Aviation Photo #0311358 Lockheed NC-121K Warning Star (L-1049A) - USA - Navy

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Aircraft
USA - Navy
Lockheed NC-121K Warning Star (L-1049A)
Reg.: 141292
MSN: 4416
Location & Date
Florence - Regional (City-County) (FLO / KFLO)
South Carolina, USA - May 29, 1993
Caption
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.
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Ralph M. Pettersen
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    Ralph M. Pettersen
    USA - Navy
    Lockheed NC-121K Warning Star (L-1049A)
    Lockheed Constellation/Starliner (C-69/C-121)
    Lockheed Constellation/Starliner (C-69/C-121)
    Lockheed
    4416
    141292
    Florence - Regional (City-County)
    South Carolina
    USA
    May 29, 1993
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Comments (1)

Anonymous
17 years ago
What makes this photo excellent is the nostalgia plastered all over it! flew radar/ecm operator, 2 yrs in mid '50s out of newfoundland across the north atlantic in the wv-2 version. eight years in navy & never on a ship. 1 yr school, 7 yrs flight crew.
don (don-noland@comcast.net)

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