The website has also a photo gallery and gives you an overview of all aviation museums worldwide. © 2001 - 2019, Karsten Palt, Leipzig / Germany - All rights reserved, The Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation is a development of the, Wright R-3350 972TC-18DA-3 Turbo Compound, National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio / USA (Wright-Patterson AFB). Rudy Thoren and Kelly Johnson were also on board. It put the otherwise small player Lockheed on the commercial aviation map and played an important role in WWII as well. Edmund T. "Eddie" Allen, on loan from Boeing, flew left seat, with Lockheed's own Milo Burcham as copilot. flugzeuginfo.net is a non-commercial webproject. Aside of its unique design and attractive curves, the Connie brought us something which has proved invaluable in the development of long haul, comfortable flying, and that’s the ability to fly at …

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With the onset of World War II, the TWA aircraft entering production were converted to an order for C-69 Constellation military transport aircraft, with 202 aircraft intended for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The web portal flugzeuginfo.net includes a comprehensive civil and military aircraft encyclopedia. All information is given in good faith and for information purposes only. The Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation is a development of the Lockheed Constellation with a stretched fuselage (+ 5,59m / 18ft 4 in). The Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation is a four-engine long-range airliner with pressurized cabin for up to 106 passengers produced by the US-American manufacturer Lockheed Corporation.

It provides code tables for aerodromes, air operators including the world's major airlines and for ICAO and IATA codes for aircraft. The Lockheed Constellation was a groundbreaking aircraft in so many ways. The first prototype (civil registration NX25600) flew on January 9, 1943, a short ferry hop from Burbank to Muroc Field for testing.