Aircraft Photo of N31G | Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar | AirHistory.net #801399
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N31G
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 18 Lodestar
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed 18 Lodestar
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar
C/n (msn):18-2302
Location
City / Airport:Houston - William P HobbyMap
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KHOU   IATA: HOU   Local: HOU   Other: -
Collection:The 1940 Air Terminal Museum
 
Photo Date:19 March 2025
Photo by:Gary Vincent
Photo ID: 801399
Photo Comment

WWII C-60A 42-55897 was sold via the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to fly with TACA as YS-25. A business aircraft (Grubb Oil NC4495N) after 1948 and later with Lucerne Corp, Delhi Oil and Executive Aircraft Services where it was registered N67K in 1956. To Columbia Gas Transmission as N31G in 1956, it had some Howard upgrades in 1959. The aircraft was donated to the Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society in 2003 and is displayed at their 1940 Air Terminal Museum.

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

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