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Airframe Details for C-130 #3215

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 3215 (57-0508)
LM Aero T/V 3215
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered RAAF A97-215
C-130A
Current Civilian N4469P
C-130A
Status [scr]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
21 Jan 1959 [act] A97-215 C-130A
05 Mar 1959 [act] A97-215 RAAF 86 W C-130A
17 Feb 1965 [act] A97-215 RAAF 36 sqn C-130A
15 Nov 1973 [act] A97-215 RAAF 486 sqn C-130A
24 May 1978 [i/a] N2268V C-130A
Registered to Global Jet Sales/Parmax based out of Fort Worth, Texas. May have been registered but never used and stayed in Laverton. May have been moved from Laverton by October 1978.
04 Oct 1983 [act] N4469P C-130A
Registered to Ford & Vlahos based out of San Francisco, California. Departed Australia on October 28, 1983 for the United States.
Dec 1996 [act] N4469P C-130A
Same civil number but registered to Airline Marketing Consultants based out of Miami, Florida.
Unknown [act] N4469P C-130A
Herc Airlift Corp
Unknown [scr] N4469P C-130A
Broken up at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.


Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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