| 05MAY39 |
Export
CofA No E-5047 issued.
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| 09MAY39 |
Construction
completed at Burbank.
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| 15MAY39 |
Delivered
to Aer Lingus Teoranta.
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| 23JUN39 |
Added
to the Irish Register as EI-ABV.
|
| 10NOV39 |
Irish
CofA issued.
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| 20MAR40 |
Australian
Ministerial approval granted for Guinea Airways Ltd to import two
Lockheed 14s. Approval was also given for the aircraft to carry Australian
markings on their delivery flights to expedite diplomatic clearances.
Aircraft were to be purchased through W.S. Shackleton Ltd of London.
|
| 13APR40 |
Registration
application from Guinea Airways Ltd. Subsequently VH-ADW was allocated.
|
| 17APR40 |
GAL
pilots departed Adelaide to collect the aircraft.
|
| 15MAY40 |
Added
to the Australian Register as VH-ADW.
|
| 25MAY40 |
Struck
off the Irish Register on sale to Australia.
|
| 29MAY40 |
The
two L-14s departed Dublin on delivery to Australia. The aircraft were
painted in camouflage with black Australian registrations underlined
with blue/white/red stripes.
|
| 09JUN40 |
Both
L-14s arrived at Parafield in the record flying time of 65.5 hours.
|
| 40 |
The
aircraft entered service on the Adelaide-Darwin courier run named
"Darwin".
|
| 27AUG40 |
Re-registered
VH-AEW at the request of GAL to prevent confusion with MMA's Electra
VH-ABW as both aircraft regularly operated into Darwin.
|
| 12DEC41 |
The
port undercarriage collapsed at Alice Springs.
|
| 06NOV42 |
The
aircraft was landed wheels up 1.5 miles from Alice Springs. The damage
was quickly repaired.
|
| 43 |
The
aircraft suffered many forced landings without damage while engaged
on the Adelaide-Darwin courier run.
|
| 08MAY44 |
While
operating a scheduled Guinea Airways flight from Adelaide to Port
Lincoln, the aircraft diverted to Cleve, S.A. owing to a storm and
rain at its destination. Capt J. Chapman and F/O L.E. Schubert. (NAA
via G. Goodall)
|
| 08OCT45 |
The
aircraft had an accident at Darwin. No further details known.
|
| 02JAN46 |
Leased
to Australian National Airways for Brisbane-Cairns services for a
time.
|
| 16APR47 |
CofA
expired. To be renewed later for charter use by by Guinea Airways.
|
| 22SEP49 |
CofA
lapsed and aircraft withdrawn from service at Parafield.
|
| 03JUL51 |
Noted
stored behind the Department of Aircraft Production hangars at Parafield.
|
| 06AUG51 |
Struck
off the Register.
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| SEP51 |
Sold
to Browns Scrap Metal, Croydon, Adelaide and broken up in their yard.
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