The excellent design of the last stage of large transport aircraft with piston engines, the Lockheed Super Constellation or "Connie" as it is also known.
thirteen in Argentina operated devices with Transcontinental, two L-1049H (FTU and LV-LV-FTV), Airborne Entre Ríos, who flew three Super Constellation L-1049H (LV-JHF, Jio and LV-LV-JJO), an L-1049E (LV-IXZ) and Constellation L-749F (LV-IGS), Airline Patagonian Argentina (LAPA) who had a registered copy at home and LV-ILW, Airlines Carreras used an L-749AF (LV-IIC), while Argentina Trans Atlantic operated with four L-1649 Starliners leased to TWA (LV-GLH, GLI-LV, LV and LV-HCD-HCU).
Andreas Herzog sent us pictures of the presentation of this issue recently restored, is the HB-RSC of the "Swiss Association historical" titles and logos Breitling.
The Lockheed L-1049F which made its roll out on April 30, 2011 in the Black Forrest Airport in Lahr, Germany.
This aircraft is the msn 4175 and was built at the Lockheed plant in the U.S. city of Burbank in 1955 and was delivered to the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) U.S. Air Force on November 1, 1956.
In 1962 the machine started operating in the 183 Squadron Air National Guard (ANG) of Mississippi, years later became part of the Aeromedical Transport Squadron 167. The machine flew until 1972 when he moved to Arizona (Davis-Monthan Air Base), then in the late seventies registar the plane was N73544 and was used as a crop duster.
In 1983 the aircraft was purchased by Mr. Daryoush "Benny" Younesi for your company `s fish Winky Corp to transport fish from the Philippines to Japan, between 1984 and 1991 the aircraft was seen in Camarillo in very poor condition.
In 1991, Mr. Daryoush "Benny" Younesi founded the Constellation Historical Society and, along with several volunteers performed put the Super Constellation flight conditions again in 1994 and since then the machine is presented in numerous air shows.
The December 12, 2003 the aircraft was purchased and the April 26, 2004 the aircraft, now dubbed "Star of Switzerland" left American soil and flew to Switzerland, landing on May 8 at the airport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg.
The plane arrived painted with the colors of Breitling, in May 2007 was registered HB-RSC.
Since 2009 the aircraft received extensive screening in Germany during the overhaul was found corrosion in the wing structure and problems with the engines after 18 months of hard work the aircraft made its roll out last April.
Reported: Andreas Herzog.
Bibliography: Classics in the skies of the Southern Cone Editions SCAN
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