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The Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation is an American aircraft, a member of the Lockheed Constellation aircraft line. The aircraft was colloquially referred to as the Super Connie. [1] The L-1049 was Lockheed's response to the successful Douglas DC-6 airliner, first flying in 1950.
The Lockheed Constellation ("Connie") is a propeller-driven, four-engined airliner built by Lockheed Corporation starting in 1943. The Constellation series was the first civil airliner family to enter widespread use equipped with a pressurized cabin, enabling it to fly well above most bad weather, thus significantly improving the general safety and ease of commercial passenger air travel.
Designation for the prototype Constellation. One built. The C-69 was the original military transport version for the USAAF. All aircraft built during World War II were pressed into military service under this designation. C-69 Original troop transport version. Almost all of this type were converted into L-049 airliners. 22 were built. C-69A
The Lockheed C-121 Constellation is a military transport version of the Lockheed Constellation. A total of 332 aircraft were constructed for both the United States Air Force and United States Navy for various purposes.
The Lockheed L-1249 Super Constellation was a turboprop-powered version of the Lockheed Constellation aircraft family. Built in 1954 and 1955, the aircraft were used as prototypes for possible future military transport aircraft for both the United States Air Force and United States Navy.
Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 (FT739/FTL739) was a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation propliner that disappeared on March 16, 1962, over the western Pacific Ocean.The aircraft, which had been chartered by the United States Army, was transporting ninety-six military passengers from Travis Air Force Base in California to Tan Son Nhut International Airport in Saigon, South Vietnam.
L-1049 Super Constellation The Lockheed L-1649 Starliner is the last model of the Lockheed Constellation line of airliners . Powered by four Wright R-3350 Turbo-compound engines , it was built at Lockheed 's Burbank, California plant from 1956 to 1958.
Aircraft Photograph Model Build date First flight Last flight Operator Location Status Notes Ref. 69-0014 C-5A 1971 August 1971 August 7, 2013