History:

55	Built as L-1049E-55 but converted to L-1049E-82-140 on the production line.
14NOV55	CofR No 2828 issued to Qantas Empire Airways as VH-EAD.
14NOV55	First flown.
18NOV55	Accepted by Qantas as VH-EAD "Southern Dawn".
22NOV55	Export CofA No E-27699 issued.
23NOV55	Departed Burbank on delivery to Sydney via Honolulu and Nadi.
26NOV55	Arrived Sydney. Flying Time 29:15. Total Time 36:12.
04JAN56	Entered service (to Tokyo).
24FEB56	Departed Sydney for Adelaide where the aircraft performed 6 courtesy flights. VH-EAD was the first L-1049 to land at Adelaide. (Capt R. Uren).
02MAR56	Departed Sydney on the inaugural Express Service to London via Darwin, Singapore, Calcutta, Karachi, Cairo and Rome. Seating configuration was 43 first class. Flying time was 54:30.
12MAY57	Withdrawn from service for fitment of weather radar.
	Converted to L-1049E/01-82, probably at this time.
09JUN57	Returned to service.
01DEC57	Withdrawn from service for conversion to L-1049G/02-82 and fitment of tip tanks.
22DEC57	Returned to service.
08FEB60	Departed Sydney for Darwin on last Qantas service.
10FEB60	Cancelled from Australian Register.
08MAR60	Sold to Lockheed as N9721C.
14MAR60	Lockheed acceptance flight. Total Time 12,505:46. Landings 2,393.
15MAR60	Departed Sydney on delivery to Burbank.
16MAR60	Arrived Burbank. (Capt W.A. Killingworth)
60	Leased to Twentieth Century Airlines as N9721C.
61	Stored at Lockheed Aircraft Service, Ontario.
20MAY62	Sold to Trans-International Airlines and later re-registered N9751C.
19JUN63	Leased to Standard Airways for the summer.
OCT63	Returned to Trans-International by this date. Later leased briefly to Capitol Airways (unconfirmed).
JUL68	Sold to California Airmotive.
AUG68	Withdrawn from service and stored at Oakland by this date until at least APR69.
NOV69	Flown to Fox Field, Lancaster, California for storage by this date.
70	Cancelled from U.S. Register.
MAY71	Only fuselage remained by this date. Subsequently scrapped.

Issue	Date	Remarks
5	20JAN25	Added an image of the aircraft prior to the fitment of weather radar. Thanks to the John Hopton Collection via the CAHS.
4	03AUG22	Added two images thanks to Eric Allen. VH-EAD N9721C
3	25FEB16	Revised presentation of type.
2	23DEC15	Added two images thanks to the Qantas Heritage Collection. Image 1 Image 2
1	03JAN00	Original issue.

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