Tour through a Lockheed Super Constellation - the “best three propeller airliner" in the world.

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Tour through a QANTAS Lockheed Super Constellation at the QANTAS Founders Museum in Longreach in outback Queensland. Aviation documentary. BBC documentary on the Boeing 747 Queen of the Skies: • Video
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1:00 exterior tour starts
4:00 head inside
7:00 flight deck / cockpit
9:00 the future with jet engines

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@MartyTheAussie 3 года назад

My dad was a Qantas flight engineer on the 1049. In 1995, when Connie arrived in Australia, I knew it in advance it was arriving, and I took him out to Mascot to “meet an old friend” as I described it at the time. It was a huge surprise for him. Lots of tears, and he met many of his old colleagues. Great memories. It is not common knowledge, but Kerry Packer provided a parking space at Mascot until it was able to be taken out to Bankstown. My Dad passed in 2013 and I miss him terribly. Thank you so much for posting this video.

@PaulStewartAviation 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it Marty and that's a great story. :) I hope you've seen my footage of Connie that I uploaded a week or two ago.

@jmstowe 2 года назад

My Dad was an FE on 1049 as well, he flew many airplanes but this one was his favorite.

@liquidlemon3335 2 года назад

@@PaulStewartAviation my grandpa was flight engineer on a us millitary transport connie. He loved um. He died about 9 years ago. He used to joke about losing his head to those massive props. As well as he often talked about how one came back with 2 engines down and he joked about it being a b 25. Whenever the pilots came in From that aircraft he would say "How the old b 25 doing?". He was a good guy. Died in a car wreck

@tomjohnson5597 3 года назад

"If there ain't no oil under 'em, there ain't no oil in 'em." - Mater Such a beautiful airplane.

@philhand5830 3 года назад

True that!!!

@rexbentley8332 3 года назад

@@philhand5830 That goes for just about any recip. Had a DC3 in Iceland on a stick static display. Somebody got the bright idea hey let's repaint it. Got it down and in the hangar and it wasn't in there a couple of hours to warm up a bit and both engines started dripping oil.

@philhand5830 3 года назад

Reminds me of a name given at one time to the C-5 Galaxy: "The flying hydraulic leak..."

@philhand5830 3 года назад

@@rexbentley8332 C-130 s also always needed drip pans, flight lines and hangars... being a turbo prop.... I'm glad to be done with chasing leaks...

@timanderson5543 3 года назад

Like our helos in the navy,if it don’t leak hydraulic fluid reservoir is empty.

@paulbennett4548 3 года назад

I still find it one of the most elegant civil aircraft ever made.

@jameshoffman552 3 года назад

Grateful to be privileged with having flown on one as a child.

@robertjanicki5906 3 года назад

Very sleek, flowing and graceful lines. Esthetically very pleasing.

@Ncobb2334 3 года назад

Don’t forget the Comet.

@bmc9504 3 года назад

@@Ncobb2334 was gonna say the same thing, even 50 years from now it'll still look both classic and futuristic.

@SSGTA440 2 года назад

It;s cool, but ugly....

@vmlelectronics 3 года назад

Connie is a masterpiece, one of the most beautiful aircraft ever made!

@jamesricker3997 3 года назад

The Pinnacle of 1930s engineering Kelly Johnson's first great aircraft

@amramjose 3 года назад

A Howard Hughes and TWA winner.

@davidgreen5099 3 года назад

i could not agree more.

@DeaneFrancisMiller 3 года назад

Connie gets my vote for "Most Beautiful Propeller Driven Aircraft Ever". No two bulkheads are the same. I just love the smooth S-curve that makes it look like the fastest thing on the tarmac while standing still.

@mancubwwa 3 года назад

For me it is definetly best looking piston arliner. For all propeller driven arliners including turboprops it is a tie between Connie and Russian TU-114. You may not like the soviets(I don't), but that was a damn fine looking plane.

@deejayimm 3 года назад

I know it's probably the basic answer but for me its the DC-3.

