Thanks Barnstormer - great pic. I just wish they wouldn't store aircraft on grass though - they deteriorate more quickly than on concrete.

Cheers

Frank

EC-121T SN 52-3425

Good find, Gene. What on earth have they done to her tail - it looks OK in your pic!

Cheers

Frank

The website talks about restoration - here are the tail pics

http://www.petemuseum.org/EC121TailRepairPage.html

The satellite must have snapped during mid-tail restoration...

Hey Frank, I really like this thread on Connie. So, I wrote up a story on it at Google Earth Blog.

Check out the story here.

alas there is not currently high resolution imagery for it yet but there is a connie at the salina, ks airport (at least it was there last time I was), I believe that it is currently undergoing restoration, but if high-res imagery for salina ever becomes avaliable then it should be visible.

http://www.conniesurvivors.com/N1206.htm

This looks like a Connie from our good friends Windows Live Local. Zoom in as far as you can. Someday we'll do better.

http://local.live.com/?v=2&sp=aN.qg0...d%2520States___

The Constellation's unique 123-foot wing span, four radial engines, triple-tail design and graceful dolphin shaped fuselage make it an unforgettable aircraft. Lockheed designed the Constellation in the early 1940s. The design was in response to a specification supplied by Howard Hughes for a commercial airliner for TransWorld Airlines. In its day, the Constellation reigned as Queen of the Skies. It was the first aircraft to fly coast-to-coast non-stop and was pressurized. The "Connie" set new records for size and speed. In April 1944, a C-69 Constellation made world headlines when Howard Hughes and Jack Frye of TWA shattered the transcontinental commercial record, piloting the largest land transport plane ever built from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., in 7 hours 3 minutes. Military use of the "Connie" spanned three wars: World War II, Korea and Vietnam. At total of 856 "Connies" were built 1943 and 1958. They were used extensively by both military and civilian airlines until the early 1960s.

These two Constellations were flown into Sao Tome Salazer in 1969 to take part in emergency relief operations in the Biafran conflict in Nigeria. After the conflict ended, they were placed in storage at Sao Tome awaiting a future sale which fell through. No other buyers were found and they now lie derelict beside an equally unlucky DC-3.

Lockheed Constellation L1049H #CF-NAL





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Lockheed Constellation L1049H #CF-NAM





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Discovered by Delta102

With thanks to www.conniesurvivors.com for images and info. What an outstanding website!