N494TW / 48-0609 ¦ AVW 17.10.1995 - a photo on Flickriver

N494TW / 48-0609 ¦ AVW 17.10.1995

            Lockheed C-121A (L.749A-79) Constellation (c/n 2601)
Vern L. Raburn
Tucson-Avra Valley Airport (AVW/KAVQ)
17 October 1995

Delivered to the USAF as 48-0609 on the last day of 1948 and retired at Davis Monthan in 1968, this Constellation eventually hit the civil market, flying with Christler Flying Service, Beaver Air Spary and Conifair Aviation before being acquired by Mr. John Travolta as N494TW 'Star of Santa Barbara' in 1984, becoming the centerpiece of his passion for aviation.

In 1987, however, he sold the aircraft to Vern L. Raburn of Scottsdale, AZ, who flew it to Tucson-Ryan Field for restoration. After almost a year of works, N494TW emerged in full USAF/Military Air Transport Services (MATS) livery and again wearing the original serial 48-0609. As such it was seen at Tucson-Avra Valley, while on open-air maintenance. The aircraft was used on the airshow circuit, and also paid a rare visit to Zürich in 1998.

Sometime after the Connie was acquired by The Constellation Group, who continued to send it to the airshow circuit, still in MATS colours, and in 2005 United Technologies Corp. of East Hartford, CT, became its last owner, selling the aircraft to South Korea the same year, where it is now on display as HL4003 in Air Korea colours at Jeju-Jeongseok airport. Recent images show it to be still there, parked in the open and in an excellent condition.

Tucson-Avra Valley was sold by Pima county to the city of Marana in 1999, and is now called Marana-Regional Airport. In the nineties Avra was a heaven for propliners, with 15-20 airframes based/stored in various condition, but now is primarily a GA airport.
   

Taken in: United States / Arizona / Marana (show map)

Taken on: October 17, 1995

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