On this day in aviation history, January 9, 1943, a large four engine transport aircraft with three tail fins rose from the runway at Burbank Airport, California. This was the Lockheed Constellation, ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. 1959 photograph showing the failed engine of an Eastern Air Lines Lockheed Model 1049 Super Constellation in flight somewhere over the east coast ...
Before the likes of the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 caught the attention of passengers, the Lockheed Constellation was an airliner that many people dreamed of boarding. It was one of the last ...
On January 9, 1943, the Lockheed L-049 Constellation took flight for the first time, introducing pressurized airline travel ...