N1940S Lockheed Lodestar C-60A-5-LO MSN 42

N1940S
Lockheed Lodestar C-60A-5-LO
MSN 42-56036
c/n 18-2509
Lockheed, Burbank, CA
Lockheed Lodestar C-60A-5-LO
MSN 42-56036 c/n 18-2509
1. USAAF 42-56036 (c/n 18-2509) Delivered 17 July 1943.
2. CF-CPG Canadian Pacific Airlines, Fleet No. 265. Delivered to Air Transport Command (ATC) at Montreal for CPAL, July 1943. CF-CPG
was later used by CPA as a re-issued registration number for a DC-8.
3. The Babb Co., Inc., New York, NY. Acquired 26 September 1950.
4. N4851V The Babb Co., Inc., New York, NY. Registered 29 December 1950.
5. N4851V Air-Sales Inc., Ft. Worth, TX. Acquired 27 January 1951.
6. N4851V Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA. Acquired 27 May 1952. Converted to Dallas Aero Services (Dallaero Lodestar) date
unknown.
7. N914BS Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA. Re-registered 2 January 1963. (Note: registration later re-used by BSC for G1 aircraft)
8. N1940S Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA. Re-registered 15 June 1964.
9. N1940S Bethlehem Steel Corp., Bethlehem, PA. New “name” 28 December 1964.
10. N1940S Dye Oxygen Co. Acquired 1 January 1965. Registered 16 January 1965. Seen 1968 with titles, impressive c/s.
11. N1940S Aircraft Specialties Inc., Mesa, AZ. Acquired 1 July 1968. Seen November 1976 at Mesa, AZ.
12. N1940S Globe Air Inc. (new name for Aircraft Specialties), Mesa, AZ. Transferred 18 February 1980. Sold at public auction by Globe
Air 24 October 1985 for $38,000 with a TT of 6,225 hours to persons unknown; probably Sco Ben Investments. Request made
at this time by Globe Air to de-register aircraft.
13. N1940S Sco Ben Investments Inc., El Paso, TX. Registered March 1986. Converted to cargo configuration by Sco Ben 11 July 1986 at
El Paso, TX.
14. N1940S Atorie Air Inc., El Paso, TX. Acquired 3 March 1987. Registered May 1987.
15. N1940S Wings of Yesterday Inc., Santa Fe, NM. Acquired 26 April 1989. Registered 30 May 1989. Offered for sale by auction at
Santa Monica, CA with an asking price of $47,500, October 1990.
16. N1940S Eddie Wachs, Harrison, MT. Acquired 5 October 1991. Registered 22 April 1992. Stored at Ennis-Big Sky, MT from October
1992. Seen stored at Ocotillo Wells, CA., December 1993. Reported at Chicago, IL., August 1995. At Oshkosh 1999 in a metallic c/s
offered for sale for $159,000 by Courtesy Aircraft, named “Superman’s Daughter”. GR has this aircraft being based at Kenosha, WI
with Chuck Greenhill. Offered for sale by Amjet for $159,000, January 2000.
16. Offered for sale by Courtesy Aircraft Sales June 2001 and December 2001 for $139,000, TT 14,790 hours, exterior polished
aluminum with red stripe and Lockheed logo, interior 11 seats executive in brown fabric.
17. N1940S Maximus LLC, California City, CA. (Matt Jackson). Registered 19 June 2002. Seen at Kenosha, WI 22 July 2002. Seen at
California City, CA , 12 August 2002 and August 2006.
Information courtesy of Michael Zoeller, 48 Meadowview Road, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey KT19 9UB, UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: m.zoeller@ntlworld.com. Website: The Lockheed Twins Site: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/m.zoeller/index.htm
15 December 2011
N1940S – Dye Oxygen Co. (1965 – 1968)
Aircraft retains Bethlehem Steel Corp. livery (location unknown)
Photo courtesy of Michael Zoeller
N1940S - Possibly Falcon Field, Mesa, Arizona
when owned by Aircraft Specialties/Globe Air from 1968 to 1986.
Photo courtesy of Michael Zoeller
1942 color photo of a Lockheed Lodestar with
original factory USAAF camouflage paint.
