VH-EAL Southern Breeze
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| Type: | L-1049E-55-118
Super Constellation L-1049E/01-55 Super Constellation (converted) L-1049G/02-82 Super Constellation (converted?) |
| MSN: | 4574 |
| Subsequent Identities: | N9719C OB-R-741 N9719C |
History:
| 54 | Built as L-1049E-55 for Northwest Orient Airlines but completed as L-1049E-55-118 for Qantas. |
| 24SEP54 | CofR No 2806 issued to Qantas Empire Airways as VH-EAL. |
| 22JAN55 | First flown. |
| 26JAN55 | Accepted by Qantas as VH-EAL "Southern Breeze". Total Time: 8:57. Was to be named "Southern Wind". More details. |
| 27JAN55 | Export CofA E-27661 issued. |
| 29JAN55 | Departed Burbank on delivery to Sydney via Honolulu and Nadi. |
| 31JAN55 | Arrived Sydney. Flight Time: 29:25. Total Time: 38:22. |
| 16FEB55 | Entered service (to London). |
| 56 | Converted to L-1049E/01-55. |
| 17APR57 | Withdrawn from service for "C" overhaul and fitment of weather radar. |
| Possibly converted to L-1049G/02-82 at this time. | |
| 15OCT59 | Departed Sydney on its last Qantas service (to Port Moresby). |
| 10NOV59 | Cancelled from the Australian Register and sold to Lockheed as N9719C. Total Time: 13,990:28. Landings: 3,044. |
| 11NOV59 | Departed Sydney on delivery to Ontario, California. (Capt J.R. Carroll). Stored at Burbank and later leased to Twentieth Century Airlines. |
| 01JUN62 | Leased to Trans International Airlines. |
| 29FEB64 | Sold to LANSA (Peru) as OB-R-741. |
| APR64 | Noted at Long Beach as OB-R-741 ready for delivery to LANSA but never delivered. |
| 09OCT64 | Registration OB-R-741 cancelled. |
| 64 | Sold to West Coast Airmotive Corp (possibly before LANSA sale). |
| 64 | Sold to California Airmotive Corp. |
| 31OCT64 | Sold to American Flyers Airline Corp. |
| 20SEP65 | Damaged on landing at Ardmore, Oklahoma. After a three engine ferry flight the aircraft overshot the wet runway into ditches. The accident was attributed to a poorly planned approach. The aircraft was declared a write-off and used for spares. |
| AUG66 | Last reported at Ardmore. Presumably subsequently broken up. |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 6 | 21JAN25 |
Added
an image from the John Hopton Collection
thanks to the CAHS.
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| 5 | 07NOV23 |
Added
a 1955 image of the aircraft at Darwin
thanks to Maurice Austin of the CAHS.
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| 4 | 25FEB16 |
Revised
presentation of type.
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| 3 | 20AUG15 |
Added
an image thanks to Peter Gates.
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| 2 | 24JUN01 |
Clarified
use of name "Southern Wind" on this aeroplane.
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