@Vickzq Год назад

FW200 looked pretty cool and 'eagle type', too.

@john_stevens 3 года назад

my Grandmother did electrical wiring on Connies -- beautiful plane. after reading other comments, it is heart warming to think of how, in a small way, her work touched others.

@qasimmir7117 3 года назад

Constellation -> Electra -> TriStar. Lockheed don’t always do airliners. But when they do, they’re brilliant.👌🏼

@CanadianGrenadian Год назад

I love the Electra

@WilliamMurphy-uv9pm 8 месяцев назад

Lockheed L-1011 was never a viable success.

@MrKimbo71 3 года назад

Hi Paul, this ended up in my RU-vid recommendations, I was the contractor that painted this constellation and was a part of the restoration team, It was a wonderful experience working with the Qantas Founders Museum and everybody in Longreach. Great job on the presentation of this iconic airframe.

@PaulStewartAviation 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it and congrats on an awesome job! It looks brilliant and it's such an amazing experience to stand in the middle of those iconic aircraft. Glad you enjoyed the video.

@DanielGraybeal1961 3 года назад

imho this was one of the most beautiful planes created

@billirvin9057 2 года назад

In 1955, my mother, younger brother, and I flew on a TWA (I think) Constellation from NYC to Frankfurt, Germany to join my dad who was stationed in France with the US Air Force. I was only 4 and only have a few memories of playing around on the floor. When you did the cabin tour I could almost see myself playing around the seats.

@bicycle697 3 года назад

Gotta love those folks down under for taking care of aviation history!!

@michaellewis7085 3 года назад

Sometime around 1950, when I was 8 or 9, I was in Oakland, California, playing in the street, when I saw a Connie (I assume approaching Oakland Airport) At that age, I certainly knew what an airplane was (apparently I had flown on a MARS plane prior, with only fuzzy memories) Anyway, the particular roar of the engines attracted my attention, and when I looked up the triple tail design grabbed my attention. I have been in love with this aircraft ever since. I am now 75 and can recall that moment quite clearly.

@rb032682 3 года назад

@Michael - Do you ever forget where you put your glasses? I do.

@opalprestonshirley1700 3 года назад

I remember seeing the "Connie" back in the '50s, she was a beautiful, graceful Grayhound of the air. Great video.

@PaulStewartAviation 3 года назад

Cheers, glad you enjoyed it

@workhardtravelharder9313 3 года назад

Cue the comments about it actually having 4 engines without actually watching the video. haha. Good vid Paul!

@PaulStewartAviation 3 года назад

Haha they’ve started

@johnmoruzzi7236 3 года назад

@@PaulStewartAviation You owe us a TriStar L-1011 !

@ant2312 3 года назад

Its not about watching the video its about questioning the clickbait title

@ant2312 3 года назад

also its not 'the Concorde', its just 'Concorde'

@PaulStewartAviation 3 года назад

it was well known as the world's best three-engine propliner. And click-bait works. If I don't do it, the videos don't get promoted by RU-vid and I stop making them. Or I fill the videos with product placements. I feel like this is a decent compromise between being a bit click baity but still accurate.

@praisehim9463 3 года назад

As a child in the late 50's, we flew from NC to NJ. The flight was at night and I remember the "flames" coming out of the engines.

@jayjensen9220 3 года назад

When I was a small child I flew to Chicago from Ft. Lauderdale (or MIA,) on Connie and the blue exhaust flames is what I remember most next to the 3 tails

@denjhill 3 года назад

I was a child in the 50's and still recall how I fell in love with the Connie. She was the epitome of elegance. In my career I flew on many different airplanes but regrettably was too late to hitch on ride on this beautiful machine.

@abnurtharn2927 2 года назад

Imagine living in the time when this was the pinnacle in technical engineering and travel. When air traveling was an adventure.

@delscoville Год назад

I got to fly in one in the late 90s. I worked for systems integrator at the time, and we had a client that maintained and flown one. As a bonus, they offered us a flight aboard. It was fixed up like the first Air Force One. At the time I thought it was the actual first Air force One, but later I found it was just a replica. But it was still a real Constellation, which is cool.

