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Post by olderndirt on Dec 15, 2016 20:44:05 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2016 13:41:03 GMT -5
Holy smokes (err, "fire"!!!) I didn't think any of those were still in the air. Is this for an airshow or is it a working machine, do you know?
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Post by Bushpounder on Dec 16, 2016 14:57:09 GMT -5
Back in the 70s they were still flying these out of Miami and Ft. Lauderdale all the time. Very cool to watch and be around.
BP;)
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Post by olderndirt on Dec 16, 2016 20:47:34 GMT -5
Holy smokes (err, "fire"!!!) I didn't think any of those were still in the air. Is this for an airshow or is it a working machine, do you know? My daughter talked me into participating in 'Facebook'  . One of the blogs is this "Aviation Love" which is pretty much a continuous series of aviation videos. She shows pictures of herself (I trust) in stewardess uni - verry fetching. |
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Post by spud on Dec 16, 2016 23:39:06 GMT -5
The A/C I know was the R7V (Navy designation) I was fortunate to get a small amount of yoke time with VR-1 in the Connie. Just airborne no landings or takeoffs. It was suprising not too heavy on the controls. Strange to me was asking for different power settings from the flight engineer sitting behind the pilots.
lockheed did make some fine A/C. My last Navy A/C was the P2V-7(SP2H)traing Naval Reservists at NAS Glennview, IL.
That one you took off with two turning and two burning and then shut down the turbins for cruise. Ironically while waiting on orders as an enlisted sailor (NAVCAD progrm) to flight training at NAS Los Alomitos my first ever ride was in a P2V. So came full circle first and last Navy flight in the same A/C.
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Post by Bushpounder on Dec 17, 2016 7:09:47 GMT -5
Love the Connies. My grandfather was a f/e for TWA and had thousands of hours in them before switching to jets. I used to be all over them in the hangar at JFK years ago. When my dad was in the USAF, he was a mechanic on Connies up on the Cape.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2016 8:12:11 GMT -5
Yeah, sure wish they were still flying, even as cargo pigs. I only vaguely remember seeing one as a young kid (and no cracks about pterodactyls please  ). As much as I love A2A stuff, I can't see biting on this one. Now, if they did a light twin (a COMMON light twin), I'd be alllllll over that one!!! |
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Post by olderndirt on Dec 17, 2016 12:36:30 GMT -5
You've got to admire their marketing strategy. The more layers of realism they can add, the more they can charge. A lot of simmers would'nt have gone for the Stratocruiser without the "Captain of the ship" theme and that'll be the same with the Connie.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2016 15:07:11 GMT -5
A quick search showed 4 or 5 as still air worthy another 4+ being restored and a few dozen either on display or stored in the "boneyard".
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2016 15:29:53 GMT -5
Are any of those 4 or 5 actual working machines, or are they just doing the airshow circuit now?
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Post by olderndirt on Dec 17, 2016 20:36:31 GMT -5
Any that've been restored are much too valuable to fly for a living.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2016 23:21:35 GMT -5
It appears that two are flying the airshow circuit and the others are kept in flying condition but on display in museums. There is a Constellation website that provides the status of all surviving "Connies" by registration number with pics and some background info.
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. One of the blogs is this "Aviation Love" which is pretty much a continuous series of aviation videos. She shows pictures of herself (I trust) in stewardess uni - verry fetching.
). As much as I love A2A stuff, I can't see biting on this one. Now, if they did a light twin (a COMMON light twin), I'd be alllllll over that one!!!