Photographer unknown - Retired Jun 25, 1982, last "Warning Star" flying on active duty.

At this time it was NAS Miramar.

Four years to the month after I took this slide 141292 made the last operational flight of a USN Constellation. The flight was from NAS Key West to the Florence Air Museum in South Carolina. As the museum was next to the airport it was arranged for the a/c to taxi from the closest taxiway across a grass area to the prearranged display spot. The Connie made it part of the way but eventually bogged down. There it sat until the museum closed in October 1997.

Severe fire damage visible on the belly as the result of a grass fire. This aircraft was the last Constellation operated by the US military when the Navy flew it into Florence on June 25, 1982 for display at the Florence Air and Missile Museum.

Former USN NC-121K BuNo 141292. Flew last US military Constellation mission with VAQ-33 on June 11, 1982. Ferried to the Florence Air & Space Museum in Florence, SC two weeks later on June 25th. Museum closed and aircraft essentially abandoned. Engines, landing gear, props, rear cargo door and other parts used for the restoration of L1049E N1005C at the AMC Museum in Dover, DE. Only the forward fuselage survived and is one of three disassembled military Super Constellations stored at Bridgewater.

This aircraft was the last Constellation operated by the US military when the Navy flew it into Florence on June 25, 1982 for display at the Florence Air and Missile Museum. By 1993 its belly and bottom radome had been damaged by a brush fire and it was parked next to a disassembled B-29.

This aircraft was the last Constellation operated by the US military when the Navy flew it into Florence on June 25, 1982 for display at the Florence Air and Missile Museum. By 1993 its belly and bottom radome had been damaged by a brush fire and it was parked next to a disassembled B-29.

This aircraft was the last operational Constellation with the US military. It was flown to Florence in the early 1980's for inclusion in the Florence Air Museum collection but allowed to rot in a field adjacent to the museum. The landing gear and engines were used in the restoration of N1005C at the AMC Museum. Uploaded with permission of Jim Leech, AMC Museum.