CONSTELLATION
The Lockheed Constellation
was initially designed as a four engined
airliner, but at the time of its first flight in 1943 wartime requirements
meant all examples were diverted to the military as C-69 transport
aircraft. Only 21 examples of the C-69 were built before production
returned to civilian airliners, and all of the 21 were quickly sold onto
the civil market at wars end.
The civil version of
the C-69 was known as the L.049. The first true
civil Constellation was the L.649, while the L.749 was a longer range
variant with additional fuel tanks in the outer wings.
The civil market was
sluggish for Lockheed and the air force gave
them a huge lift in 1948 with an order for 9 C-121A's and one longer
range C-121B. Visually they were similar to the old C-69 but were
given a new designation. Most of these aircraft were used as VIP
aircraft, one named "Columbine" serving as the personal transport
of General Eisenhower.
This CD contains two
flight manuals for the early short-fuselage
Constellations. The CD has been scanned from the original manuals
and retains any colour illustrations.
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This CD contains:
1. USAAF Pilots Flight
Operating Instructions for the C-69,
AN 01-75CA-1 dated 20-1-45 revised to 15-7-45, approx
116 pages.
2. USAF Handbook of
Flight Operating Instructions for the
C-121A and VC-121B, AN 01-75CKA-1 dated 11-4-51, approx
257 pages. This manual is a reprint of the Lockheed
commercial manual for the Lockheed 649 and 749 models,
Lockheed Report No 6027, with a USAF title page and
Technical Order numbers.
| CD TITLE | Constellation |
| PRICE | US$19.95 plus postage |
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