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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-188 / P-3 / CP-140
    Latest Model:L-188A Electra
    Last Military Serial:0693 ARA
    Construction Number:1122
    Last Civil Registration:N6131A
    Compressed ID:Lockheed L-188A sn 0693 ARA cn 1122...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aldo Bonzi, Buenos Aires

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    Dates

    Event

    1960

    Constructed as a L-188A.
    LOCKHEED 188A 188A1122

    17 February 1960

    To American Airlines with new c/r N6131A.
    Operated with markings: Flagship Little Rock

    23 May 1972

    To McCulloch International Airlines, Long Beach, CA keeping c/r N6131A.

    27 December 1973

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armada de la Republica Argentina with s/n 0693 and operated with these markings: 5-T-3.

    18 January 1974

    Civil registration, N6131A, cancelled.
    Exported to Argentina.

    1995

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Ezeiza.

    2006

    Based at Aldo Bonzi, Buenos Aires.
    Operated with markings: 5-T-3
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    9 March 2008


    Photographer: David Osborn
    Notes: 2008 photo before restoration in Buenos Aires

    10 October 2012


    Photographer: David Osborn
    Notes: Displayed in the Mantanza District of Buenos Aires
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