The Lockheed L-049 Constellation was the first model of the Lockheed Constellation aircraft line. It entered service as the C-69 military transport aircraft...
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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...
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The Lockheed L-649 Constellation was the first real civilian version of the Lockheed Constellation line, as the Lockheed L-049 Constellation was a simple...
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The Lockheed L-749 Constellation is the first Lockheed Constellation to regularly cross the Atlantic Ocean non-stop. Although similar in appearance to...
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led to the L-049 Constellation, designed by Lockheed engineers, including Kelly Johnson and Hall Hibbard. Willis Hawkins, another Lockheed engineer, maintains...
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development Lockheed Constellation Lockheed L-049 Constellation Lockheed L-649 Constellation Lockheed L-749 Constellation Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation Lockheed...
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military Constellations built (designated C-69) were retrofitted by Lockheed for use in the post-war airline industry as the L-049. In 1947, Lockheed unveiled...
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The Lockheed L-1249 Super Constellation was a turboprop-powered version of the Lockheed Constellation aircraft family. Built in 1954 and 1955, the aircraft...
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development Lockheed Constellation Lockheed L-049 Constellation Lockheed C-69 Constellation Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation Lockheed C-121 Constellation Lockheed...
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Lightnings. During World War II, Lockheed, in cooperation with Trans-World Airlines (TWA), had developed the L-049 Constellation, a radical new airliner capable...
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Brazil, in the early hours of 14 December 1962. The aircraft, a Lockheed L-049 Constellation operated by Panair do Brasil, disappeared during its final approach...
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44. Lockheed later dropped the name "Excalibur" as the new airliner had little to do with its predecessor. The end result was the Lockheed L-049 Constellation...
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Based on the design of the Lockheed L-049 (subsequently adopted by the United States Army Air Forces as the C-69), the L-249 never progressed past the...
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A KLM Lockheed L-049 Constellation airliner (named Nijmegen and registered PH-TEN) crashed into high ground near Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Scotland, on...
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years after work on the L-049 began. ♠ Original operators Lockheed built 856 planes. Civilian airlines that operated the Constellation included: Argentina...
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eight of 23 on board. July 11, 1946 Flight 513, operated by Lockheed L-049 Constellation Ship #557 Star of Lisbon, crashed near Reading, Pennsylvania...
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TWA Flight 529 (category Accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed Constellation)
TWA Flight 529 was a Lockheed Constellation L-049 propliner, registration N86511, operating as a scheduled passenger service from Boston, Massachusetts...
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Paradise Airlines Flight 901A (category Accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed Constellation)
Airport, both within California, USA. On March 1, 1964, the Lockheed L-049 Constellation serving the flight crashed near Genoa Peak, on the eastern side...
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Lockheed Constellation ("Connie") was a propeller-driven airliner powered by four 18-cylinder radial Wright R-3350 engines. It was built by Lockheed between...
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TWA Flight 513 (category Accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed Constellation)
TWA Flight 513, registration NC86513, Star of Lisbon, was a Lockheed L-049 Constellation operated by Transcontinental and Western Air on a training flight...
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The Lockheed Constellation was an American civil airliner and military transport built in the 1940s and 1950s; this is a list of its variants. L-049 The...
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too rough for landing. June 19, 1947 Flight 121, operated by Lockheed L-049 Constellation Clipper Eclipse (formerly Clipper Dublin), crashed in the Syrian...
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Killed". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 27 September 2023. "ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed KC-130B Hercules A-1310 Medan". Aviation Safety Network. 30 June 2015....
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replaced on the Atlantic routes by Lockheed L-049 Constellations from 23 June 1946. From summer 1949 the Constellations were supplemented and then largely...
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introduction of its faster, pressurized Lockheed Constellations—resulted in Pan Am ordering its own Constellation fleet at $750,000 (equivalent to $10.07...
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Tasmania, killed all 25 on board. July 11 – TWA Flight 513, a Lockheed L-049 Constellation, crashed near Reading, Pennsylvania, United States, after a fire...
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such a concession. In March 1946, Panair received its first Lockheed L-049 Constellation, being the first airline outside the United States to operate...
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Pan Am Flight 151 (category Accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed Constellation)
On June 22, 1951, Pan Am Flight 151, flown by the Lockheed L-049 Constellation propliner Clipper Great Republic (registration N88846) crashed into a West...
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trainer aircraft. Lockheed L-049 Constellation 6 1946 1950 Lockheed L-749 Constellation 13 1953 Lockheed L-749A Constellation 7 1960 Lockheed L-1049C Super...
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early 1950s. Lockheed L-049 Constellation 4 1946 1950 Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation Lockheed L-749 Constellation 24 1947 1961 Lockheed L-1049 Super...
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