Super Constellation landing at downtown Kansas City Airport (MKC).

[@markroberts4048]

So incredibly cool! Loved seeing the props go into beta pitch after landing. The Super Connie is my favorite classic airliner while the 747 is my favorite recent one.

[@mikemoore9757]

Flew in one in 1956. Looks like that engine needs the valve lash checked. What a sexy airplane!

[@williamelgin6873]

My father was on one of the first Super G transatlantic flights for TWA. He always loved that plane.

[@dankc2434]

UPDATE: 4/18/2023. Sadly this beautiful Connie and other aircraft at the museum are in imminent danger of being sold for scrap.

[@Bastille1918]

Really? I was just there, I didn’t hear that.

[@dale60035]

That is a sweet video. I remember flying on one of the remaining Air Force C-118 aircraft in 1971 at Norton AFB. The start up, taxi, takeoff and landing I remember being a unique "WOW" then and today.

[@rickiesmith2167]

The super connies were the epitome of the piston / propeller commercial aircraft of that time. I only wished that I was old enough to have flown in one. One of my favorite airplanes.

[@eugeniohoyos6504]

Me gusta mirar estos aviones reliquias vivientes nosotros en santa cruz Bolivia tenemos un avion de.adorno.

[@WAL_DC-6B]

Como esta el Constellation, "avion Pirate?"

[@Juscz]

This is a great video. Very professionally made for a video camera from the late 1980s. Good color and detail. The plane is even nicer! Thanks for posting.

[@pattiforgette3808]

I was working at TWA when the Connies were retired - they were all in a field at the overhaul base (now KCI) - one day a shredder came in & sliced them all up & hauled away the pieces - so sad! Bob Forgette

[@WAL_DC-6B]

Thanks for explaining how most of TWA's Connies met their eventual demise.

[@lrg3834]

patti forgette, what a waste. No one thought of donating some to museums?

[@lrg3834]

It would be neat if we could see this bird in one of the legacy airline liveries.

[@WAL_DC-6B]

Well, it's presently and will probably stay in its TWA markings and colors circa 1956.

[@tomsamuelson8512]

To bad they have not flown this plane like in 20 years after spending all that time and money to get it airworthy. Same thing happened with the restored Eastern DC-7B . It's last flight was over 10 years ago. Just kind of sad......Would be nice to see them back on the airshow circuit again(or at least Oshkosh) but I guess that won't happen.

[@WAL_DC-6B]

I agree that it's too bad that this Super Connie hasn't flown for a long time. I seem to recall someone telling me its last flight was in 2006. I think one of the issues that keeps these large propliners grounded, besides money, is the lack of talent needed to maintain them. When the Save-A-Connie, Super Constellation first started flying again in 1988 there were still a lot of former TWA mechanics alive that had worked on this same aircraft many years earlier. They knew a "Connie" maintenance wise like the back of their hands. Of course, the Save-A-Connie group also had a fair amount of ex-TWA pilots with hundreds or thousands of hours flying Lockheed Constellations. Well, it was really nice while it lasted. I'm glad I got three flights on it!

[@fireantsarestrange]

Would these engines spit out less flames if they were leaned out a tad or do they just spit fire all the time?

[@WAL_DC-6B]

+Jay Sims I believe the flames out of the exhaust stacks are a result of running "full rich" when landing or taking off. So, yes, probably leaning the fuel mixture controls would cut back on the flames.

[@brkitdwn]

It's completely normal for that engine

[@yahatinda]

SUPER G CONNIE

[@tracer740]

Note the engine exhaust belching flames @03:46.

[@thepirate5955]

Love it!

[@MikeBrown-ex9nh]

I wish I could have flown in one!

[@brkitdwn]

That flame coming out of the engine is normal

[@lailasalas]

WOW Trans-America like its glory days

[@gwenpino]

looks like a super g engine has a very loud sound