#Lockheed L-049 Constellation

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Capital Airlines, 1952

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9 January 1943. First flight of the Lockheed L049 (C-69) Constellation. American airliner powered by four 18-cylinder radial Wright R-3350 engines, with triple-tail and dolphin-shaped fuselage. Photo: 43-10309, (L-049 NX-25600) at Lockheed Air Terminal, Burbank California.

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airsLLide No. 7600: C-GXKR, Lockheed L-749A Constellation, Conifair, Mont-Joli Regionale, June 5, 1992.

Quebec's Conifair had a wide business model: It operated cargo and passenger charters with a mix of Douglas and Convair props, but its initial purpose was to fly spraying missions fighting a budworms plague in Quebec's forests. It started with two ex US Air Force C-121A Connies turned into sprayers, numbered Sprayer 1 and 2, and later switched to two Douglas DC-4s, Sprayers 16, and 18.

Both Constellations were retired from their pesticide missions around 1983/84, and C-GXKR remained parked idle and left to an uncertain future on the small airport of Mont-Joli. Her residential address known, it was a must to pay her a visit, even though that resulted in a fairly long drive North from Montreal for just a single plane. But hey, what a beauty she still was after eight years on the ground.

And to add some toping to the cake, the story of Conifair's two Connies has a happy end as both planes finally found buyers: Tanker 1 was the first lucky gal, when she was bought by Vern Raburn's 'Constellation Group' and restored to flying condition, becoming the famous MATS Connie N494TW / 48-0609 (her original military serial on delivery back in 1948). She toured the airshow circuit for some time - a picture or two of her will follow soon - before being sold to South Korea and put on display on Jeju Island.

Tanker 2 first followed her sister to Avra Valley, AZ, and had to watch as former Tanker 1 got lovingly restored to her pristine condition. She almost ended up as spare parts donor, but then became the center of attention of Dutch 'Stichting Constellation Netherlands'. Work to restore her to flying condition slowly started in 1993, until 2001 when she was acquired by the Aviodrome Museum in Lelystad (sounds familiar after the previous posts, doesn't it) and ferried to the Netherlands. Today, she sits beautifully restored in the museum's collection, basically airworthy like several of their exhibits. She is wearing KLM colours of the 1950s and a fake ID, as she never was one of the 26 Lockheed L-049/749 Constellations that actually served with the Dutch carrier.

N749VR / 'PH-FLE', Lockheed L-749A Constellation, KLM, Lelystad, August 3, 2024 (Photo: F. Lusser).

It's a bit tight in there and hard to squeze her into the frame, but here she is - former Conifair sprayer 2 as she looks now. Note the original round nose from her days before a weather radar was added.

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Events 10.20 (before 1960)

1568 – The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent. 1572 – Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes. 1740 – France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins. 1774 – American Revolution: The Continental Association, a nonconsumption and nonimportation agreement against the British Isles and the British West Indies, is adopted by the First Continental Congress.[3] 1781 – The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria. 1803 – The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase. 1818 – The Convention of 1818 is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the Canada–United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length. 1827 – Greek War of Independence: In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships. 1883 – Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific. 1904 – Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries. 1910 – British ocean liner RMS Olympic is launched. 1935 – The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends. 1941 – World War II: Thousands of civilians in German-occupied Serbia are murdered in the Kragujevac massacre. 1944 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade. 1944 – Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people. 1944 – American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he comes ashore during the Battle of Leyte. 1947 – Cold War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years. 1948 – A KLM Lockheed L-049 Constellation crashes on approach to Glasgow Prestwick Airport, killing 40. 1951 – The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs during a football game between the Drake Bulldogs and Oklahoma A&M Aggies. 1952 – The Governor of Kenya Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.

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Lockheed L-049 Constellation

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Lockheed L-049 Constellation N90831 'Star of Switzerland'. Built in 1945 as a C-69.  At Davis Monthan AFB. In 1993

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Lockheed 049 by Willard Womack Via Flickr: After having an engine fall off, all remains of the engine were removed, the area covered with skin, and the plane flown to the factory for repairs.

[barbariankingdom]

TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air Lockheed L-049 Constellation NC86500 in flight over the USA in November 1945. This was TWA's first Constellation, delivered to Kansas City on 15 November 1945. Operated on services within the continental USA. 

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A Capital Airlines Lockheed L-049 Constellation at the Allegheny County Airport, southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photographed 1952.

