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The Lockheed L-193 jet was designed between 1949 and 1953. By comparison, Boeing started producing the prototype for the Boeing 707 after the design was completed in 1952. Lockheed sought input from Trans World Airlines for the airliner's requirements [1] and several sub-variants were developed. It was a swept wing with the engines mounted at ...
The Lockheed Constellation ("Connie") was a propeller-driven airliner powered by four 18-cylinder radial Wright R-3350 engines. It was built by Lockheed between 1943 and 1958 at its Burbank, California, US, facility. A total of 856 aircraft were produced in four models, all distinguished by a triple-tail design and dolphin-shaped fuselage.
First flight Last flight Operator Location Status Notes Ref. N1011 L-1011-1 1970 November 16, 1970 August 1986 Lockheed Corporation: Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta, Georgia On static display Nose only [4] [failed verification] C-FTNA L-1011-1 1972 December 1972 July 6, 2001 Eastern Air Lines; Air Canada; Air Transat; Air France; Air Transat
Paradise Airlines Flight 901A was a scheduled passenger flight from San Jose Municipal Airport to Tahoe Valley Airport, both within California, USA.On March 1, 1964, the Lockheed L-049 Constellation serving the flight crashed near Genoa Peak, on the eastern side of Lake Tahoe during a heavy snowstorm, killing all 85 aboard.
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.
TWA Flight 513, registration NC86513, Star of Lisbon, was a Lockheed L-049 Constellation operated by Transcontinental and Western Air on a training flight on July 11, 1946, near Reading, Pennsylvania.
Lockheed L-749A Constellation: 28 1950 Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation: 10 1952 1964 Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation: 28 1955 1967 Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation: 9 1957 1961 Lockheed L-1649A Starliner: 30 1957 1967 Lockheed L-1011 Tristar: 41 1972 1997 One written off as TWA Flight 843. Lockheed L-1329 JetStar: 3 Unknown Un ...
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