The Lockheed Constellation was a beautiful aircraft and one of the most easily recognizable with its unmistakable triple tail. I enjoy hunting for videos of older aircraft on Youtube and was delighted to stumble across some of these. Take a look!
Tail number N749NL makes a comeback after restoration!
A Constellation takes off at night during an Australian airshow in 2003. Take a look at the flames when the engines are at full power.
Those R-3350s sure make for a smokey start-up.
“Super Constellation Flight with Aurthur Godfrey (Part 1)
“Super Constellation Flight with Aurthur Godfrey (Part 1)
Don’t those videos take you back to a different time? It seems alien to me, perhaps because this was from the generation of my parents. Things were so very different back then.
2 Responses to “Lockheed Constellation”
There are two things in this world that will make a man… yeah…
1) Large Machinery
2) Aircraft
If you’re interested in some *really* interesting stuff, I suggest you check out alot of the (what is now) declasified, old Area51 work. I’m obsessed with that place >.> its rediculous.
Although I can say that I don’t believe they work on reverse engineering alien spacecraft as proposed by Bob Lazaar.
That’s hilarious. Some of the stuff that goes on in classified areas is pretty fascinating. ‘Course, the conspiracy theorist nut-jobs tend to associate everything with aliens, and they certainly never stop to consider that–you know–there’s defense-related stuff going on out there. It’s important to keep that stuff secret!
Ahh well…
I agree about aircraft and large machinery, though I tend to be partial to big planes. There’s just something about four massive reciprocating motors plowing ahead…
Note: Not to disparage against turbine-based engines, of course! It’s just that reciprocating engines have a special place in history. Turbo props and turbo fans/jets are both amazing power plants, but you still can’t beat the noise of an 18 cylinder radial!
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