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Airplane Pictures from the 60's & 70's

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Text : Jean-Pierre Bonin © 1999-2003

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				The Lockheed Super Constellation was one if not the most elegant airliner. It's triple fin tail assembly and the tapered fuselage gave it it's caracteristic silhouette.
				In the forefront, detail of a Air Canada Vickers Viscount.

	Pictures shown here lack in quality what they reminisce, the're the witness, thirthy years later, of the privilege I had seeing this plane in regular service and of the pleasure I experienced seeing it fly. No wonder enthousiasts are still trying to keep a Connie operational.
	This picture is available in 1024x768 format on Airliners.net http://www.airliners.net/open.file/257024/L/



	Ci-dessus, un L-1049H Super-Constellation.

				In spite of poor quality pictures the plane shown below during multiple landing is probably an ex-military Constellation C-121A or VC-121A (due to the number and position of windows). (According to a picture in PACE, S., Lockheed's Constellation, Enthousiast Color Series, Motorbooks International, 1998, page 58)

Constellation C-121A or VC-121A


This picture in enlarged format is also available on Airliners.net http://www.airliners.net/open.file/265036/L/

		From the end of the 40's to the beginning of the 60's DC-6, DC-7, Constellations and super-Constellations ruled the skies. These were detroned by the first jet planes.

	"Blue" Constellation enlaged version 1024X768 pixels ~221 Kb, "Green" Constellation enlarged version 1024X768 pixels ~221 Kb



	Picture on the left is available in format 1024x768 on Airliners.net http://www.airliners.net/open.file/392897/L

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Web site created on August 8th 1999
Page created on September 9th 2002, last update December 26th 2003

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The picture on the left shows a Super Constellation equipped with wing-tip reservoirs (a L-1049H) giving the plane significantly longer range. Behind, the tail of an Ilyushin Il-62, a plane resembling the Vickers Super VC-10.

The picture on the right shows a World Samplers Travel Club Constellation going to the tarmac.

to see another picture of this plane on Airliners.net :
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/271539/L/