@barryervin8536 3 года назад

I grew up about a mile away from a Super Connie mounted on top of a restaurant. It was a local landmark for decades. When they finally took it away I went to say goodbye and it looked sad laying in a parking lot with the wings off. The happy part is that it's now in an a museum restored to display status in Air Force colors.

@jannejohansson3383 3 года назад

well, the end wasn't any sad for the plane.

@protocolofficer2629 3 года назад

Thanks for showing this. I flew on a Super Constellation twice in 1954 on Trans Canada Airlines (later Air Canada) from Toronto to London and return. I remember how loud the engine noise was and how I had a ringing in my ears for hours after the trip was over. The vibration was terrible and I remember seeing cigarette butts rotating in the ashtrays. Anyway, it was new technology and it only took 18 hours city to city with a landing in Shannon on the way there, to refuel and Goose Bay on the return.

@vitosanto3874 3 года назад

I was a fifteen year old in 1954 and a pigeon flyer in the Bronx I was on the roof watching my pigeons fly when I saw a Connie heading for Idlewild airport ( now J.F.K ) with one engine on fire and trailing a lot of smoke ,fortunately it landed safely.

@rickb1973 3 года назад

I like how the wingtip tanks are labeled "Left" and "Right"...in case you try to install them backwards...

@truthseeker8483 3 года назад

Can't have too much safety....especially in far away lands...

@antonfarquar8799 3 года назад

I recall as a small child sitting in my sand box in Lubbock Tx watching Super Connies fly over all with a shiny silver skins - they were magnificent !!!!

@GH-oi2jf 2 года назад

My first flight was on an aircraft with radial engines - a DC-6. i sat just behind the engines and remember seeing the flames in the exhaust, as we were flying after dark. I wasn’t alarmed at all. It was interesting and made a memorable experience.

@flyonbyya Год назад

While at the EAA at Osh Kosh in 1990, I saw a Connie fly about. Also on that day, I watched a Concorde fly round trip from Osh Kosh to Toronto. What a great day indeed !

@nzs316 Год назад

In 1990 I was flying to the Dominican republic and there was a Connie flying underneath us going in on final. I was beside myself with joy to actually see a Connie! first time in my life.

@jameschristensen6307 Год назад

I flew on the Connie when I was 18 back in 1954. The flight was from Idlewild, NY to Gander then Shannon, Ireland, Holland and on to Saudi Arabia. As I recall it was a 6 or 7 hour flight across the Atlantic. The plane could seat 80 but there were only about 30 on board. Service was fantastic-almost every hour a stewardess would appear at your side offering you snacks, drinks, meals, pillows and I can't remember what-all. The meals were great; this was before the present freeze-everything movement. A possible downside was the engine roar. The entire aircraft was constantly vibrating and it was difficult to talk above the noise. When night time came, if you were seated by a window, you would put a pillow between your head and the window and fall asleep. After a couple hours you would awaken to find the pillow had slipped down and your head banging against the window. You would then reposition the pillow and try again. Also, in those days you could smoke on the airplane but cabin air circulation wasn't so good. After a couple days on the airplane in this atmosphere your skin would feel awful-dirty-full of pimples. The Connie was indeed a beautiful looking aircraft but a modern jet is better to actually fly on.

@radarmartin Год назад

In the late 50s, I reckon about summer 58,I flew from Dublin to Shannon Ireland on board a super Connie, my uncle worked for twa, and I could see him marshelling the aircraft in to its stand. His house was on the side of the main runway and I had a great time aircraft spotting.

@lemontier 3 года назад

As a child I remember standing outside of school and watching a connie fly over the school coming into Midway airport in Chicago. It had one engine feathered and trailing black smoke. That was the only time I ever saw an engine fire, kind of scary. Thank you for a great video.

@chefduane3742 Год назад

Many thanks to the engineers, technicians, mechanics, and especially to the people of Australia, for restoring and keeping this piece of history flying. Well done from Dallas, Texas!!

