Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation three-view illustration with dimensions. (Lockheed Aircraft Corporation) A Trans-Canada Air Lines L-1049C at Heathrow, 1954.

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, ...

Sixty years ago, as the U.S. was becoming more involved in the opening salvo of the Vietnam War, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation was making its way west.

Lockheed Model 1049D Super Constellation Provenance ... 2025, NASM.2025.0013 Summary 1959 photograph showing the failed engine of an Eastern Air Lines Lockheed Model 1049 Super Constellation in flight ...

Branded the ‘Super Star’ by Lufthansa, the four-engined type, with a triple tail fin arrangement similar to the Lockheed L-1049 Constellation, joined the fleet 68 years ago, in 1957, for ...