A67-1

Type: L-18-56 Lodestar C-60A-5-LO
Msn: 2508
Previous Identities:

  • 42-56035
Subsequent Identities:
  • VHRAA (callsign)
  • ZK-AOP
  • N4646V
  • N16L
  • N789F
  • N780F (bogus)

History:


To USAAF as C-60A-5-LO serial 42-56035
22JUL43 Delivered ex Lockheed. (Source: MAC Air Case 200. NAA via Gordon Birkett)
10AUG43 Arrived Long Beach. (Source: MAC Air Case 200. NAA via Gordon Birkett)
15AUG43 Departed Long Beach. (Source: MAC Air Case 200. NAA via Gordon Birkett)
23AUG43 Received by 3AD RAAF Amberley as A67-1
01SEP43 Allocated callsign VHRAA
08SEP43 Received by 37 Sqn
25FEB44 Forced landing at Laverton due engine failure
01OCT46 Into storage at 7AD Tocumwal
22JAN47 Sold to NZNAC for £1,900. (Date also recorded as 31JAN47)
05FEB47 Issued to purchaser
47 Entered service with NZNAC as ZK-AOP "Koropio"
52 Sold to Butler Corp as N4646V
Re-registered N789F to Mason Inc., Detroit
01JAN67 Passed from Parker-Ranson Aircraft Sales Company of Houston to Fidelity Bank and Trust Company
NOV68 Sold to W.C. Windsor as N789F
77 Noted in Florida carrying the bogus registration N780F. The aircraft had been recently impounded for drug running.
18AUG80 Registered to Summit Quarries Inc, Summit Station, PA as N789F


Issue Date Remarks
4 24JUN06
Added delivery details thanks to Gordon Birkett.
3 16APR99 -





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