@gregculverwell 3 года назад

The most beautiful aircraft ever in my opinion. I celebrated my 5th birthday in the back of one with the other kids on a flight from Johannesburg to Cairo. We were travelling to London. I was also allowed to stand at the cockpit door and talk to the crew. Was also given an airline lapel pin which I treasured.

@gedjad 3 года назад

What year was that?

@gregculverwell 3 года назад

@@gedjad 1962. Trek Airways.

@gedjad 3 года назад

@@gregculverwell neat story!

@douglasdavis8395 Год назад

@@gregculverwell - Greg, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?

@gregculverwell Год назад

@@douglasdavis8395???

@MrTomengle Год назад

Love the look of the nose wheel. Just beautiful.

@thomashenderson1331 3 года назад

In 1959, I flew with my father on an Air Force “Connie”. We flew from Charleston, SC to Bermuda, then onto the Azores and finally to Madrid.

@dr.a.995 2 года назад

I recall, as a kid,the joy of seeing a Pan Am flying over with that amazing tail.

@Miata822 3 года назад

The Connie may be the most graceful aircraft to ever take flight. Those elegant lines!

@TheNefastor 3 года назад

It was so pretty.

@lonreed9612 Год назад

I am 74 and grew up in the military for 18 years as my father was a USN Commander . My first overseas flight in 1954 was from Alameda NAS to Honolulu on a Martin Mars it was huge and had 2 decks. I flew home on a United AL DC-7 . I also flew on a Slick Airways DC 6-B to Japan in 1960 stopping for fuel at Honolulu , Wake Island , and then to Japan . It took 36 hours. These were all interesting air liners and were great experiences. I wish that I could have flown on a "Connie " but never got the chance .

@jameshunter5485 3 года назад

In my eyes simply the most beautiful airliner ever built. As a boy in the fifties I has the honor of getting a tour of one parked on the tarmac in Orlando, Florida. I was awestruck at the height of the forward strut. The EAL employee magazine had an article once on balancing the massive 12 foot props. If you dropped a match head on one it would cause the prop to turn.

@justincase5272 Год назад

"If you dropped a match head on one it would cause the prop to turn." Perhaps on the propeller-balancing stand. Certainly not while the propeller is attached to the engine.

@jameshunter5485 Год назад

@@justincase5272 But of course, mon ami.

@MajTom-wd2yt 2 года назад

Flew from Buffalo NY to visit Dad stationed in Fort Belvoir Virginia in '58...never forget it, quite an aircraft for sure.

@uncinarynin 3 года назад

What is remarkable about the shape: Unlike most airliners that are tubes (basically a cylinder for most of the length) this is shaped more like a fish, closer to the theoretically ideal streamline shape. Which however makes production and interior layout more difficult than if you have the same width at every segment.

@spencergreenhill7728 Год назад

I flew to UK on a super Connie. An absolutely awesome experience.

@Koala63211 3 года назад

When I was very young, and my Father worked for QANTAS, we often flew in the L1049 Super Constellation. But for the life of me I cannot remember ever flying in a three engine Connie. They always had four engines, however there were rare occasions when one of the engines would pack it in during the flight.

@tube396 3 года назад

On Nov 17, 1957 my family and I immigrated to Canada from Ireland. We flew on a Super Constellation from Shannon Airport in Ireland to Vancouver, Canada. I was 6 years old at the time and I still have great memories of the journey.

@billolsen4360 Год назад

She's definitely a beauty. I didn't know all those details about her design.

