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THE LOCKHEED CONSTELLATION SERIES
BY Peter J.Marson
An Air-Britain Publication
2007 - ISBN 0 85130 366 8
Back cover of the cover
Quatrième de couverture
The Lockheed Constellation: This fully-revised and extended edition describes the full development and operational history of all military and civil versions of the Constellation, includes log-book extracts and a full cross-reference of Air Force and Navy squadron use with Vietnam data, plus Davis Monthan storage details and airline service dates.
There are over 100 colour photographs and, with the aero-modeller in mind, nearly 70 colour line-drawings illustrating the development of airline colour-schemes. These complement the 500-plus black & white illustrations, which include not only many previously unpublished photographs, but also advertising material, timetables, drawings and other military and airline memorabilia.
The 130-page production history section gives full details of all 856 aircraft built.
Le Lockheed Constellation : Cette édition entièrement révisée et augmentée décrit le développement complet et l'histoire opérationnelle de toutes les versions militaires et civiles de la Constellation, comprend des extraits de journaux de bord et une référence croisée complète de l'utilisation des escadrons de l'armée de l'air et de la marine avec les données du Vietnam, ainsi que les détails de stockage de Davis Monthan et les dates de service des compagnies aériennes.
Il y a plus de 100 photographies en couleur et, en pensant à l'aéro-modéliste, près de 70 dessins au trait en couleur illustrant le développement des schémas de couleurs des compagnies aériennes. Ils complètent les plus de 500 illustrations en noir et blanc, qui comprennent non seulement de nombreuses photographies inédites, mais aussi du matériel publicitaire, des horaires, des dessins et d'autres souvenirs militaires et aériens.
La section de 130 pages sur l'historique de la production donne tous les détails sur les 856 avions construits.
Foreword
Préface
This book has been written as a tribute to one of the greatest transport aircraft ever built, to the people who designed, built, flew and overhauled them, and to the Lockheed-California Company.
Over twenty years have elapsed since the second edition of Air-Britain's Lockheed Constellation Monograph. Since then, much new information has been uncovered, so that the scope of this new book has been further widened and will hopefully appeal not only to the aviation historian/enthusiast but also to those people who have been connected with the Constellation series in some way during its long and varied use.
The author would be pleased to receive any corrections or additions, no matter how small, to the information contained in this book. Please send any items to: 12 Palace Green, Addington, CROYDON CR0 9AG, England.
Ce livre a été écrit en hommage à l'un des plus grands avions de transport jamais construits, aux personnes qui les ont conçus, construits, pilotés et révisés, et à la compagnie Lockheed-California.
Plus de vingt ans se sont écoulés depuis la deuxième édition de la monographie du Lockheed Constellation d'Air-Britain. Depuis lors, de nombreuses informations nouvelles ont été découvertes, de sorte que la portée de ce nouveau livre s'est encore élargie et, espérons-le, plaira non seulement à l'historien/enthousiaste de l'aviation mais aussi aux personnes qui ont été liées d'une manière ou d'une autre à la série Constellation au cours de son utilisation longue et variée.
L'auteur serait heureux de recevoir toute correction ou ajout, même minime, aux informations contenues dans ce livre. Veuillez envoyer tout article à : 12 Palace Green, Addington, CROYDON CR0 9AG, Angleterre.
