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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-49/L-649/L-749/L-1049/L-1649/C-69 Constellation / C-121 Super Constellation / WV Warning Star / Starliner
    Latest Model:VC-121A Super Constellation
    Last Military Serial:48-0611 USAF
    Construction Number:2603
    Last Civil Registration:HI-393
    Compressed ID:Lockheed VC-121A sn 48-0611 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:De Las Americas International Airport, Andres, Santo Domingo

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a VC-121A.

    31 December 1948

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 48-0611.

    April 1968

    Withdrawn from use.
    At Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona.

    17 June 1971

    To Kolar Inc.

    23 September 1971

    To Aerotech Inc.

    26 March 1973

    To Aviation Specialities Inc with new c/r N611AS.

    1976

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Mesa, Arizona.

    October 1979


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Aircraft Specialties Inc used Lockheed Constellations for large-scale spraying, often working in formations for maximum coverage. Their Constellations had annual deployments to Canada to spray forests against budworm. N611AS at Mesa

    29 April 1981

    To Globe Air Inc, Mesa, AZ keeping c/r N611AS.

    20 November 1981

    To Rafael O. Belliard keeping c/r N611AS.

    Circa December 1981

    To Aerolineas Argo SA with new c/r HI-393.

    1 December 1981

    Civil registration, N611AS, cancelled.
    Exported to Dominican Republ.

    February 1983

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    At Santo Domingo, Sominican Republic.

    To de Las Americas International Airport, Andres, Santo Domingo.
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    April 1988


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: HI-393 - Lockheed L-749A Constellation (C-121A) - Argo S.A. at Santo Domingo (SDQ) in April 1988

    15 November 1992


    Photographer: Peter M. Garwood
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