C-121 Constellation first flight

A newsreel story of the maiden flight of the Lockheed C-121 Constellation. The first prototype (civil registration NX25600) flew on January 9, 1943, a simple ferry hop from Burbank to Muroc Field for testing. The L1649A, (commercial version of C-121), holds the record for the longest-duration non-stop passenger flight — during TWA's inaugural London to San Francisco flight on October 1-2 1957, the aircraft stayed aloft for 23 hours and 19 minutes (approximately 5,350 miles at 229.4 mph.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• c121
• maiden
• flight
• lockheed
• constellation
• connie
• howard
• hughes
• radial
• engines
• wright
• cyclone
• first

[SketchUp707]

Nice job dude! But it is a C-69, not a C-121.

[hackneysaregreat]

It was absolutely a real beauty!