@turkey0165 Год назад

My 1st commercial airline flight Was on a Lockheed constellation From Seattle Tacoma to Anchorage Alaska 1959 PNA. I will never forget it! Not like the sardine cans unlike today! I remember walking underneath your constellation some where in the mid eighties up at Arlington , Washington State! It was blue and white And was a Fish hauler for I believe the name of the company was Winky's! Somehow it wound up in Manila and that's the last I heard of it! I remember it quite well. Now you know the rest of the story. Glad you guys restored it! 😎👍

@theodoricdodgeville1132 3 года назад

My grandfather was a Lockheed skunk works wing engineer for almost 40 years ( the stuff he musta saw!!!). He was very tight lipped about his job but I'd get him to digress a small bit in his later years. His biggest job was the blackbirds rear stabilizer wing. His favorite job was the Constellations rear wing. He'd get all revved up talking about it. Apparently that wing was not loved by many during design or delivery. He termed it as his baby and had many debates over it to keep it alive. I thoroughly enjoyed your video, especially the snipit about the rear wing being that way to fit in hangers.

@PaulStewartAviation 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it :)

@robertclatworthy1857 Год назад

My aunt was one of the first team of stewardesses to fly from London to New York and Montreal in 1946 for BOAC. She worked on them for five years

@petert24turner71 3 года назад

Still have an old piston from one of the engines I use as a door stop at home.

@bondgabebond4907 Год назад

As a young child, I remember flying on one from California to New York. Next time I reacquainted myself with the Connie was at McClellan AFB, CA where the Air Force had a number of them.

@ricknixdorf7316 Год назад

I remember going from our home in Ohio to the airport in Pittsburgh PA to watch "Connies" take off and land. They all flew for Capital Airlines. Great memories! Great video. Thank you

@andyml1 3 года назад

One of the world’s most beautiful aircraft....

@adriaankemp5387 Год назад

In the fifties i was in a Super Connie at Schiphol (Amsterdam Airport) Netherlands. My dad worked at the KLM 48 years. We may inside with the tour. I was about 6/7 years old. I never forget. The name of the Connie was "Hugo de Groot". Together with the 747 the most beautiful plaines ever build.

@aussietiger Год назад

My uncle ( Qantas flight engineer) once told me about the so called good olde days and how a lot of crew did not want to do the Perth to India flight due to a point of no return, so what often happened was sickies were pulled in Sydney and he said he was not surprised to get the call out. He also talked to me about the time the crew lost their bearings when heading towards Singapore how the pilot started a box gird search, all there was to see was ocean, but luck held for them a very distant light was noticed and they headed directly towards it. The light happened to be a lighthouse and could ID the location of the lighthouse by the frequency flashing and thus had their bearings and off to a safe completion of that leg of the journey.

@hardmoneysolutions 3 года назад

I used to sit on a hill with my two brothers above Stutgart airport and watch these beauties come in, then came the magnificent 707 and finally saw the 747 land on it's round the world tour. Great video, thanks.

@PaulStewartAviation 3 года назад

What an amazing sight (and sound!) that would have been!

@tonycamplin8607 2 года назад

In the mid 1950s I flew in several of them, the pressurised cabin was fantastic, you didn't have to empty your fountain pens!

@glennpowell3444 3 года назад

Fun fact about those 3350,s. They ran hot and if hot for too long then the exhaust valve stems cracked.They were sodium filled to dissipate heat but if sodium is leaked into the atmosphere it burns like a blow torch and cause the allunium cowls and the wing trailing edge to burn. A big issue on the earlier b29,s that shared those engines.They had to be shut down to avoid that happening. Opening the cooling gills at cruise effected the airflow over the wings .

@gedjad 3 года назад

Neat inside info! Thanks for posting

@glennpowell3444 3 года назад

@@gedjad No problem.Thanks.

@stephenfestus9268 3 года назад

This was a very educational video. I still remember as a child in the early 60's my mother taking me to the observation deck at Logan Airport in Boston Mass, to watch the early airliners. The one thing I can remember was how loud they were when they revved their engines for take off. Yes I also had a little Connie toy to play with in the days when we used our imaginations to play.

@markvaughn8096 Год назад

Thanks for an amazing tour of this bird.... As a Pilot my self, I have always loved its lines...... At the Ripe old Age of 3 yrs old I got to fly on one from California to Quam...Oh how I wish I was old enough to remember that flight hahahahaha My father was in the US AirForce and we were on a Military version..... Later when in my 50s was allowed on board President Eisenhower's AirForce 1 which at the time was in a Museum in AZ ... I was amazed at how tight the cabin was compared to the Jumbo Jets of today.... Thanks again for your video....