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Canadian Pacific Railways purchased ten bush airlines during the 1940s, finishing with the purchase of Western Canadian Airlines in
1942, to form Canadian Pacific Airlines (CPA or CPAL). In 1943, the first Lockheed Lodestar was delivered to CPA and was registered
as CF-CPA. In 1943 a total of seven (7) Lodestars were allocated to CPA by the USAAF, especially for use on the WSR, Alaskan
Highway & Canal Pipeline. The following provides an inventory of these aircraft:
1. CF-CPA (42-108787, c/n 18-2177) was to have gone to Dutch East Indies Air Force as LT-926 but was diverted to USAAC when the
Japanese overran Java. The plane never served with the USAAF and was released to Canadian Pacific Airlines as CF-CPA. Bellylanded in a
swamp in 1960 and has been derelict there ever since. There are plans for its recovery and restoration (currently underway).
2. CF-CPB (42-108788, c/n 18-2179) sister ship to CF-CPA. Originally destined for Dutch East Indies Air Force and was to have become LT928. Was diverted as C-60-LO and allocated to Canadian Pacific Airlines.
3. CF-CPE (42-56016, c/n 18-2489) Canadian Pacific Airlines, then to Air Products as N67978.
4. CF-CPF (42-55993, c/n 18-2466) Canadian Pacific Airlines, then to Brown Co. as N81B.
5. CF-CPG (42-56036, c/n 18-2509) Canadian Pacific Airlines (per Michael Zoeller), currently N1940S.
6. CF-CPK (42-56041, c/n 18-2534) Canadian Pacific Airlines. Note that the MSN Serial No. (42-56041) for this aircraft is only five numbers
away from that of N1940S (42-56036). However, the construction numbers for these two aircraft are not in similar sequence. This is due
to the issue of six civilian Lodestar Model 18-56s which were impressed by the USAAF. These aircraft were designated C-60s at that time
and issued MSNs (42-108787/108792). Note that this group of Lodestars, which includes CF-CPA and CF-CPB above) have older
construction numbers (i.e., 18-2177, 18-2179). All six of these Lodestars were originally intended for transfer to allied air forces, but
were retained by the USAAF, which is how several of them were allotted to Canadian Pacific Airlines. The construction number for CFCPK (c/n 18-2534) illustrates the gap formed in the sequencing of construction numbers at that time.
7. CF-CPZ (42-56070, c/n 18-2563) Canadian Pacific Airlines, then to C. Peabody & Co. as N9050.
With the noted exception of CF-CPG (N1940S), for which confirmation remains pending, it has been possible to confirm that the above six
of seven Lodestars were at one time owned and operated by Canadian Pacific Airlines. The connection between N1940S and Canadian
Pacific Airlines has only been confirmed in the aircraft history provided by Michael Zoeller. However, the information provided by Michael
Zoeller in his history of N1940S, most especially the photograph of this aircraft when owned by Dye Oxygen, lends credence in my opinion
to the information he has provided.
First Lockheed Lodestar delivered to Canadian Pacific Airlines in 1943.
Note original factory USAAF camouflage paint.
Canadian Pacific Airlines Lodestar CF-CPB
in original USAAF camouflage paint at CPA hanger in Edmonton.
Canadian Pacific Airlines Lodestar CF-CPB
Shown in polished aluminum.
Canadian Pacific Airlines Lodestar CF-CPE
N1940S rolled off the factory floor at Burbank, California twenty planes after CF-CPE.
Canadian Pacific Airlines Lodestar CF-CPF
Delivered to CPA at same time as N1940S. These two planes have sequential registrations and
CPA fleet numbers (CF-CPF and CF-CPG, Fleet No. 264 and 265), with close Ser. Nos. and C/Ns.
Canadian Pacific Airlines Lodestar (unknown registration)
Photo shows that polished aluminum replaced USAAF camouflage by 1944.
Only photo I found of a Bethlehem Steel Lockheed Lodestar.
In this 1947 photo, Bethlehem Steel had not yet adopted it’s more recognizable paint scheme.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Beech D18S, N5249C
This plane displays the exact paint scheme seen on N1940S on the following page.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Lockheed Lodestar N1940S
Bethlehem Steel paint scheme matches aircraft on previous page.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation Gulfstream I
The plane that was re-issued the old BSC registration (N914BS) once held by N1940S.
Note the matching Bethlehem Steel paint scheme.
N1940S – Dye Oxygen Co. (1965 – 1968)
Aircraft retains Bethlehem Steel Corp. livery (duplicate)
Photo courtesy of Michael Zoeller