Comments on: 13 October 1950: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/13-october-1950-lockheed-l-1049-super-constellation/ Important Dates in Aviation History Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:07:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bryan Swopes https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/13-october-1950-lockheed-l-1049-super-constellation/#comment-49959 Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:07:11 +0000 https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=83219#comment-49959 In reply to carl kuhns.

Thank you, Carl. I admit to some confusion on this subject.

]]> By: carl kuhns https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/13-october-1950-lockheed-l-1049-super-constellation/#comment-49928 Mon, 14 Oct 2024 01:11:20 +0000 https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=83219#comment-49928 Bryan, A bit more about the Wright 18 cylinder engines with PRTs. I have a collection of engine data plates from those engines and Wright labels some of those Turbo Cyclones and others Turbo Compounds. These are the same series of engines. Your level of research on aviation history is very impressive. Regards Carl

]]> By: Bryan Swopes https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/13-october-1950-lockheed-l-1049-super-constellation/#comment-49918 Sun, 13 Oct 2024 23:25:03 +0000 https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=83219#comment-49918 In reply to carl kuhns.

Thank you for correcting my error. I have deleted the incorrect information. Sometimes, an editor could be useful.

]]> By: carl kuhns https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/13-october-1950-lockheed-l-1049-super-constellation/#comment-49902 Sun, 13 Oct 2024 20:18:04 +0000 https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=83219#comment-49902 Bryan, A 956C18CA1 is not a turbo cyclone engine. A turbo cyclone has three numbers followed by the letters TC the number 18 and the letters DA. and a dash number. Example 882TC18DA-1. The side photos of the aircraft in this article show multiple individual exhaust stacks rather than one of the three exhaust outlets for the PRTs

]]> By: Hartmut Opitz https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/13-october-1950-lockheed-l-1049-super-constellation/#comment-32663 Sat, 14 Oct 2023 15:15:25 +0000 https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=83219#comment-32663 I saw HB-RSC on her last climbout from Hamburg; Airport Days in 2015 from rwy 23, banking left over Gross-Borstel right above my head, all exhaust pipes firing! That was a sight and sound i never forget.

]]> By: Bryan Swopes https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/13-october-1950-lockheed-l-1049-super-constellation/#comment-32634 Fri, 13 Oct 2023 17:35:15 +0000 https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=83219#comment-32634 In reply to Keith William Gill.

Keith, that C-121 was flown out of CMA many years ago and eventually ended up in Switzerland, registered HB-RSC, identified as the Breitling Super Constellation. I believe that the airplane has been in storage in Germany since 2019.

]]> By: Keith William Gill https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/13-october-1950-lockheed-l-1049-super-constellation/#comment-32633 Fri, 13 Oct 2023 14:31:31 +0000 https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=83219#comment-32633 I recall watching N73544, a Lockheed C-121C Super Constellation flying circuits at KCMA. The landings were picture-perfect. I think it is still based at Camarillo.

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