Peter J. Marson
Croydon — May 2007
Contents
Sommaire
VOLUME 1
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Section 1 General History of the Development of the Constellation
- 1.1 Origin & Conception
- 1.2 Developments up to first flight
- 1.3 The first flight 9th Jan 1943
- 1.4 Testing & development flying up to USAAF handover 29th July 1943
- 1.5 Further testing and development to end of WW2, projects/models not built, military deliveries, Pratt & Whitney test
- 1.6 Conversion to civil 049 in 1945 & first deliveries
- 1.7 Entry into airline service
- 1.8 Accidents & grounding of the 049
- 1.9 Development of the first "civil" Constellation (649) in 1946; the Speedpak
- 1.10 The Model 749 (1947) & life-saving C-121A order in 1948
- 1.11 The Model 749A & projected developments of the 749; the P0-1W
- 1.12 Return of "1961" for conversion to the Super Constellation 1949/50; development of the first civil Super Constellations 1950/51
- 1.13 The Turbo Compound engine 1949 onwards
- 1.14 Beginning of large-scale military transport and AEW production 1952/54
- 1.15 Civil Super Constellations with Turbo Compounds (Model 1049C/D/E) 1953/54
- 1.16 Testing with "1961" in various guises 1952/54
- 1.17 Turbo-props - the Models 1149 & 1249 1953/54
- 1.18 Further military models - the VC-121E, RC-121D,WV-2/3 1953-55
- 1.19 The "Super G" 1954/55
- 1.20 The "Super H" 1955/56
- 1.21 Projected models in the mid-50s (1449/1549); turbo-prop tests with "1961"
- 1.22 The Starliner 1956/57
- 1.23 End of production with production summary table
- 1.24 Napier project
- 1.25 Compulsory fitting of weather-warning radar 1960/62
- 1.26 Conversion to freighters in 1960s
- 1.27 Military developments in the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s; the Vietnam war
- 1.28 New roles in the 1960s and 1970s; the SAR/MR versions; the aerial applicators/bulk fuel-oil carriers; parachuting & skydiving
- 1.29 The gradual disappearance of the triple fins - reasons; the mass scrappings
- 1.30 The current status 2007 (flying, preserved, stored)
- Section 2 Technical Descriptions of the basic models
- 2.1 Specifications - civil military
- 2.2 Performance
- Section 3 Variants
- 3.1 Civil versions
- 3.2 Lockheed temporary design designations
- 3.3 Military designations
- 3.4 Engines and propellers
- 3.5 Interior arrangements (and designations)
- Section 4 Subsequent conversions & description and details of individual aircraft
- 4.1 To freighter (various companies)
- 4.2 To SAR/MR (French and Indian)
- 4.3 To sprayer (various companies)
- 4.4 To bulk fuel-oil carrier
- Section 5 Flying the Constellation: the pilots', flight engineers' and passengers' viewpoints
- 5.1 The 049 Series
- 5.2 The 649/749 and 749A Constellation
- 5.3 The 1049 Super Constellation
- 5.4 The 1049G and 1049H Super Constellation
- 5.5 The 1649A Starliner
- 5.6 Log book learning (1): In airline service
- 5.7 Log book learning (2): at war in Vietnam
- Section 6 Record Flights
- Section 7 Commercial Operators
- 7.1 Commercial use of the Constellation - a company by company A to Z with cross-references, giving details of types used with registration-c/n, dates of orders (where known) and summary of use (routes flown and dates)
- Section 8 Military Operators
- 8.1 United States of America: USAAF, USAF, USN, ANG & AFRES, ARMY under squadrons (alpha-numerically), with details of codes and serials as available. Summary of use, with dates and locations where known
- 8.2 Other countries: France, India, Indonesia, Israel
- Section 9 Other uses of the Constellation
- 9.1 The Biafran Airlift
- 9.2 Government use
- 9.3 Air Travel Clubs
- 9.4 The Super Constellation Racer
- Section 10 Non-operating owners
- 10.1 Dealers, lessors, holding companies, etc
- 10.2 Prospective owners
- Section 11 Appendices:
- 11.1 Abbreviations (general)
- 11.2 US Military abbreviations
- 11.3 Conversion tables
- 11.4 Constellation Names
- 11.5 Airline colour schemes
- 11.6 Constellations in films
- 11.7 Constellations on stamps
- 11.8 MASDC Constellation storage codes
VOLUME 2
- Section 12 Production List, with individual aircraft histories
- Section 13 Registration-serial/constructor's number cross-reference index