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Lockhhed L-049, varian sipil pertama Lockhhed Constellation
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Informasi umum | |
Jenis | Pesawat terbang |
Pabrikan | Lockheed |
Sejarah | |
Diproduksi | 1943–1958 |
Tanggal perkenalan |
1943 dengan
1945 dengan TWA |
Pensiun |
1978 (militer)
1990-an (sipil) |
Lockheed Constellation merupakan sebuah pesawat sayap rendah (low wing) yang dibuat oleh Lockheed Corporation . Pesawat ini dahulu merupakan pesawat paling populer di dunia untuk waktu yang lama. Lockheed Constellation pertama kali mengudara pada 1943 . Hingga sekarang ini sudah tidak diproduksi lagi.
Pesawat ini mulai diproduksi pada tahun 1943 hingga dipensiunkan pada pertengahan 1990-an . Jumlah produksinya adalah 856.
Referensi
- Birtles, Phillip. Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (Airliner Color History). St. Paul: Minnesota: Motorbooks International, 1998. ISBN 978-0-7603-0582-9 .
- Beyond the Horizons: The Lockheed Story . New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. ISBN 0-312-24438-X .
- Cacutt, Len, ed. "Lockheed Constellation". Great Aircraft of the World . London: Marshall Cavendish, 1989. ISBN 1-85435-250-4 .
- Germain, Scott E. Lockheed Constellation and Super Constellation . North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press, 1998. ISBN 1-58007-000-0 .
- Marson, Peter J. The Lockheed Constellation Series . Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians), 1982. ISBN 0-85130-100-2 .
- Pace, Steve. X-Planes: Pushing the Envelope of Flight . Osceola, Wisconsin: Zenith Imprint, 2003. ISBN 978-0-7603-1584-2 .
- Sampson, Anthony. Empires of the Sky: The Politics, Contest and Cartels of World Airlines . London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. ISBN 0-340-37668-6 .
- Smith, M.J. Jr. Passenger Airliners of the United States, 1926–1991 . Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1986. ISBN 0-933126-72-7 .
- Stringfellow, Curtis K. and Peter M. Bowers. Lockheed Constellation: A Pictorial History . St. Paul, Minnesota: Motorbooks, 1992. ISBN 0-87938-379-8 .
- Taylor, Michael J.H., ed. "Lockheed Constellation and Super Constellation". Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . New York: Crescent, 1993. ISBN 0-517-10316-8 .
- United States Air Force Museum Guidebook . Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio: Air Force Museum Foundation, 1975.
- Yenne, Bill, Lockheed . Greenwich, Connecticut: Bison Books, 1987. ISBN 0-517-60471-X .
Pranala luar

- Lockheed Martin official site
- Popular Science , June 1943, The Flying Shark one of the first detailed articles on the C-69 Constellation
- Connie Survivors
- Goleta Air and Space Museum: Lockheed Constellation Survivors
- Warbird Alley: Connie page
- Gallery of civilian and military Lockheed Constellations worldwide and links to other galleries.
- A photograph and description of VH-EAB and two colored promotional posters for Qantas Empire Airways's Constellation services, Qantas Empire Airways Lockheed L749 Constellation VH-EAB.
- Restoration of Lockheed L-1649A Super Star to airworthy condition by Lufthansa Technik
- One of four similar aerial photographs of VH-EAB by , with brief annotation
- MATS Connie ; aircraft specifications
- Super Constellation Flyers Association
- Many detailed close-up photographs of the Constellation from the Airline History Museum Diarsipkan 2008-01-09 di Wayback Machine .
- Travelling by the Constellation. Air France clips and pictures from the 1950s (in French) Diarsipkan 2007-08-27 di Wayback Machine .
- Maintenance parts catalog Constellation model L-049 reissue:1947
- Super Connies in São Tomé airport, survivors of Biafra Airlift