I’d suggest the most beautiful of all. I used to see them flying into Lasham airfield, near Reading, England for maintenance in 1962/3. Our gliding club shared the runway. Magical sights….
I flew on a TWA Connie from Chicago to LA in 1958 with my mom and brother. I was 8. On that flight in first class was Lassie (yea that Lassie the dog) and her owner. My brother , who was 6, and I were taken up to first class to meet her. That was my first time on a plane and nothing has topped it since. LOL. Air travel today - A nightmare! Thanks for posting this.
When my dad returned from the Korean War he had ride on a TWA Connie from Wake Island. Love the way he side slipped this approach intercepting the runway final and greased the landing.
You never forget your first love...flew her in 1967...I was 5...Burbank to Oakland California. The Beatles released Yellow Submarine in theaters. Such beautiful lines, and what a noisy smoky racket on startup. The best 3 engined prop liner ever built (so the joke goes)...
Ive seen the "Save a Connie" fly, as well as the MATS Connie, both many years ago. Glad the U.S. has one back in the air again! Just visited a static C-121 earlier today at Dover AFB. Such a elegant gal!
Have been waiting to see this! Beautiful, grand entrance up there. Standing by with random orbital polisher and / or lots of elbow grease once you make it down to San Antonio!! Happy to help!😊
As a kid growing up my grandmother always flew down to Florida on this Queen. I was in awe then and still am at 69. She is a absolute beauty of the skies. Thanks for posting this video
Love this plane. Knew an ol' boy by the name of Mel Christler who owned a few Connies back in the '70s. One of them turned out to be Columbine II, President Eisenhower's plane, which was later restored.
@@NoTaboos It was generally recognised to be so, because of its elegant lines and technical achievements. I was recently reading a “Flypast” magazine and it made the reference, but it’s not the opinion of everyone I’m sure. Lockheed have made some beautiful looking aircraft in their time, maybe the SR71 was the “King of the skies” ….that’s for you to decide
@@leddyzee247 Well, I guess the 1649 was the most elegant of the family (better than the 749 in this video). The Concorde is perhaps the most beautiful object ever designed by humans.
@@NoTaboos I should have started my first comment with ”Some” say…..Just out of interest, the aviation artist Phillip E West did a painting of Concorde called “Queen of the skies” which is worth a look.
@@NoTaboos I’ve been on both and the concord isn’t even close to the lines of the Connie’s, I spent over twenty five years working military aircraft and know a quality aircraft.
Looks like OSH23 was a great show this year, I was going to go but I ended up going to North Carolina for something else. I will be at airventure next year. If I went this year it would’ve been my fourth time going. First time was in 2019 then 2021 and 2022.
Que maravillosas imágenes. No solo muestran el vuelo del avión, sino que le diste vida mostrándonos detalles de su cercanía, a lo lejos, el aterrizaje, su paso. Fue como verlo. Felicitaciones. 👍👍🇨🇱 What wonderful images. They not only show the flight of the plane, but you gave it life by showing us details of its proximity, in the distance, the landing, its passage. It was like seeing it. Congratulations. 👍👍🇨🇱
Nice work! Were you in Media Stand D, located at the approach end of runway 36? I was signed up to shoot there on Friday, but had to leave before the airshow started to catch a flight.
It’s a tragedy that Lufthansa scrapped their plans to restore their Connie. I’ve read they were making excellent progress when management cancelled the whole project.
