On this day in aviation history, January 9, 1943, a large four engine transport aircraft with three tail fins rose from the runway at Burbank Airport, California. This was the Lockheed Constellation, ...

When discussing iconic airplanes from aviation history, most people think about aircraft like the gigantic Boeing 747, the legendary P-51 Mustang, the supersonic SR-71 Blackbird, or the stealthy F-35 ...

I visited the HARS Aviation Museum in Australia and experienced a flight on the world’s last airworthy Lockheed “Connie” Constellation. The flight featured the distinctive smoky engine start, flames ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. 1959 photograph showing the failed engine of an Eastern Air Lines Lockheed Model 1049 Super Constellation in flight somewhere over the east coast ...