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Lockheed Constellation 1942 – 1959: C-69, L-049, L-749, L-1049G, L-1049H, EC-121D, L-1649

[sentinelchicken]

The first Lockheed Constellations went to the US Army Air Forces towards the end of the Second World War as high speed transports designated C-69s. The civilian designation for them postwar was the Lockheed 049 Constellation and they were the first generation of Lockheed's curvaceously elegant propliners (followed by the L-749, then L-1049 Super Constellation and L-1649 Starliner). "The Star of Switzerland”, after flying with the military, joined TWA's fleet in 1948 and flew with the airline until 1964. She's been on display at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson since 1980 and of the surviving Lockheed Constellations, is the only surviving one originally built as a C-69 for the military. #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #PimaAirandSpaceMuseum #Pima #Tucson #DavisMonthan #Arizona #airport #planespotting #instaplane #instagramaviation #Lockheed #L049 #Constellation #TWA #TransWorldAirlines #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge #AvGeekNation (at Pima Air & Space Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0ulZ8JB2x0/?igshid=n11yk4c1cpkk

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Martes de modelos históricos en la aviación comercial Venezolana, hoy les presentamos el Lockheed L-049 Constellation, en Venezuela la Línea Aeropostal Venezolana trajo dos aeronaves de esta versión para integrar su división internacional y asi completar rutas largas el especial Caracas - New York con escala en La Habana, seg��n cita el Sr. Gustavo Machado en su amplia investigación en el grupo de Facebook Aviación Venezolana en Retrospectiva, se mantuvieron en uso por aproximadamente 11 años hasta ser sustituidos por los L-749 . El diseño del Lockheed L-49 comenzó en 1939 para cumplir con los requisitos de Pan American Airways y Transcontinental & Western Air (ahora Trans World Airlines), para un avión de 40 pasajeros para su uso en rutas nacionales. La fabricación se inició, pero con el estallido de los aviones de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en la línea de producción se ordenó el servicio con la USAAF como transportes bajo la designación C-69, el primero se realizó el 9 de enero de 1943. Un total de 22 ingresaron al servicio de la USAAF antes del cancelaciones de contratos después del día VJ. Luego, la producción de aeronaves civiles comenzó bajo la designación de la compañía L-049 Constellation, utilizando componentes que habían sido diseñados para C-69, pero con los interiores terminados según el estándar de la aerolínea y con alojamiento básico para 43 a 48 pasajeros, o un máximo de 60 en Un diseño de alta densidad . 📸 Créditos e imágenes ©️ Humberto Arias 🌐 pinterest.com @pinterest Historia y especificaciones 🌐 aviastar.org 🌐 wikipedia.org 🌐 facebook.com/groups/543700615713855 . Otros créditos @lockheedmartin @wikipedia @google . #planespotter #airfleet #google #aviacion #avion #aviation #aircraft #aerolinea #airline #aeropuerto #airport #boeing #airbus #bombardier #atr #embraer #cessna #beechcraft #latecoere #fairchild #lockheed #constellation #L049 #wikipedia #google https://www.instagram.com/p/B_iNivohY_W/?igshid=2gjeqaddhpfo

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airsLLide No. 12995: N90831, Lockheed L-049 Constellation, TWA Trans World Airways, Pima Air & Space Museum, March 25, 1997.

Old planes in modern times: Although this is a scan of an older slide, the same picture could be made today: Pima's beautiful TWA Connie is still part of the airliner exhibit at the museum located just South of the famous Davis Monthan AFB with its countless mothballed military aircraft.

N90831 is an early production Constellation of the original L-049 variant, built in 1946 for the USAF but then transferred to civilian use with TWA in fall 1948. She flew there until 1961 when her main gear collapsed on landing and she received structural damage to her portside wing. Yet, she was repaired by the summer of 1962 and began flying gambling tourists for various operators affiliated with casinos in the Southwest. She is part of the museum's hertiage since May 1977. She was originally displayed in Lake Havasu colors, the brand of her last casino operator, and in 1980 she was restored to her original TWA identity.

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@chromejob marking the 70th anniversary of Pan Am World Airlines first around the world commercial flight a two weeks ago with Key West. His serial number even aligns to the L-049 Lockheed Constellation that made that inaugural flight. Pretty cool! ✈️ #mkiiwatch #mkiiwatches #mkiikeywest #mkiiprojectgmt | 📷 by @chromejob

[mundera]

Today in Airline History: 1946. TWA's "Star of Paris" flight launches. The nearly 17-hour flight between NYC and Paris stops in Newfoundland and Ireland. It's the first-ever commercial flight of a Lockheed L-049 Constellation, and also TWA's first regularly scheduled international service. Instagram: @mundera

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Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8, a Lockheed Constellation L-049, crashes on landing at Byrd Field near Richmond, Virginia; all 74 passengers-mostly new US Army recruits being flown to their base for training-die of carbon monoxide asphyxiation, along with three crew members; the captain and flight engineer survive by escaping the burning wreckage.