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Constructed as a C-121. |
January 1949 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 48-0613.
The delivery date is provided. |
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Flew the Westover AFB to Rhein-Main route in support of the Berlin Airlift. |
1950 |
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Converted to a VC-121A. |
From September 1950 to April 1951 |
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Markings Applied: Bataan
Fitted with APS-10 weather radar. |
From 1952 to 1953 |
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Markings Applied: Bataan
Served as the VIP transport for General MacArthur. |
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Transferred to 6486th CLM Squadron, HQ, Pacific Air Command.
Continued to serve as a VIP transport. |
18 January 1966 |
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Transferred to Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ. |
January 1966 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force. |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 422. |
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Transferred to National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Center, Greenbelt, MD.
Used in support of the Apollo lunar landing program. |
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NASA removed the VIP interior and installed instrumentation for use in the support of the Apollo space program. |
25 June 1969 |
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Assigned civil registration: N422NA (C-121A, 2605) |
25 June 1969 |
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To National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, MD keeping c/r N422NA. |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Retired. |
10 March 1970 |
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Ferry flight. Delivered to United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, AL.
Flown to the museum.
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11 May 1970 |
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Civil registration, N422NA, cancelled. |
29 June 1990 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: At US Army Avn Museum Fort Rucker Alabama |
29 June 1990 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: At US Army Avn Museum Fort Rucker Alabama |
1993 |
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Photographer: Tom Tessier
Notes: At Chino Airport, CA |
7 May 1993 |
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Declared surplus by the Army. |
7 May 1993 |
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To Air Museum, Chino, CA with new c/r N422NA. |
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Made airworthy at Fort Rucker. |
23 June 1993 |
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Ferry flight.
Ferried from Fort Rucker to Dothan, AL. |
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Restored.
Additional restoration work carried out at Dothan, AL. |
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Ferry flight.
Moved from Dothan, AL, to Addison, TX. |
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Restored.
Restoration of the interior took place here. |
From 3 December 1994 to 3 December 1994 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown from Addison, TX, to Avra Valley, AZ, and onto Chino, CA. |
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Operated by Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
View the Location Dossier |
27 April 1995 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NX422NA (C-121, 48-613) issued. |
Circa 27 April 1995 |
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Ferry flight.
Moved from Chino, CA, to Valle, AZ. |
March 1998 |
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Photographer: Wayne Gomes
Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Valle, AZ. |
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To Planes of Fame-Grand Canyon, Valle Airport, Grand Canyon, AZ.
View the Location Dossier |
5 June 2011 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: At Valle |
5 June 2011 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: At Valle |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
11 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
April 2015 |
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To Lewis Air Legends/Rod Lewis, Lewis Ranch Airport, San Antonio, TX.
View the Location Dossier |
14 January 2016 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown from Valle, AZ, to Chino, CA. |
19 February 2016 |
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To Spitfire Aircraft Llc, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N422NA. |
15 March 2021 |
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To unknown owner with c/r N422NA.
Sale reported to a new owner in San Antonio, TX. |
30 December 2021 |
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To unknown owner with c/r N422NA.
Sale reported to a new owner in San Antonio, TX. |
18 March 2022 |
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To Air Legends Foundation, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N422NA. |
6 May 2023 |
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Cassidy Cristello comments (7 May 2023): Video posted to the Lewis Air Legends Instagram page showing Bataan with all four engines running, she is scheduled to fly at EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2023. |
27 July 2023 |
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Photographer: Reinhard Jost
Notes: N422NA arriving at AirVenture 2023, Oshkosh, WI |
9 September 2023 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the National Championship Air Races at Stead Field, near Reno, NV. |
9 September 2023 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the National Championship Air Races at Stead Field, near Reno, NV. |
9 September 2023 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the National Championship Air Races at Stead Field, near Reno, NV. |
9 September 2023 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the National Championship Air Races at Stead Field, near Reno, NV. |
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