Good to hear from you RAG. Find me a Willy-Victor in GE!

Cheers

Frank

Ciao

EDIT: Placemark removed, this nice Lady now appears HERE

Located in an Aircraft Museum at Polk City, FL, here is the N974R.

More pics here.

Nice thread indeed!

Bye
b

Ciao

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Delta102 posted Connies at Pima and I didn't check!

Delta's post #1: here
Delta's post #2: here.

My apologies to Delta102 and Frank.

Bye
b

The EC-121T Warning Star was effectively a Super Constellation with a suite of sophisticated (for those days!) electronic surveillance equipment, a forerunner to elements of today's AWACS role.



This Sneaky Connie has recently been made airworthy. As usual click on the GE placemark to see the story.

Thanks to Delta102 and Skycaptain for this one.

Cheers,

Frank

One way and another, this beautiful Starliner spent 21 years in restoration. Still potentially airworthy, she is on loan to the Fantasy Of Flight Museum in Polk City FL.

Click on the GE placemark to see her story.

Thanks to Bebop for this one.

Edit 5 Apr 08 - placemark moved to correspond to new imagery

Things can only get better! In this shot, Connie looks rather forlorn - up on jacks with her rudders, props and mainwheels missing, and her paint peeling.



In reality, she has been carefully cocooned to protect her from the elements and is awaiting restoration to take her place in the new National Air and Space Museum at Dulles.

I assume the pipework is dehumidification equipment.

Ciao

Here is a Navy Connie at MCClellan Aviation Museum, Sacramento CA:



Navy Bu.No. 141309 is a Navy WV-2 built by Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank, California and delivered to the Navy in August, 1956. It served with VW-13, VW-15, and VW-2 at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland; and in November, 1961 it was sent to the Pacific Missile Range, NAS Point Mugu, California. It was retired to Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona in March, 1978, and was flown to the museum in April, 1983.

The museum's 'Warning Star' was given the USAF S/N 53-552 in honor of the 552nd Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing which was stationed at McClellan from 1953 to 1977 (source).

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b

Ciao

Here is a Constellation at Anfa Airport GMMC-CAS, in Casablanca, Morocco.
This aicraft, formerly owned by Air France, was delivered to Royal Air Maroc in 1960 and retired in 1970:



She's currently under restoration:



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b

This beautiful old ex-Lufthansa girl was destined to become a cafe in Warmbaths SA. Fortunately the cafe plan fell through, and she's preserved and on display at Johannesburg International Airport.

WIth Lufthansa:



Final Flight:



Click on the GE placemark for her story.

Thanks to Genehil for this one.

Frank... Is the Sante Fe Connie in your thread yet?

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded....amp;Main=164785