Lockheed EC-121 Super Constellation Take-off from Camarillo 1/14/12

[dpohunter]

Is that hulk in the background (at 3:57) a Convair or a Martin 404? I flew the "Camarillo Queen" Connie (now the Breitling Connie) out of this airport back in '97. WHAT A RUSH!!

[PastYears]

@dpohunter Well thank you Sir for commenting on my Video It's an Honor to hear from a pilot who Flew a Connie! Sir, to your question Yes that is a Convair. It's a Convair CV-240 in the process of being dismantled and later be assembled and put as a Static Display somewhere.

[maldmc2]

thanks

[DrFruikenstein]

Connie wakes up after a long nap, snorting fire, she gets ready to stretch her wings for a stroll over the neighborhood.

[nld1960]

Thank you so much for posting this. I love this beauty. As a pilot, it is my absolute most favorite airplane. 48 cylinders per engine and 96 spark plugs. It was a hard plane to fly, much harder than jets.Each engine went through a complete runup procedure, the cockpit was so narrow and small, with thousands of gauges.I flew in one in 1957 from S.Africa to Holland,right over the desert.It was just so beautiful.I didn't think this guy was going to make it.I bet his stall horns were buzzing

[tokenirish]

Thanks a million for putting this up. Flew as a combat information monitor (spook) listing to sensors on the Ho Chi Minh trail during Vietnam. Got me home everytime......can't beat Lockheed....(well Boeings got me home the rest of time...hehehe)

[RobRuwit50]

What a beauty, thanks for sharing!

[sdold]

It's amazing how steady you are holding the camera. Thanks for this.

[PeterNGloor]

@sdold

Good camera work. Except for one thing that annoys me: The speaking cameraman. Oh my god, Jesus etc. I hate it!

[superskullmaster]

I really do appreciate you taking the time and effort to bring us this vid. But if you look at archival footage of heavy piston bombers taking off you would realize that shallow takeoff is totally normal. These things are not jet powered. They have a worse power to weight to lift ratio than a Cessna. In other words a one engine Cessna 172 has more lift and power compared to its weight than this thing. This is more like the Wright Flier. These old piston planes could rarely get above 25000 ft.

[superskullmaster]

The guys in the background don't know a damn thing about radials. They assume the slow rotation means its gonna be hard to start. All high cylinder radials start that way.

[MrPilot1975]

Excellent video! Thanks for sharing!

[deetjay1]

Flew in one of these in 1956...TWA out of Amarillo to Philadelphia...What a rush...

[erad5]

Awesome footage, I was at the receiving end and wanted to see the takeoff. Spectacular!

[jonraptor]

I was at Yanks when she flew in....amazing sight...too bad she will likely never see the skys again :(

[workshop77777]

Has it only been cleared for just the one flight?

[PastYears]

@workshop77777 from what I understand yes.

[Jackyboy335]

Maurice will love this.

[jimAHTR]

Incredible!