Screen Shot 2023-02-04 at 09.24.45 Published on February 4, 2023 in 13 October 1950: Lockheed L-1049 Super ConstellationFull resolution (1068 × 669) ← Previous Next → “NEXT THING TO JET—Eighteen feet longer than the Standard Connie, Lockheed’s new Super Constellation is announced “to bridge teh gap between modern planes aand teh first American jet transport.” Fifty million dollars in orders have been received.”