Gregory Morrow wrote:
>
> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>> 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!
>
> Hard to imagine...24 hours with those NOISY prop engines...
>
> [cue up the Dimitri Tiomkin score to _The High And The Mighty_...]
>
> In the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in DC (the one on The Mall), there is
> a fuselage from an old Eastern DC - 7, you can walk through the passenger
> cabin. Pretty small, I got claustrophobia just being in there, can't
> imagine being in that tight of a fuselage for *24* hours.
My first airliner flight was in a DC3.
This line, and probably about this year:
http://www.timetableimages.com/i-mn/nc541201.jpg
>> <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.
>
>
> Is that the last one in the US still flying? I think a group bought it
> and
I think there may be another one, but don't quote me on that.
> restored it. IIRC there is a similar Connie restoration project in
Yes, it is a restored bird, not a beater.
> Australia...
>
> Here's my new fave site at which to waste time, scans of airline timetables
> from all over, and a number of complete timetables:
>
> http://www.timetableimages.com/index.htm
>
>
> Here's the Qantas page:
>
> http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/qf.htm
I note the Connie on the 1954 cover and the 707 on '63.
> There's a complete 1953 timetable, even with a Connie it took a few days to
> reach Europe on the "Kangaroo Route", they had to overnight the passengers
> at some stops. It's makes me tired just to read it...!!!
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