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silverfox From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 1058 posts, RR: 0
Posted (8 months 1 week 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 2028 times:

Apologies idf double posted, found this link on another site

http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?display=1&mode=play&obj=32329

Which begs the question , how many Lufthansa Connis ( and other piston types) are preserved>

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mayor From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 9199 posts, RR: 14
Reply 1, posted (8 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1824 times:

Well DL does have the restored DC-3, ship #41 on display at ATL.

http://www.douglasdc3.com/delta41/delta41.htm

"A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling, to do the unnecessary"----Fred Allen

Rwy04LGA From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 2150 posts, RR: 7
Reply 2, posted (8 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1791 times:

Not sure if you meant only LH birds. My first flight was in a TCA Connie. There's one preserved at Boeing's Museum at PAE.

The early bird gets the worm, BUT...the second mouse gets the cheese!

mayor From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 9199 posts, RR: 14
Reply 3, posted (8 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1773 times:

Quoting Rwy04LGA (Reply 2):
Not sure if you meant only LH birds.

My mistake......missed that.

"A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling, to do the unnecessary"----Fred Allen

CM From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 4, posted (8 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1709 times:

Better fix your title. I'm pretty sure you meant "Lockheed Connies"? If you leave the typo too long, some of our Lockheed followers are sure to give you a rough go

silverfox From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 1058 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (8 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1683 times:

Aaaagh

Its the keyboard, I missed out an e in the body as well.

Its just that in the prog, there seemed to be a shot of 2 LH Connies plus a DC-6/7? in the background

I think the Connie is one of the best designed passenger planes EVER!! Just does something for me,

vc10 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 1382 posts, RR: 17
Reply 6, posted (8 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1660 times:

I think if you look at the following web site it will give you all the information you need on Connies

http://www.conniesurvivors.com/

littlevc10

falstaff From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 5673 posts, RR: 29
Reply 7, posted (8 months 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1491 times:

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Does AA still have the DC-3 Flagship Detroit?

There is a TWA DC-3 and Martin 404 at MKC. They also have a Connie that is painted for TWA that was flying a few years ago.

My mug slaketh over on Falstaff N503

falstaff From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 5673 posts, RR: 29
Reply 8, posted (8 months 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1479 times:

Quoting silverfox (Thread starter):
Lufthansa Connis

One of those was TW, not LH. I have heard the that one that was in the best shape that LH will one day fly, is the one from TW.

My mug slaketh over on Falstaff N503

Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21495 posts, RR: 24
Reply 9, posted (8 months 1 week 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1405 times:

Interesting Lockheed video focusing on Super Connie assembly, used by AC (then TCA) for promotional purposes when they introduced the type in 1954.
http://vimeo.com/44131822

The aircraft that appears in flight at the beginning (and again later in the video) was the prototype Super Connie, which was modified from the original Connie prototype that first flew in 1943.

vaus77w From Australia, joined Aug 2011, 141 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (8 months 1 week 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1105 times:

Quoting silverfox (Thread starter):
Which begs the question , how many Lufthansa Connis ( and other piston types) are preserved>

Not sure if you were only interested in LH birds. We have one down here, based (I believe) at a regional airport south of Sydney, belonging to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society. Saw if do a flyover and did a walk-through of the cabin earlier this year at Wings over Illawarra. Ex USAF, now painted in QF colours.
http://hars.org.au/2009/05/the-connie/

rfields5421 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 6150 posts, RR: 25
Reply 11, posted (8 months 1 week 12 hours ago) and read 724 times:

Lufthansa also restored a Junkers 52 tri-motor. I have seen post that say the general public can purchase flights on that aircraft.

There is one EC-121 Connie in California that flew this summer. I do not know if the Qantas Connie flew this year. Other than the Brietling Conne - I don't know of any other flying Connie's in the world.

The last I heard the AHM Connie in Kansas City still need a lot of money to get back in the air. I have also heard of one other potentially flyable Connie in the US, but several million rollers from flyable condition.

I wish my children could have seen the flight line in Atsugi with eight flying Connie's when I was in VQ-1 back in the early 70s.

mayor From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 9199 posts, RR: 14
Reply 12, posted (8 months 1 week 11 hours ago) and read 680 times:

In a bit of irony, at least one of the Connies that DL got in the merger with C&S in '53, went to Pacific Northern, which then flew with Western when those two carriers merged.

"A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling, to do the unnecessary"----Fred Allen

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