Mats Constellation Aircraft

C 121a 48 0610 in a storage yard adjacent to davis monthan afb on december 19 1984.

Mats constellation aircraft. In addition the military air transport service mats used a fleet of 70 c 121s from 1948 to 1967. At exactly 10 07 mountain standard time the mats connie departed its home at marana northwest regional airport avq avra valley for the final time and began an epic journey to a new home on jeju island south korea. It was inactivated and discontinued on 8 january 1966 when the air force and military airlift. April 1 2005 was a sad day for constellation enthusiasts in the united states and around the world.

Into your gauges folder. Numerous airborne early warning versions were also constructed. In late 1953 the squadron began the arduous task of transitioning to the state of the art lockheed super constellation r7v 1. The lockheed constellation affectionately known as the connie was a four engine propeller driven airliner built by lockheed between 1943 and 1958 at its burbank california usa facility.

There are 40 50 constellations worldwide today. This aircraft was ideally suited to long range pacific service without requiring the need for frequent stops at the lesser pacific islands. Its lockheed construction number is 2602. The mats l749a connie and the save a connie l1049h super connie were both in attendance and attracted large crowds most of whom probably never had seen one before.

About a month before my flight i received an l649 749 aircraft manual from the constellation group and was instructed to study it thoroughly in preparation for the ground and. C 121a 48 0610 c n 2602. A total of 856 aircraft were produced in four models all distinguished by a distinctive triple tail design and graceful dolphin shaped fuselage. In april 2005 this constellation was flown to south korea to be put on static display.

It was delivered to the air force in november 1948. The c 121 later saw service with smaller civilian operators until 1993. Activated on 1 june 1948 mats was a consolidation of the united states navy s naval air transport service nats and the united states air force s air transport command atc into a single joint command. My first memory of flying was in a connie back in the early 60 s.

Nice article thanks for writing it. I remember the blue lights of the taxiways at night in our refueling stop in the azores and the flames exiting the exhaust pipes during takeoff. Howard hughes was one of the driving forces behind the design of the lockheed constellation commercial transport. The military air transport service mats is an inactive department of defense unified command.

The lockheed c 121 constellation is a military transport version of the lockheed constellation a total of 332 aircraft were constructed for both the united states air force and united states navy for various purposes. Nbsp by kalyan mukherjee and mike stone.