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Feature image © Thomas Kirn G-AHEM (cn 1978) 'Balmoral II', sister to our story's aircraft G-AHEL 'Bangor II'. It’s not widely known that BOAC, forerunner of British Airways, continued to fly global services throughout World War 2 – and by 1945 no airline had more experience crossing the Atlantic. At war’s end, the airline was swift…
Seaboard & Western Airlines L-1049D
Photo taken at Dusseldorf - International (Rhein-Ruhr / Lohausen) (DUS / EDDL) in Germany in April, 1962.
[c/n 2074] [oct46-1966] [L049] Lockheed Constellation [F-BAZC] [Air France] [oct46] [feb50]
Engine start up for one of the last scheduled passenger Constellation flights - heading for Santo Domingo. - Photo taken at San Juan - Luis Munoz Marin International (Isla Verde) (SJU / TJSJ) in Puerto Rico on February 5, 1977.
N90816 - Lockheed L-049 Constellation - Pacfic Air Transport at Ft. Lauderdale International Airport (FLL) in September 1979 c/n 2078 - built in 1946 for TWA and operated until 1962 - stored at FLL between 1979 and 1990 in ex Pacific Air Transport colours (no titles) scrapped 1990 scanned from Kodachrome-slide
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Delivered new to TWA in September 1946. Sold in March 1962 with 46,958 flying hours. Fitted wth 86-seat high density layout in 1978. Broken up in 1990. - Photo taken at Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International (FLL / KFLL) in Florida, USA on September 29, 1979.
