When Hughes was test flying the second prototype of the Connie by flying across the US, they stopped in at Wright Field in Ohio and invited the 72 year old Orville Wright to fly on it, and it's said Hughes even let him take the controls. Orville was thrilled!
As a kid, I flew jump seat New York to San Juan several times on Super G with my father in the left seat, while the Flight Engineer explained some of his gauges and controls to me. Dad was a check pilot for Eastern and took me on several such trips. He let me sit in the left seat and move the yoke and trim wheel (no passengers of course). He retired in 1983 as senior L1011 captain, and passed away in 2016. God bless you, Dad!
Even starting those majestic engines was exciting. Hearing this sound takes me back to a time when we were real pilots, not just "managers" in front of a computer screen.
This beautiful propeller airplane reminds me of my childhood. Simply beautiful, also the sound of the engines. The airport smelled of aviation fuel and the security controls were much easier than today.
My first plane ride was on a TWA Superconstellation from Geneva through Paris and Shannon to New York Idlewilde on December 30, 1957. I had window seat 9E. What memories!
This is so awesome! My friends actually had a wedding reception at the airline history museum with that exact airplane! Blue LED lights were placed underneath the airplane and what a really amazing Ambience for a wedding reception.
The pinnacle of piston aircraft technology all in one of the most gorgeous aircraft ever made. I was onboard one in 1957 flying from Honduras to Miami Fla. with my family. I remember it was equipped with sleeping berths in the rear for transatlantic flights though they were not used on our flight. Thanks for the upload.
I remember when a young boy about 1948-9 my cousin and I would cycle from Acton to Heathrow to watch the aircraft take offs and landings, Connies, Yorks, Dacks and militaries. Better than collecting train numbers.
Lovely looking aeroplane. My first recollection of my father (who died last year) is standing with him, holding his hand, at the end of the runway at Mascot Airport in Sydney in the late 1950s, watching a Qantas Conie running up her engines. I was about 3 at the time. In those days there were no fences around the runway and provided you were sensible you were left to just watch and enjoy.
What a beautiful sight and sound of those magnificent, Wright turbo-compound 18 cylinder round engines. I never flew on a Lockheed Constellation as a kid but I did have the chance to fly on a Douglas DC-7 a couple times when I was a youngster which had identical engines. Nothing can beat the sound of a radial engine!
When Hughes was test flying the second prototype of the Connie by flying across the US, they stopped in at Wright Field in Ohio and invited the 72 year old Orville Wright to fly on it, and it's said Hughes even let him take the controls. Orville was thrilled!
My uncle flew for TWA for 34 years, this was his favorite . His ashes were scattered from this very plane over the Ozarks. R.I.P. Uncle J.B.
As a kid, I flew jump seat New York to San Juan several times on Super G with my father in the left seat, while the Flight Engineer explained some of his gauges and controls to me. Dad was a check pilot for Eastern and took me on several such trips. He let me sit in the left seat and move the yoke and trim wheel (no passengers of course). He retired in 1983 as senior L1011 captain, and passed away in 2016. God bless you, Dad!
She’s a beauty! Those winged prop airplanes of yesteryears have the character you can’t replicate in today’s time!
The Super G has got to be one of the most beautiful airplanes ever built!!
Even starting those majestic engines was exciting. Hearing this sound takes me back to a time when we were real pilots, not just "managers" in front of a computer screen.
Still sitting here and waiting for the takeoff after 12 hours of idling
The end of the large Luxury piston airliner, and the beginning of the sardine can tube.
Probably the most majestic aeroplane, ever
Just felt like a coughing diesel tractor when the first engine started
I was an 11 yo passenger on one in 1960 between Belem, Brazil, and Miami. Unforgettable and unforgotten!
Absolutely a beautiful plane. I miss TWA and the days when flying was fun.
I just have one thing to say, this is the most beautiful plane ever built.
This beautiful propeller airplane reminds me of my childhood. Simply beautiful, also the sound of the engines. The airport smelled of aviation fuel and the security controls were much easier than today.
My first plane ride was on a TWA Superconstellation from Geneva through Paris and Shannon to New York Idlewilde on December 30, 1957. I had window seat 9E. What memories!
This is so awesome! My friends actually had a wedding reception at the airline history museum with that exact airplane! Blue LED lights were placed underneath the airplane and what a really amazing Ambience for a wedding reception.
The pinnacle of piston aircraft technology all in one of the most gorgeous aircraft ever made. I was onboard one in 1957 flying from Honduras to Miami Fla. with my family. I remember it was equipped with sleeping berths in the rear for transatlantic flights though they were not used on our flight. Thanks for the upload.
I remember when a young boy about 1948-9 my cousin and I would cycle from Acton to Heathrow to watch the aircraft take offs and landings, Connies, Yorks, Dacks and militaries. Better than collecting train numbers.
Lovely looking aeroplane. My first recollection of my father (who died last year) is standing with him, holding his hand, at the end of the runway at Mascot Airport in Sydney in the late 1950s, watching a Qantas Conie running up her engines. I was about 3 at the time. In those days there were no fences around the runway and provided you were sensible you were left to just watch and enjoy.
What a beautiful sight and sound of those magnificent, Wright turbo-compound 18 cylinder round engines. I never flew on a Lockheed Constellation as a kid but I did have the chance to fly on a Douglas DC-7 a couple times when I was a youngster which had identical engines. Nothing can beat the sound of a radial engine!