Gregory Morrow wrote:

>
> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>> Dimitri wrote:
>>
>> > As you might have imagined over my, well many years, I have flown quite
> a
>> > bit. I started flying at the ripe age of 7 about 1950 in the TWA
>> > Constellation.
>>
>> The Lockheed Consetllation remains the most beautiful airliner ever.
>>
>
>
> Yep, it was...I have a model of one sitting right on my desk here, it's in a
> beautiful Qantas livery. It just has a perfect "line" to it, looks good
> from any angle...
>
> [I collect model airliners, amongst my other fascinating hobbies ;-) ]
>
> IIRC the Connie still holds the record for longest non - stop scheduled
> flight ever. TWA flew an advanced version fitted with extra fuel tanks on
> their trans - polar LAX - LHR (London Heathrow) route, it was slightly over
> *24* hours in the air...all first class layout, natch, with sleeper seats.

Wow!

<snip>

> [OTOH think what a great thing the first jets were for a place like
> Australia, it put them a whole day or so closer to the world...]

True.

Valley Trivia: We have a flying Constellation based at Van Nuys, the burb
just to the west of me here.


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