Nantes connie

Nothing beats the sight and sound close up of a Super G(or a L1049H) taking of at dusk.

I’m just old enough to remember the sound of the Luxair Starliners that operated into and out of Gatwick in the late sixties.

Daveg4otu, you are absolutely right about the sight of a Super-Connie taking off at dusk. I’m slightly surprised Feather *3 hasn’t been along (he pilots the HARS Connie in Oz) to mention that they are a favourite airshow act just by starting up when it has gone dark. It really makes modern jet startups look very dull.

Sorry to see it in that state, so many of these machines end up like that.

Another Super Connie in France is F-BHBG, which I think still exists outside Quimper in Brittany. I have not seen it for about 20 years but think it may still be there as a restaurant called the Windmill if I remember correctly.

See http://www.pyperpote.tonsite.biz/patrimoines/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=130:lockheed-l1049g-82-98-qsuper-constellationq-f-bhbg-le-puch-29-&catid=2:pots-de-fleur&Itemid=5 – and, perhaps, weep?

[ATTACH=CONFIG]231921[/ATTACH]Another Super Connie in France is F-BHBG, which I think still exists outside Quimper in Brittany. I have not seen it for about 20 years but think it may still be there as a restaurant called the Windmill if I remember correctly.

This was definitely Strasbourg as I was driving home from Switzerland and I’ve not been to Faro.

The constellation in question was F-BHMJ, which was destroyed by fire in 1978. See the link below:

http://aviatechno.net/constellation/suivi_matricule.php?mat=F-BHMJ

Nothing beats the sight and sound close up of a Super G(or a L1049H) taking of at dusk.

This was definitely Strasbourg as I was driving home from Switzerland and I’ve not been to Faro.

Is my memory deceiving me but do I remember a Connie being used as a restaurant somewhere on the outskirts of Strasbourg ?? It would have been late 60s or early 70s.

Colin.

I think they tried that for a while outside Faro airport in Portugal, but the thing was scrapped in the end.

Is my memory deceiving me but do I remember a Connie being used as a restaurant somewhere on the outskirts of Strasbourg ?? It would have been late 60s or early 70s.

Colin.

. . . . . . . . To my mind it looks like something you might find on a wet fish counter.

Yikes! 🙂

Fortunately beauty is depending on the eye on the beholder. And how wonderful that is 🙂

To me the Connie is the most beautiful of all ‘tube liners’, of any era. It has a certain ‘eagle-ish’ look.

A colleague of mine saw – and heard! – a Connie take of (From Duxford ?) and was duly impressed. Apparently a sight and sound never to forget.

And I am NOT envious . . . . . . . not at all . . . . . . . . . . . :angel:

Excellent photos… but I still don’t see why people view the Connie as a beautiful aircraft. To my mind it looks like something you might find on a wet fish counter.

Great pictures thanks for sharing them

Thanks for the pictures Darren, nice to see.

There’s a dedicated group looking after this aircraft, L’Amicale du Super Constellation. I’ve been on their mailing list for a couple of years, and I’ve recently picked up an email advertising an open weekend on Sept 27th-28th, ie. next weekend. I thought I’d mention it in case there’s anyone able to go, I can’t be there. More details on the website.

http://superconstellation-nantes.fr/lassociation