Rescuing Connie

[@BillSevern]

I flew this aircraft as a pilot (Captain) at Charleston AFB from 1959 to 1962. I loved the Connie Bill Severn

[@Michael-j4h]

The Connie has the look❤❤

[@ronjones1077]

My first flight in 1961 on a Connie was Seattle to Anchorage. One way was 5 hours and the other was 5 hours & 20 minutes. Jets take 3 hours give or take

[@samphillips8322]

In early 1962 I flew on the MATS Connie "Spirit of Hayward." from Travis AFB to Tachikawa AFB. With refueling stops at Hickam and Wake, total time enroute was 38 hours. Have reflected on that trip many times when routinely going coast to coast on jet aircraft in 4 or 5 hours. Making a Connie operational after years of neglect required many hours of hard work and a very dedicated team of engineers and mechanics. It is a complex aircraft with complex engines. Hope you keep it flying....

[@myke49]

Back in the 1950s I can remember my dad talking about the Connie and I often saw them and thousands of DC3s routinely flying over our house in Sydney. I loved the style of the Connies. Mike in Oz

[@OldFliersGroup]

That would have been quite a sight Mike.

[@Roland8879]

My first trans atlantic flight was on a BOAC 749 Constellation G-AHEM piloted by my father from Montreal Canada to Heathrow London in 1949. I made one subsequent flight on a Constellation in 1957 from Rome to London a flight I remember.

[@nichollswilliam5029]

there was a doco many years ago on one of the Sky channels that covered the restoration of this plane. it was truly fascinating. a lot of hard work , but she flew again.

[@sop2510]

I flew in a TWA Constellation from Pittsburgh to Albany, GA in the mid-Fifties.

[@publicenemynumerouno]

God Bless Australia.

[@OldFliersGroup]

You bet!

[@beatmueller6490]

@@OldFliersGroup Don't Bet! Pray! Australia NEEDS It badly!

[@winstonstone]

Flew on a TWA Constellation from Boston to London in 1954

[@vintagethunderbirdrepair9426]

What a beautiful plane. There was one parked at Camarillo Airport in Camarillo California for decades up until around 2000 give or take. It then disappeared. I wonder what happened to that one?? Thanks for the video.

[@OldFliersGroup]

You are welcome

[@flyerbob124]

You forgot to mention McArthur’s 749/C121A Connie that is now restored and flying. It is currently at the interior shop.

[@joelafives]

I flew to Taiwan on a Connie in 1958 via the US Air Force. Stopped in Hawaii, Guam, Wake Island and the Philippines on the way. Had to turn back twice on a couple legs for mechanical issues.

[@Kenny-sp8bb]

There's a flying Connie at Chino airport California

[@jag524]

Well then, who knows what happened to Save A Connie in St Louis? it used to be flyable...