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Aircraft:
Lockheed L-749A Constellation
- Reg: N273R photos
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Serial #:
2650
- Airline: Central American Airways
- Photo Date: Feb 23, 1980
- Uploaded: Feb 25, 2011
- Lome Tokoin - DXXX, Togo
Although last operated by a company called Lanzair, Central American appears to have been the last legitimate owner. The Connie was abandoned at Lome in November 1976 and caught fire nearly a year later. It was later used for fire training then broken up.
Photographer
Aircraft
Photo location
Photographer
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Aircraft
- Reg: N273R photos
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Aircraft:
Lockheed L-749A Constellation
- Airline: Central American Airways
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Serial #:
2650
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Photo Location
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Lome Tokoin - DXXX
- Togo
Comments
My first overseas trip was on a Connie flown by Transocean. The L-749A took us from Oakland to Okinawa by way of Honolulu, Wake and Guam. Sad to see one in such a heap: even though our ride served as The Queen's "carriage" during her 1954 visit to Australia, and was the first Connie in Air India's fleet, it still ended up on the scrap heap in 1972.