@tonyprice5344 2 года назад

There is not a more graceful aircraft that has ever existed. Simply beautiful.

@tidelovinyankee1368 Год назад

I had the pleasure and honor of flying on a super constellation in 1966. My new wife and I flew from Providence, Rhode Island to Washington, DC. It is by far the most beautiful airliner ever built.

@eightbars1 3 года назад

As a child, I lived in Las Vegas, NV., near McCarren Int'l Airport. At the N end on the property, were about six Constellations, maybe more. All were being scrapped. I was about 9 years old at the time. I could go out to those planes and climb in and through them. I remember the cockpits being really small. They felt pretty tight then, and that was with most every instrument removed, the seats gone, just a dash full of holes and a couple of yokes. That was only the second time I had ever been in an airplane. The first was flying home from the Seattle World's Fair in 1963, also in a 4-engine airplane I can't remember much about. I got to sit by a window and watched the props for hours. I do remember that the Connie in my mind was smaller inside than whatever it was we flew in from Seattle. But as a kid, it was so cool to stand there under a plane with three tails, and find a way to climb through to the cockpit. Great memories. Thanks

@erichstocker8358 3 года назад

The super constellation was a gorgeous aircraft. I remember seeing them flying into Columbus OH all the time until they disappeared about 1960. Within 2 years the jetliners had totally replaced them. The jets were nice and quiet inside but they were not as beautiful as the Lockheed constellation. Lockheed was known for its original airplanes.

@mitseraffej5812 3 года назад

Yes, the Lockheed Tristar was well ahead of its time in technology.

@queenslander954 2 года назад

John Travolta’s & everyone’s favourite plane .. great channel & great tour .. give yourself a salute Captain Paul.

@jeffgann6613 Год назад

Sleek and elegant, she's an icon of the golden age of propeller aircraft.

@andrewlucchese6267 Год назад

Growing up in Camarillo, I would go check out the "Connie" at the end of the airport. Glad she found a home. Oh, back in the 1980s she had a massive oil patch under her, that mixed with farm dust, could be walked on, but on a hot day, you would sink in.

@Bobm-kz5gp 3 года назад

I loved watching the EC-121’s taking off at DaNang at night, the sound of those powerful radial engines and the blue yellow flame of the exhaust, the A1E’s too. 1970 I was an Air Force F-4 weapons mechanic, and future Army Huey pilot, I got that bug from watching them flying by.

@everettolenick 2 года назад

definitely my favorite of all time, such a beautiful design.

@SC-sf8xt 3 года назад

The lines of this plane are so sexy like it moves forward even sitting still

@hlcepeda 3 года назад

There were ~90 "Connie" civilian operators. I haven' seen them all, but -- to me -- it looked the best in the _Air France_ livery. The blue/white/silver didn't 'interfere' with or overshadow the plane's unique elegant shape.

@Deano084 3 года назад

I remember having a walk around the flying connie when I was a kid in albury , love the ol girl! Great vid again Paul!

@patrickmulreany3754 Год назад

I flew on TWA from Shannon, Ireland to New York with a stop in Gander Newfoundland on 29 June 1959. I continued to San Francisco on same plane the next morning, 30 June, with a stop in Kansas City. I never flew on the Super Connie again. (Sigh!) Great plane. Patrick M.

@davegrenier1160 3 года назад

I have seen many aircraft on display at airshows and museum. The Constellation (which I saw in flight at an airshow at McChord AFB in Tacoma many years ago) is my all-time "most beautiful aircraft" winner.

@bryanlorang417 3 года назад

WOW Paul, this series has been so awesome! .The 747, 707 & the Connie. I've enjoyed so much. Thanks!

@75ajw 3 года назад

I remember looking inside a Connie at Hobart Airport sometime in the late 80s or 90s, during an air display. The engineer on board was telling us about the rigours of watching engine oil pressure, or some detail like that. Thanks for this great video.

