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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-1049 Super Constellation is an American long-range airliner and a member of the Lockheed Constellation family. It was one of the most successful and widely used variants of the Constell
Lockheed Constellation
…the L-1049 ), L-949 (an unbuilt, high-density seating-cum-freighter type, what would come to be called a "combi aircraft"). These were followed by the L-1049 Super Constellation (with longer fuselage), L-1149 (proposal to use Allison turbine engines) and L-1249 (similar to L-1149, built as R7V-2/YC-121F), L-1449 (unbuilt proposal…
A L-1049C of Trans-Canada Air Lines at London Heathrow Airport in 1954
The Wright R-3350 Turbo-compound engine used on later models of the L-1049
An Air France L-1049C at London Heathrow Airport, 1955
A Trans World Airlines L-1049G at Los Angeles International Airport, 1964