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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:L-1049G Super Constellation
    Construction Number:4581
    Last Civil Registration:N11SR
    Compressed ID:Lockheed L-1049G cn 4581 cr N11SR
    Latest Owner or Location:Lanzair Ltd/Duncan Baker

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    Dates

    Event

    1955

    Constructed as a L-1049E.
    Lockheed 1049G 4581

    4 March 1955

    To Qantas with new c/r VH-EAB.

    July 1960

    Converted to a L-1049G.

    July 1960

    Converted to Freighter.

    27 March 1963

    To Airmotive Llc with new c/r N9715C.

    31 July 1964

    To Airmotive Llc with new c/r N93164.

    7 December 1964

    Certificate of airworthiness for N11SR (1049G, 4581) issued.

    7 September 1966

    To California Airmotive Corporation with new c/r N4192A.

    March 1968

    To Trancontinental Airlines with new c/r ZP-TBV.

    23 August 1968

    To Lee J. Matherne with new c/r N442LM.

    August 1970


    Photographer: Malcolm Nason
    Notes: At Shannon Airport

    24 September 1970

    To Lance W. Dreyer with new c/r N11SR.

    To PM Leasing Inc, London Swi keeping c/r N11SR.

    28 March 1975

    To Lanzair Ltd/Duncan Baker keeping c/r N11SR.

    23 November 1975


    Photographer: Carl Ford
    Notes: At Coventry in the UK

    July 1976

    Seized by Kuwait authorities.

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    - became derelict, It was then used for fire and training purposes and its condition deteriorated, made worse in 1991 when it was significantly damaged during the Gulf War and lay in pieces.However the remains were gifted in 2007 to Australias Historic Aircraft Restoration Society on behalf of the Qantas Founders Museum in Longreach, Queensland. The museum decided to salvage what was left, and around 30 parts (including a complete wingtip and a fuselage section) were recovered in 2018 and flown to Sydney on a Qantas Airbus A380.

    26 June 2009

    Civil registration, N11SR, cancelled.
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     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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