@johnlunnun9769 Год назад

Don’t forget the VC10, another beauty!

@PaulStewartAviation Год назад

You're absolutely right! I hope to get across to the UK early next year and film around one.

@ronmartin6781 Год назад

Greetings! I stumbled across your video while clicking around on RU-vid. I was enjoying it greatly - the whole time thinking, I know where there's a Super Constellation stashed away. Back in 2013 I was heading back to the States after visiting my wife's family in Cagayan De Oro. I saw a Constellation sitting off the side of the runway, next to some metal buildings. (Weirdly, in sharp contrast, it was parked not too far away from Manny Pacquiao's brightly painted private airliner). I was like- OMG! There's a Super Constellation sitting over there! You will never ever see that again! Everyone else with me looked at me like I was crazy. Totally indifferent. While watching your video I was remembering that day. I was amazed to suddenly learn that THIS Connie was the Exact same plane I saw sitting dilapidated while taking off from Manila. Always wondered what happened to it. So very glad that it was rescued!

@MrButtonpresser 3 года назад

Great stuff. Just missed the Constellation years myself, but I always love to see them.

@michaeljamesgleason7465 2 года назад

My favorite passenger airplane! Beautiful work of art and machine

@truthseeker8483 3 года назад

My father flew out from the UK on one in 1949..he was always talking about it..especially the long flames coming out of the exhausts....it is a beautiful plane.

@patriotalan 3 года назад

There is an operational Connie in Kanas City, Missouri at the National Airline History Museum. It is currently grounded for some long term repairs, but they do pull it out every few months and run it up. It is very fun when they do a run up. Hopefully in the next few years it will be back in the air again.

@bucksix1 2 года назад

I haven't flown in quite a few years now being completely and avid AMTRAK fan. however there was a time when it seemed I was living on a plane. This model affectionately known as the Lockheed Connie. was the queen of the air. In addition to wonderful flights it was the most beautiful plane in the sky, This video makes me feel very young again. THANK YOU!!!

@doren8491 3 года назад

As an aircrew radioman in 1969-1970 with USN in squadron VW-1 on a WC-121-N ( Connie) I logged almost 2000 hrs. with the other Typhoon Trackers of crew 7. Excellent duty, including in Vietnam. Great video of this pretty, iconic aircraft.

@GilbertTravels 3 года назад

It amazes me how little thought was given to preserving aviation through history (e.g. that two of the planes shown at that museum weren't even original Qantas airliners but acquired later in their lives from other uses). The fact that no one thought to preserve even one of the amazing Boeing 314 Clipper flying boats is astounding to me. What an iconic aircraft, simply scrapped like a used drink can. Flight museums are very important at preserving what history we have left of aviation, and even today as so many aircraft types leave the skies for the last times, so thanks for featuring this museum so well Paul.

@PaulStewartAviation 3 года назад

It's true and a pity that more aircraft weren't preserved. We're lucky to have these ones here! I know some people have complained about the cost of the museum but the reality is that it's very expensive to keep these aircraft on display. The alternative is these planes fall into disrepute and we never see them again.

@seanriffle6324 2 года назад

IMO, it's one of the most beautiful planes ever to fly.

@the5thmusketeer215 Год назад

Thank you very much for uploading & sharing this. An absolutely fascinating window into a truly beautiful & iconic aircraft… & also into the exciting evolution of Civil Aviation “back in the Day.”

@hackfabrication139 3 года назад

Lockheed knew how to build sexy aircraft! The Constellation is a favorite of mine, along with the L-1011 Tristar. Then there's their military planes.

