Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
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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.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
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-Canada Air Lines L-1049C at Heathrow, 1954
Lockheed Constellation
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The Lockheed Constellation ("Connie") is a propeller-driven, four-engined airliner built by Lockheed Corporation starting in 1943. The Constellation series was the first pressurized-cabin civil airliner series to go into widespread use. Its pressurized cabin enabled commercial passengers to fly well above most bad weather for the first time, thus significantly improving the general safety and ease of air travel.
Lockheed 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