Lockheed Super Constellation Take Off. (3 of 6)

[The1dasha]

P.S. What is the whistling sound just before the power up?

[The1dasha]

The first time I flew anywhere on my own I was a 21 year old nervous flyer. The route PER - LHR via SIN, the aircraft a747 - 400. I remember cruising and finding the rumble of the engines comforting. Then I found this. That symphony at take off punches deep into the soul, evoking images of the glamour that flying once was. The burble or those engines would gently send me off to sleep, on that fantastic long journey to the motherland.

[sssnowday]

They seem to reduce a lot the trottle once in the air. Why can't they keep the engine full trottle?

[JBofBrisbane]

@sssnowday - The same reason you don't keep your boot into it when you're cruising down the highway in your car. Piston engines, man.

[vexviper]

Did a buffer panel just fly off my goram ship?!

[andgate2000]

Took a half hour flight on this the other week......smells like an old car...lol...luv this plane.

[beroth1]

Cool. Great video.

[alnilam66]

Now thats a plane they should have kept

[DOLRED]

Love the drone sound in the last 10 seconds (after trottle back and level flight?). That's what you used to hear from the ground.

[Dokker62]

My Dad left West-Berlin in 1954 from Tempelhof-AP on board of a PAN AM-Connie sitting at wing position like the video shows. Engine #2 caught fire at full throttle therefore take off was aborted but nobody got nervous or even scared. The batch was extinguished quickly and after a repair break of only three hours she worked properly again and went back to air. Fine machine!

[MrPreston49]

Love the video.Thanks for sharing. Made my day.

[TheDrago500]

certainement le plus beau des avions de ligne !

[ROCKSTARCRANE]

Majestic...simply majestic. And you can actually see the pitch of the props taking a 'bigger bite' as power is set to cruise.

[BillyRosinet]

Nothing like a little fire in the exhaust to let you know all is well inside those nacelles. Cool video.

[GeorgeRulesVideos]

AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE as hell:')

[itsmegp46]

The illusion that the propellers are barely moving is amazing.

[sleeplessingc]

you wanna talk about raw power....wowww those bad boys out there on the wing just pumping it out.... awsome.. the closest I ever came to that was a c130 ride from okie to the phillipines...that was kool too tho....

[SirDeanosity]

Reminds me of the B17 ride my youngest brother bought my middle brother and I for working on his house. I was on the first of the two flights and got to experience the engine start!!! Given the history of this air craft, and how tough they are I never felt as safe in an aircraft as this one. Also, if anyone has ever said "it was so noisy I couldn't hear myself yell", that is how noisy a B17 is inside.

[caralhoporra36]

very !!

[Circlotron]

Is there a passenger seat right in line with the prop? 

[11taurean]

Do you Work for the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society?

[rjbaxter100]

Love the video but I believe north south runway 2 departure to the north...

[TheMaudany]

Meraviglioso.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!

[OSTARAEB4]

flutters like a majestic bird. Enjoyed your video. Thank You.

[barthoedemaker]

Nothing will ever replace piston engines, I enjoy every moment of this vid, and I'm not even there :)

[silverpirate]

Spent many hours in the Canadian Argus sub-hunter aircraft behind 4 Wright 3350 radials... like they say; flyint behind those round engines was really flying! -groaning and clanking and farting and smoking on start-up... not like the lady-like poof and whine of a turbine, and the 30+ hour endurance of the Argus was limited by the 60-gallon oil tank, not by the fuel tank!

[capflydaddy]

THE 3350'S AFTER GETTING TO ALTITUDE AND THE POWER REDUCTION BY THE FLT. ENG. JUST RUMBLE. SWEET.

[TheSouthern4501]

Is it true that these constellations overheated and caught fire and unfortunately crashed?

[Coaljet]

Wow - this flight took you pretty much right over Botany, and I see the Randwick Racecourse as you bank to the south. Great video. I was in Sydney just a few months prior to this. Cheers.

[sanyo51]

can this girl fly from LA to NYC non stop.. and what is that bud with connie written on it on the wing tip.. i noticed on other constellations some dont have them..

[sanyo51]

i would love to go on this baby...

[seaniam81]

Amazing video thank you for sharing it.

[6V92TA]

I think the Connie would perform better with 4 bladed props. Still though, she is an awesome aircraft and next to the DC-7C, she's the fastest and most beautiful propliner to fly.

