David.P.Henderson
    Notes: Martin 404s joined the fleet in 1976 and were used on lucrative routes to the Bahamas.

    1977

    To Florida Airlines keeping c/r N259S.
    Markings added: City of Ft. Lauderdale

    6 July 1979


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1979 photo at Sarasota - Bradenton of a Martin 4-0-4 of Florida Airlines

    1980

    To Ocean Airways keeping c/r N259S.

    1986

    To Systems International Airways keeping c/r N259S.

    1989

    Withdrawn from use.
    At Bartow, Florida.

    Circa 1990


    Photographer: Tom Tessier

    February 1991


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: 1991 photo - stored at Bartow Airport, Florida

    To The Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum, Martin State Airport, Baltimore, MD.
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