Lewis Air Legends has a newly restored flying C-121 Constellation that was used by General Douglas McArthur as his personal transport. Videos on IG and RU-vid.
Thank you for this. My dad flew his entire career for TWA starting on DC3s, then Martin 404s, then Connies, and finally retired after many years as captain on Boeing 707s ( Might have been Connies first, then martin 404s). Anyway, I have always wanted to see the interior of a constellation.
I've flown NRT-ATL-NRT twice a year since 2012 until 2016 on the Delta 744 (and quite a few times on 662US). It's an absolutely beautiful aircraft; such a shame it was retired.
Indeed, well filmed to give access to us plebs 👀😁...perhaps it would create a little more interest if the cowls were taken off one of the engines to be able to see the cylinders?
In 1952, that must have been almost unbelievable then - to cross the United States in 8 hours, when just 10 years earlier it would have taken 16 to 18 hours!
I don’t know why but I picture this flight attendant being a heavy set middle aged lady with brown hair in really tight curls, and heavy purple or pink eyeshadow
As a kid we would fly Pacific Northwest Airlines Connie's Seattle to Kodiak. They que serve Alaska King Crab sandwiches in coach. Then once we got over Cook Inlet the plane would start to bounce - and Connie's could bounce. The flight attendants would run up as down the aisle with full barf bags My dad always joked they served King Crab sandwiches on the way up and they all came up again in Cook Inlet. We flew a Connie from Kodiak to Seattle with a few stops on the Panhandle. Roy Rogers was in first class. My folks asked the stewardess if she would ask him if we could meet him. She did and the old bastard said no. At every airport (including Kodiak) some beautiful woman (not his wife Dale Evans) would meet him and they'd be smooching and cuddling. The stewardess, who had changed her opinion of Rogers after he refused to meet us three fans said "Mr. Roy Rogers sure has a lot of Kissing Cousins." But boy did I love those flights. Then we would get to Kodiak and get on Kodiak Airways' Grumman Goose to fly to Ouzinke. Those and the 747s are still my favorite airplanes.
Was that the L 1049 "Save A Connie" parked next to it? Seems to me they paid less than $5,000 for it which included about ten engines. I wonder if there is enough experience still around to restore one of these planes. My brother used to rebuild old warbirds (including F-104s). I guess if you have blueprints you can build a lot of parts but probably not all. One thing l remember about the F-104 was that the leading edge of the wing was razor sharp. (Sorry l got off of the subject).
I used to hate the dc9 because it was so loud next to the engine my head hurt but now I miss it there are a lot of good aircraft that are old that were really good if i ever won the lottery I would rescue an old airliner as a personal aircraft for my family and friends and even people from my church to travel of course some of the belly would be turned into a fuel tank for range so that even small aircraft like the dc9 or 737 or any other small aircraft can fly overseas I’m not sure what old airliner I would rescue from the desert but it would be cool to have an old airliner for a personal travel aircraft of course I would have to hire a pilot and have a crew that knows how to take care of it properly so that it would last a lifetime hopefully I can get lucky so I could rescue a classic from the desert that would be awesome
Unfortunately not at the moment, the Airline History Museum is going through some legal battles which have closed them down for the time being. On the other side of the airport is the TWA Museum and I highly recommend checking them out, definitely worth a day trip!! They’re at 10 Richards rd at the downtown airport in TWAs original overhaul hangar.
Hey MB! Hope life has treated you well since this video.... Just stumbled upon it randomly. Don't know if you even have access to this channel anymore, but if you do, give me a shout!
Flew on KLM and Air France Connies. My parents flew on the TWA Connies in the 40s and 50s from Cairo to Geneva. In 1950 one crashed immediately taking off from Cairo.
The A380’s wingspan is too long, so it’s limited to only certain taxiways to avoid hitting objects. Even at normal speed, it’s wing stop is strong enough to move a lighter Crj around easily cause of the weight it is pushing.
When I started flying for TWA in the 80s, the older flight attendants used to tell us about flying on the "Connies". No wonder they had such fond memories! The room for the passengers and crew is astounding by todays standards.A real kitchen! And it looks like the flight navigator sat exposed to the passengers?? There must have been a curtain or something separating him from them. Anyway, I would have loved to have flown on one just once.
This is a Super "H" Constellation that was generally used to haul freight versus passenger when it was first operated by Slick Airways starting in 1959.
