The Lockheed Constellation 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
A USAF C-69, the military version of the Constellation
A preserved C-121C Super Constellation, registration N73544, in flight in 2004
The first Lockheed Constellation on January 9, 1943
TWA L-749A Constellation at Heathrow in 1954 with an under fuselage "Speedpack" freight container
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 pl
Lockheed Constellation
…Hawk, North Carolina. He commented that the Constellation's wingspan was longer than the distance of his first flight. On September 29, 1957, a TWA L-1649A flew from Los Angeles to London in 18 hours and 32 minutes—about 5,420 miles (8,720 km) at 292 miles per hour (470 km/h). The L-1649A holds the record…
A Luxair L-1649A Starliner at Palma de Mallorca Airport.
A TWA L-1649A Starliner in flight. This aircraft (N7301C) was written off after it crashed in Bogotá, on December 18, 1966, while in service with Aerocondor Colombia. A similar aircraft also crashed.
Lufthansa Starliner taking off from Manchester Airport in 1961 when operating a freight schedule to New York's Idlewild Airport
N974R in semi-Lufthansa colors on display at the Fantasy of Flight aviation museum.