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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-12 / C-40 Electra Junior
    Latest Model:L-12A Electra Junior
    Last Military Serial:7837 RCAF
    Construction Number:1222
    Last Civil Registration:N18125
    Compressed ID:Lockheed L-12A sn 7837 RCAF cn 1222...
    Latest Owner or Location:TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee, North Salt Lake, UT

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-12A.
    Built at Burbank, California by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

    3 June 1937

    To Varney Air Transport with new c/r NC18125.

    To Continental Airlines keeping c/r NC18125.

    1938


    Photographer: Eric Hansen
    Notes: A 1938 photo of a Lockheed Model 10 Electra being re-fueled in front of the Denver Municipal Airport terminal / control tower

    1 October 1940

    To Charles A. Babb keeping c/r NC18125.

    December 1940

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 7837.

    27 December 1945

    To The Texas Company (Texaco) with new c/r NC18125.
    Operated with markings: Texaco #50

    28 April 1948

    To Noble Drilling keeping c/r NC18125.

    After June 1948

    To Tulsa Beechcraft keeping c/r NC18125.

    31 August 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N18125 (12A, 1222) issued.


    Photographer: William T Larkins

    Circa 1966

    To Darden III Colgate W, Lexington, SC with new c/r N18125.

    17 June 1998

    To Darden III Colgate W, Lexington, SC keeping c/r N18125.

    7 March 2007

    Civil registration, N18125, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    25 July 2007

    To Invicta Research Incorporated (Invicta Air), Saint. Catharines, ON with new c/r CF-MZE (12A, 1222).

    25 July 2007

    To Invicta Research Incorporated, Saint. Catharines, ON with new c/r CF-LKD.

    From 2007 to 2012

    Restored.
    By P. Ramm.

    20 July 2010

    To Invicta Research Incorporated, Saint. Catharines, ON keeping c/r CF-LKD.

    October 2010

    To Vance Brand Airport (LMO), Longmont, CO.
    Under restoration.
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    June 2012


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: 2012 photo taken at Hamilton Air Show, Canada

    27 July 2012


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: EAA Airventure 2012

    15 June 2013


    Photographer: Jeff Hunt
    Notes: Seen at Hamilton Ontario

    July 2014


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At 2014 EAA Airventure at Oshkosh

    10 November 2020

    To Aircraft Guaranty Corp Trustee, Oklahoma City, OK with new c/r N18125.

    27 January 2022

    To TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee, North Salt Lake, UT keeping c/r N18125.

    16 January 2023

    Certificate of airworthiness for N18125 (12A, 1222) issued.

    12 June 2023


    Photographer: Fred Taylor
    Notes: N18125 photographed at Duxford, UK on 12 June 2023 while en-route USA to Switzerland.

    18 August 2023


    Photographer: Marco De Luca
    Notes: Picture taken at the ZigAirMeet in Mollis Switzerland.


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