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Post subject: C-69 Connie, Spirit of Bataan, ferried to Chino Cal  Posted: 14 Jan 2016, 17:43 |
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The Connie that Gen Douglas MacArthur used in Korea, and Brought him home when President Truman fired him, just landed at Chino Cal after a ferry flight from Casa Grande AZ.
It has been recently sold to Warbird collector Rod Lewis and will receive maintenance at Steve Hinton's Fighter Rebuilders Shop.
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Post subject: Re: C-69 Connie, Spirit of Bataan, ferried to Chino Cal Posted: 14 Jan 2016, 17:50 |
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Photo from Chris Fahey on FB when it shut down.
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Post subject: Re: C-69 Connie, Spirit of Bataan, ferried to Chino Cal Posted: 14 Jan 2016, 18:26 |
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Username Protected wrote: CMA gets another Connie, eh?
IIRC, the EC-121 (spyplane) departed in 2012, headed for permanent static display @ CNO. The EC-121 is in the Yanks Collection.
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Post subject: Re: C-69 Connie, Spirit of Bataan, ferried to Chino Cal Posted: 15 Jan 2016, 13:45 |
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Dang, Forgot this was built Post War. WWII had 20 produced as the C-69, Lockheed 049. Last time it flew was more than 10 yrs ago. This is actually a C121A, 749 model. After the Berlin Airlift it was converted to a VC-121A with an Executive Interior and was assigned to Gen Douglas McArthur. Now apart of the Lewis Air Legends Collection. http://planesoffame.org/index.php?mact= ... turnid=128
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