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"Bataan"
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Serial #: 48-613 Construction #: 2605 Civil Registration: N422NA Model(s): C-121A VC-121A Name: Bataan Status: Displayed Last info: 2003 |
History: Delivered to USAF as 48-613. - BOC: Jan. 1949. - SOC: - Converted to VC-121A, 1950. - Personal aircraft of General MacArthur as "Bataan", Sept. 1950-Apr. 1951. - Personal aircraft of General Ridgeway, 1952-1953. - VIP Transport, Pacific Air Command HQ, 1953-1965. - Stored, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, Jan. 1966. NASA, Goddard Space Center, Greenbelt, MD, June 1966-1969. - Flown as NASA422. - Modified as instrument aircraft. - Registered as N422NA. US Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, AL, March 10, 1970-1992. Planes Of Fame Museum, Valle, AZ, 1993-2003. - Registered as N422NA. |
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Source(s): Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2003. Constellation Survivors by Ralph M. Pettersen, Air Classics April 2004. Connie Survivors. Photo Source(s): Fernando G. Ortega Solis. |
