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    Airframe Family: Boeing B377 / C-97 Stratofreighter
    Latest Model:377MG Mini Guppy
    Construction Number:15937
    Last Civil Registration:N422AU
    Compressed ID:Aero Spacelines 377MG cn 15937 cr N...
    Latest Owner or Location:Port of Tillamook Bay, Tillamook, OR

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a 377-10-26.

    11 August 1949

    First flight.

    8 September 1949

    To Pan American World Airlines with new c/r N1073V.
    Operated with markings: CLIPPER FLEETWINGS

    Circa 1960

    Withdrawn from use.
    Placed in storage at New York.

    4 August 1960

    To Boeing.
    Purchased by Boeing.

    September 1960

    To Lee Mansdorf and Company with new c/r N1037V.

    Circa 1963

    To Aero Spacelines keeping c/r N1037V.

    Converted to a 377MG by Aero Spacelines.

    24 May 1967

    First flight.
    First flight as a Mini Guppy.

    June 1967

    To American Jet Industries keeping c/r N1037V.

    25 November 1969

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1037V (377MG, 15937) issued.

    30 September 1974


    Photographer: eLaReF
    Notes: At Van Nuys Airport in California

    By 9 October 1977

    To American Jet Industries with new c/r N422AJ.

    9 October 1977

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number LAX78IA001: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 04:04 hours. There was minor damage. Incident occurred at the Van Nuys Airport, Van Nuys, CA. The flight departed from Payne, WA, with the destination Houston, TX. Ground looped or water swerved during the landing rollout. Collided with a parked aircraft during the landing rollout. The emergency circumstances included; precautionary landing on airport and suspected mechanical discrepancy...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    July 1981

    To Aero Union keeping c/r N422AJ.


    Photographer: Tom Irwin


    Photographer: Tom Irwin


    Photographer: Tom Irwin


    Photographer: Tom Irwin


    Photographer: Tom Irwin
    Notes: I worked on this when I was young

    11 April 1997

    To Erickson Group Ltd, Beaverton, OR with new c/r N422AU.

    To Tillamook Air Museum, Tillamook Airport (OTK), Tillamook, OR.
    View the Location Dossier

    24 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Tillamook Air Museum

    24 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Tillamook Air Museum

    24 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Tillamook Air Museum

    18 January 2017

    To Port of Tillamook Bay, Tillamook, OR keeping c/r N422AU.


    Photographer: Ed Wells


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Tillmook, OR.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
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     Terry Fletcher
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