Undergoing maintenance at home base, shortly after having been painted with its original yellow NACA tail markings. Built as B-29 45-21787. Transferred to US Navy as P2B-1S BuNo. 84029. Previously used as inflight launch aircraft for the D-558-II SkyRocket.

Preserved at the Western Aerospace Museum which is now called the Oakland Aviation Museum.

Johnson Flying Service is best known for its Ford Tri-Motors and the US Forest Service "Smoke Jumpers", but they also operated this C-46 and a DC-3 out of Missoula, Montana. For those who look at backgrounds - that is an Oakland Navy Reserve Lockheed PV-2.

Handed over to the RAF in May 1941, but remained based at Albuquerque, NM for training of RAF pilots by TWA instructors. Damaged in a landing accident in Jun 1941. Rebuilt as an RLB-30 with a solid keel (no bomb bay doors) and loaned to Consolidated for pax & cargo flights between their production plants in the USA. Operated with USAAF roundels as seen here, but reason unknown as still British-owned. Ownership transferred to Consolidated and registered to them as NL24927 on 1 Apr 1947. Sold to the Continental Can Company as an executive aircraft on 10 Nov 1948 as N1503. Became XC-CAY with PEMEX on 4 Nov 1959, then to N12905 with the Confederate Air Force in Jun 1968. Reregistered N24927 in Oct 1990 and was still flying as such by 2019.

This really was US Navy 159301 painted to represent A-7D 70-0945.

Oh how I would have loved this one clear of clutter and in sun! This airline lasted all of 89 days from 22 Nov 1985 until 19 Feb 1986. This aircraft had been with them only from 13 Jan 1986. The aircraft later went to American Airlines as N167AA and then Federal Express as N559FE.

Sold in Indonesia as PK-RLF in 1980

Also operated on seasonal leases in Europe with Star Air/UPS as OY-UPB. Retired early 2003

Acquired ex Air Canada C-FTLP. Later to USAir as N914VJ. Retired Jan 98.

Became N995UA with United Airlines in Jun 86. From May 2004 it went on adventures to Indonesia operating with four different airlines. Retired circa 2011-2012.

To 9Q-CVS Serve Air Cargo Dec 2008 as 9Q-CVS. Re-reg 9S-AVS Sep 2017. Reported as still active 2020.