INDEX
	Line number	15945
	Variant	Boeing 377-10-28
	Built
	Registry1	G-ALSC
		Ordered by SILA but not delivered LM-LAF
		Sold to BOAC in April, 1949, delivered December 2, 1949 Registered G-ALSC Named RMA Centuarus
		Sold to TAL and registered as N101Q
		Outfitted as 40 passenger Deluxe type
		Re-registered as N406Q on October 14, 1959
		Sold to Airline Equiptment Company (AEC)
		Sold to Lee Mansdorf and Company
		Sold to ASI. Broken up for parts to be used on the 377SG
		14' 8" of the forward fuselage was sliced behind the wing of 15938 to build Super Guppy. A further section from 15944 was spliced behind this
		YC-97J - Nose and 70"section behind cockpit
		15928 - Sections 42, 43
		15938 - lower fuselage section 42-43 (center wing)
		YC-97J Wings
		New Center Wing
		15945 - 14' 8" behind wing
		15944 - 8' 4" section
		15928 - Original sections 45, 46, 47
		While in BOAC service, this aircraft took part in a celebrated UFO encounter on 29 June 1954 over Seven Islands, Quebec while en route from New York to London. At about 21:05 local time, at an altitude of 19,000 ft, Captain James Howard spotted a group of objects on a parallel course at around 230 knots. While he watched, they climbed from around 8,000 ft to an altitude similar to the Stratocruiser. The group consisted of one large, pear-shaped object, and six smaller objects moving around it. The entire flight crew and some of the passengers saw the objects, and they were observed for a total of around 12 minutes. The crew contacted Goose Bay, which vectored a Lockheed F-94 towards them. By the time the fighter approached, the smaller objects had merged with the larger one, which dwindled away out of sight.