[pemgolf]

My experience with round engines.

Check for oil level by how big is the puddle

is beneath each engine .

[1mlyles]

I work with a man who spent 20 on a connie in the Navy

[PappyTF]

In 1959, I flew on this bird ( I was 8 yrs. ) from LA to the Islands for Dads Air Force job and man, was I overcome with airplanes at that point of my life.

I am a pilot, now.

Love the whole video. THANKYOU for the reminder.

[brucek68]

Comments like this just completes the experience!

You're all very welcome. Thank You.

[yamahonkawazuki]

@brucek68 May GOD bless you bruce. my grandfather built these, my great uncle flew them, although me and ms connie never got to ride together, ive gotten to ride in a dc3, a b17, and maybe one day a connie. AND ive found ( thanks to you) the perfect alarm clock, thanks to you, my pc, and 1100 watts of amplifier

[1100HondaCB]

@PappyTF My first experience was when I flew on a BA Boeing 757 and was hooked from then on. I was eleven and at twelve, I wanted to be a pilot, but never had the ability. You are so lucky.

[traveler08a]

You're so lucky to have this amazing experience.

[SinclairisCool]

That is actually very quiet for a prop plane.

[MrPaki1996]

good quality video but the airplane sound like its falling appart

[fsx737200]

hey mate who much was it to go for a fly in the connie coz i want to do it love the plane thanks nice vid

[toddi1971]

wie geil, da kommen Flammen raus ...

[MyNikolaas]

what airline?

[fireantsarestrange]

the sound of those big props is incredible

[seamcon15]

must of been noisy

[rafasanfona]

nice sound guy!!!!!

[vintagepropguy]

I also have flown about 37 charlie, and yes, the sounds are right and the memories wonderful! thanks.

[jimmylee0413]

you're just being mean to us because you didn't actually film the moment that it takes off(window)

[hrbear]

I like to fly with propeller planes.

[Raven00088888]

look at all the fire on the engines...

[Coaljet]

Oh my, is she ever graceful... I've never flown on a radial-powered airliner, but the Connie is just so stylish and distinctive.  I love how gracefully she eases into the air with those big wings.

[hudson501]

I've flown on the "Save-A-Connie" Super "H" Constellation three times between Kansas City and Chicago back in the 1990's. All your sound effects here bring back memories of those precious flying memories!

[brucek68]

I know I was EXTREMELY lucky to get to fly on this wonderful piece of history......... something I'll definately NEVER forget.

[nedarc]

This takes me back. At age 7 in 1957, I was featured in the London Times with my sister for traveling over 200,000 miles in Connies from the 049 to the 749. It was a promo shot set up by my Dad , who ran TWA in London from 1953-1959. I had unlimited free trans. on TWA until 1972. The 707 was great but there is nothing like a Connie. My favorite wasn't the 1049 it was the smaller older 049.749 series were you really got to know the people on board. My longest flight was from LON to LAX .

[dcrj46]

Love the sound of those Wright motors, beats the obnoxious sound of a jet any day!!! Long live piston engined planes!!!

[topgun51]

The sound of those R-3350 Cyclones is priceless, the B-29 Superfortress got to live on in the connie, my farther flew the constellations for TWA after flying B-17s after the war, he loved the connie, Thanks.

[doug9driver]

@topgun51. Long live the memories of TWA and their Connie days.

[hrbear]

@doug9driver I hope that you have watched "The aviator" with Leonardo di Caprio.

[nedarc]

I probably flew as a passenger with your dad. Did he fly domestic or international ?

[XBoeingCapt]

hey thanks for the ride in the old connie; I remember the takeoff sound well and coming back to METO power in the inital climb. Ah, the old days..................

[grancapri]

nice video, i like the flames! thank you for posting!

[gorilius]

Best music ever! Thank you for posting this great tribute to the Lockheed Super Constellation.

[Thelgar65]

Absolutely beautifull baby

omg

Thank you for sharing

[brucek68]

You are most very welcome :)

[DuoArtDanOz]

Thanks for sharing loved it!

[Jobafan08]

what a beauty, id love to fly one one of those one day, nothing like old propliners to brighten up a persons day =)

[XCougar85X]

If jelousy made one really turn green i'd be green as a frog. Brilliant man totaly great. You are one lucky guy. Awesome footage.

