Academy Award-winning actor John Travolta has long had a thing for Kansas City’s ‘Connie.’ A 1959 Lockheed Super-G Constellation aircraft, its distinctive triple-tail and dolphin nose have been a ...
I visited the HARS Aviation Museum in Australia and shared my experience of flying on the world’s last airworthy Lockheed “Connie” Constellation. It was really something different from yesteryear’s ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The National Airline History Museum is trying to raise $3.2 million to restore its Lockheed Constellation propeller-driven aircraft and recreate multimillionaire aviator Howard ...
On October 13, 1950, the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation made its first flight. The upgraded airliner, developed to compete with the DC-6, became a symbol of luxury and innovation in postwar ...
Some pessimists fear that Britain’s swift but short-ranged jet Comets will capture air-transport supremacy from U.S. planes. Last week, Lockheed Aircraft Corp. tried to cheer up the mourners. It ...