ASA International Airlines  Lockheed L-049 Constellation  N90926               (c/n  2064)

                                   

                                        This L-049 had 'been around the block' before it was leased by ASA International from Nevada
                                        Airmotive in 1962.    I caught it at Long Beach in March 1963.   I have enlarged the rego below.
                                        It started life with American Overseas Airlines as 'Flagship Eire' and was a common sight at
                                        Heathrow in the late 1940s.    It then spent time with PanAm, Trans World and Eastern before
                                        being relegated to the charter industry.   I think it may have been the only L-049 operated by
                                        ASA, although they later went on to fly L-1049s.  N90926 wound up as a trainer used by the
                                        Oakland Airport fire department before it was broken up in 1976.