This aircraft was built as an L-1049E-55-81 but converted during construction to L-1049E-01-82-119

First flown at Burbank - February 22, 1955

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EAA - February 24, 1955

Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd, Sydney

The aircraft was named 'Southern Sea'

It was accepted by Qantas Empire Airways at Burbank - February 26, 1955

The U. S. Certificate of Export 'E-27666' issued - February 28, 1955

Departed Burbank, California on the delivery flight to Australia - March 01, 1955

It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) of completion of the delivery flight - March 04, 1955

Delivery route: Burbank - San Francisco - Honolulu - Canton Island - Sydney

Flight time: 29 hours 25 minutes with total elapsed time of 37 hours 23 minutes

It operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - San Francisco - March 22, 1955

Established Sydney - Nadi record time of 5 hrs 32 min (Captain A. Duffield) - July 19, 1955

Operated the inaugural Sydney - Johannesburg Super Constellation service - November 05, 1955

It was chartered by TEAL to carry passengers to the Olympic Games in Melbourne - August 1956

Withdrawn from service for the fitting of weather radar - June 16, 1957

It returned to service - July 13, 1957

Withdrawn from service for modification to L-1049G-02-82 with wingtip tanks - January 08, 1958

It returned to service - January 24, 1958

Operated the 'Royal Flight' from Christchurch (New Zealand) - Colombo (Sri Lanka) - February 14, 1958

Operated the 'Royal Flight' carrying Her Majesty The Queen Mother - March 05, 1958

Route: Adelaide - Cocos Islands - Mauritius - Johannesburg - London

This aircraft was extensively delayed at Mauritius due to an engine failure

Operated the inaugural Sydney - Port Moresby Super Constellation service - January 23, 1959

Departed Sydney on delivery to Ontario (California) for conversion to L-1049H-01-55 - January 29, 1960

This conversion enabled the aircraft to be operated in a passenger or freighter configuration

Departed Ontario (California) on the ferry flight to Australia following conversion - March 29, 1960

It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of ferry flight (Captain D. J. Skinner) - April 04, 1960

Withdrawn from service and stored at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - April 1961

It was returned to service following test flight - December 21, 1961

It operated its final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Hong Kong - London (Heathrow) - December 15, 1962

Sold to Lockheed Aircraft Corporation - January 22, 1963

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N9714C - January 22, 1963

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - January 22, 1963

The aircraft had flown 17,709 hours

Departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on the ferry flight to Lockheed at Burbank - January 23, 1963

Sold to Eagle Aircraft Inc, U. S. A. - January 1963

Sold on lease / purchase agreement to D. M. McVicar trading as World Wide Airways Inc (Canada) - March 16, 1964

The U. S. Certificate of Export 'E-46958' was issued - March 17, 1964

Entered onto Canadian Aircraft Register as CF-PXX - March 20, 1964

Ferried Long Beach (California) - Toronto (Canada) - March 21, 1964

Entered service on cattle flights to Cuba - March 1964

It was repossessed by Eagle Aircraft Inc - August 13, 1965

Ferried to Buffalo, NY to escape the collapse of World Wide Airways - August 15, 1965

Eagle Aircraft Inc merged with International Aerodyne Inc - August 1965

Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - September 17, 1965

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N9714C - September 23, 1965

Leased to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for its world tour - August to November 1966

Leased to Aerotransportes Entre Rios - April 12, 1967

Entered onto Argentinian Aircraft Register as LV-IXZ - April 12, 1967

The aircraft remained flying as 'N9714C' on charter operations to London (Gatwick) until April 14, 1967

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - May 04, 1967

Withdrawn from service by Aerotransportes Entre Rios and stored at Buenos Aires-Ezeiza - April 1970

The aircraft was scrapped - date unknown