This Day in Aviation History
January 9th, 1943
First flight of the Lockheed Constellation.
 
The Lockheed Constellation (“Connie”) was a propeller-driven, four-engined airliner that was built by Lockheed Corporation between 1943 and 1958 at Burbank, California.
 
Lockheed built 856 in numerous models—all with the same triple-tail design and dolphin-shaped fuselage. Most were powered by four 18-cylinder Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclones. The Constellation was used as a civil airliner and as a military and civil air transport, seeing service in the Berlin Airlift and the Biafran airlift. It was the presidential aircraft for Dwight D. Eisenhower…..
 
Source:
Wikipedia, Lockheed Constellation: http://gstv.us/1SEfaH7
 
YouTube, C-121 Constellation first flight: http://gstv.us/1SEfd5F
Via Tom Dozier
 
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Photo Caption A Lockheed XC-69 Constellation with a Lockheed Vega in the foreground.
Photo from: http://gstv.us/1SEfpC2
 
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