Aircraft Photo of 53-548 / 30548 | Lockheed EC-121T Warning Star | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #762100
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:53-548
Alternate Serial:30548
Other Marks:CK218
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 49 Constellation
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed EC-121T Warning Star
C/n (msn):1049A-4363
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location
City / Area:Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Collection:Pima Air and Space Museum
 
Photo Date:12 October 1985
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 762100
Photo Comment

Delivered to the USAF as RC-121D 53-548 in 1955. Later converted to an EC-121D then to an EC-121T. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB in 1978. To the Pima Air Museum in 1981 then to the Confederate Air Force as N543GF in 1995 and flew to Camarillo, CA. To the Yanks Air Museum in 2006 and made its last flight from Camarillo, CA to Chino, CA in 2012.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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