@redpardalis8549 3 года назад

The three engine remark is quite interesting. I saw a cutaway Connie engine at the air museum in San Diego's Balboa Park. The card says that it is a debugged and improved version of the engine used in the B-29. It happens that my father was in one of the three bomb groups the USA sent to India in the B-29's first deployment overseas. The were each stationed on their own strip on the hot plains of India and had to ferry bombs and gas over The Hump (Himalayas) into a hand made strip built at Cheng Du in inland China. 10 supply ferry flights for each mission. From there they flew missions to Japan, Singapore, and other targets. Their average mission was 20 hours and the longest mission was 24 hours. Unfortunately the average engine life was 10 hours. Fortunately most of the bad engines would fail in 20 minutes or so and if they made it past that they would usually last for a mission or two. So the mechanics would hang 4 new engines on the plane, test it for a bit, and replace any engines that failed the test until they got 4 good ones. Then they would go bomb Tokyo. While the B-29 engine didn't have the exhaust gas turbines of the Connie it sounds like the two did have a lot in common.

@colettebusquet4091 Год назад

so interesting ! braviii and these information as other comments remember me this well known univers due to my beloved father 's professional area supplying aeronautic precision instruments its emotional for me so long after... small is the world ! ...

@dalereed2626 3 года назад

In 1957 I was 2 years old and flew from Los Angeles to NY then to London , it took 24 hours. That was before they started using the Polar Route . The Connie is my favorite Planes . this is a great video it brought back a lot of memories . i made two flights in the Connie .

@PaulStewartAviation 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it Dale! wow 24hrs would have been a fantastic experience although I suspect the novelty would have worn off after a while!! We are lucky to travel with such speed and comfort these days.

@humbertocarreira175 3 года назад

Melhor que um CONNIE? Só meia dúzia deles!!! O ruído característico de seus motores nos deixa extasiados!!! Aos. dias de hoje,para os apaixonados pelo CONSTELLATION , você já imaginou uma viagem RIO DE JANEIRO ATÉ MIAMI a bordo de um deles ?? Não há palavras para descrever isso!!!!Eu os vi voando muitas vezes pela VARIG e pela PANAIR partindo do GALEÃO. Muito emocionante!!!SAUDADE NÃO TEM IDADE E NEM PREÇO.Tomara que muitas organizações nos EUA ,possam continuar preservando-os ,para que os jovens de hj e os do futuro vejam sua importância para a aviação no mundo.Eu gosto de hèlices e dos aviões antigos com motores a pistão!!! CONSTELLATION, DC7, DC6,DC4 ,DC 3. E O TAMBÉM NOSTÁLGICO TU-114. !!!!!!

@james7149 3 года назад

Like your title Paul and the reason for using it. This aircraft has a graceful, unique design that stands alone. Very interesting facts and of course a reminder of what air travel once cost. Have really enjoyed this series you’ve created at the Qantas Founders Museum, Cheers mate👍

@chuckkirkpatrick6712 3 года назад

Most beautiful airplane ever designed.

@bkdexter79 2 года назад

Again, a wonderful and well narrated video! Thanks Paul!

@lestercoons3962 2 года назад

The first time I flew was on one of these! My father and I traveled from Tampa, Florida to Mobile, Alabama!

@MrJimmy440 3 года назад

Another great tour of aviation history. Thanks again

@millimetreperfect 3 года назад

Worth a trip down under just for this fab museum!

@williammodlin2621 3 года назад

The Super Connie was THE airplane when I was a child. I personally think it’s beautiful. Thanks for the show.

@PaulStewartAviation 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it William. You may be interested in my other tours through the 747-200B and 707,

@xgford94 3 года назад

Love the TAA air steps

@jerrywilson5853 3 года назад

while I was growing up in Jacksonville Fl, these were used as hurricane hunters and stationed at NAS Jax,, got to tour one on a field trip,, so cool

@christianjforbes 3 года назад

I was at flight school in Florida when the Connie at the field was dusted off and flew to its final home at Fantasy of Flight. It’s a great memory watching it fly

@aussietiger Год назад

My uncle was also a Qantas flight engineer on the Super Constellations, I am sure he would be impressed by the restoration works of this beautiful plane

@PaulStewartAviation Год назад

Absolutely! I love hearing stories from old LAMES and flight crew who worked on these birds. Same with the brilliant Connie at HARS.