[brucek68]

Thanks for everyone's comments! Glad i've been able to rekindle many great moments in people's flying lives. It was a great moment for me. :-)

[connberkshire]

Hats off to the boys at Lockheed for giving us the Connie- she's one of the most powerful, yet elegant, planes of her generation, I only wish I'd been around in the days when she was the princess of the air-

[RJfan]

hats off to howard hughes. he's the one who loved it. and chose it for his airline, TWA

[jetfreak4]

What an amazing noise! Turboprops just sound so much more pathetic in power compared to these babies, not to mention planes like the Connie, DC-6, and DC-7 are MUCH larger than pretty any turboprop currently in commercial airline service today. Sadly, because of jets most propliners are much smaller. Can't believe you actually got the opportunity to fly a Connie! Love the flames.

[KKolchak]

Nice way to compare the different types of engines. Radial engines are like steam powered locomotives. They almost have a soul. Living and breathing, mechanical parts, moving in all kinds of different directions, trying to tear themselves apart. High-strung and tempermental, needing constant attention. In return, enable you to go places where you have never been able to go before...

[LIGHTSVALE]

*smile*... both aircraft enjoyed their own charisma; the Connies, DC-6 and like ilk were at the top of the food chain for their genre'; spacious, comfortable and a feel all their own, but those early, unmuffled 707's with the water injection shook the earth and unquestionably made music like nothing else since. Each aircraft embodied it's own claim to aviation romance. I transited the "DC-3" generation into the "jet set", revering both respective eras held fondest nostalgia

[LIGHTSVALE]

I flew on the connies many times in the late 50's to and from Africa to the states...a different era, to be sure.

When the 707's came into service, we were all flabbergasted at the size, speed and comfort which were light years away from the prop-jobs.

A long time ago now.

Beautiful video; thanks for the look-back. :)

[ad356]

yeah but they fully lack character. nothing like the sound of piston power.

[SkiMadRiverGlen]

Love the Flames!!!!

Nice Job!

[johnlouisville]

Are flames a natural occurrence in piston prop liners?

[apparition2]

What a timeless beauty! A suprisingly short Take Off roll and so smooth! I hope you savored every minute! Thank you again for posting this!

[mortdk]

Nice! Must have been a ONCE IN A LIFETIME experience. Lucky you ...

Thanks for posting ... :-)

[brucek68]

I was VERY lucky to get the opportunity to travel on this historic airliner.... I'm very glad u enjoyed the video.

Thanks for your comments :-)

[warbird417]

How did you get to go for a flight. I've been inside Connie on the ground, it would be unbeleavable when its airborne. How was it???

[brucek68]

VERY VERY lucky!!! Right place right time. A colleague that i work for is connected with its operation. it was passing thru Syd and the opportunity became available to catch a ride back to Woolongong. Best flight yet by far.

[jdknetts]

You know, as odd as this may sound, the only time I have *ever* been able to sleep on a plane, was during a hop from VanNuys to LAX and back on a super-connie during the VanNuys air show. Something about the chatter of a big radial just puts me out like a light.

[brucek68]

Oh I was....... :)

[john4kc]

I love it. Just think of all the people watching in awe from below!

[XBoeingCapt]

the flames out of the exhaust ports are normal; those wright 3350 engines sound great...at night, you could read a newspaper in the cabin with those flames; what an outstanding restoration

[pietro85]

Fantastic Video!

why there are those flames?

[Tiny578]

Jeeze look at those flames

Kind of hazordous...

[brucek68]

Thanks Max, It was a flight i'll NEVER forget... :)

[maxholste]

Nice video;-)

[patmclay]

What a wonderful post! Its great to hear authentic engine sound without a music track competing.

[victron6]

nice video brucek68, thanks to your video, I have had the opertunity to see from the inside what it must have been like to travel on Connie. My mom and dad flew one from St. Louis to Los Angeles in 1955.

[nginsf]

A beautiful bird, I hope to be fortunate enough to fly in one someday.

[PuzzlingEvidenceTV]

Just like the old days...

[Eric2221]

True that Bruce! =)

[Eric2221]

AMAZING!!! iTS like a Saab340 on steroids!

[brucek68]

Mate, this was much much more fun than a Saab will EVER be  :-)

[guardsofc]

Neat brings back some memories of leaving Logan Airport in 1954 for England at the tender age of 4. The flames were the most memorable i thought the plane was on fire.

[brucek68]

Im glad mate. Looks great at night too :)