Mystery Plane
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:44 am
Who knows what, and which one this is?
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Re: Mystery Plane
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 1:21 am
Shorts Sunderland/Seaford/Solent III located at the Oakland International Airport's Aviation Museum. It was used in the Indiana Jones movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark" doubling for a Martin M-130.
Re: Mystery Plane
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 2:57 am
It looks like it has four engines, the flight engineer rides side saddle and possibly carried a navigator and a radio man.
Cabin appointments look fairly modern to me.
Looks like it has a lot of boiler gages and must have been a recip.
Cabin appointments look fairly modern to me.
Looks like it has a lot of boiler gages and must have been a recip.
Re: Mystery Plane
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:28 am
The galley looks like a de Havilland Comet.
Re: Mystery Plane
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:05 pm
President Truman's C-118 Liftmaster
Re: Mystery Plane
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:55 pm
I'm only guessing, but maybe a Connie?
Re: Mystery Plane
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:17 pm
We have a HALF-winner! NOW...WHICH "Connie" IS it? (HInt: It's on public display someplace...and here's two more pics that give more identifying clues...)15A wrote:I'm only guessing, but maybe a Connie?
Re: Mystery Plane
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:35 pm
MATS
Re: Mystery Plane
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:42 pm
I was looking for a bit more specificity than that.... any guess as to which personality is associated with this particular airframe?
Re: Mystery Plane
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:12 pm
D-white D Eisenhower
Re: Mystery Plane
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:48 pm
I thought I recognized the FE panel as a Connie from an old ops manual a friend of mine has. I didn't see anyone come up with the name of the airplane yet. My guess is Columbine II or III, the Air Force One's used by Eisenhower?
Re: Mystery Plane
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:13 pm
It's the Douglas MacArthur Connie at Planes of Fame - Grand Canyon Valle.
Re: Mystery Plane
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:12 pm
Fearless Tower wrote:It's the Douglas MacArthur Connie at Planes of Fame - Grand Canyon Valle.
Re: Mystery Plane
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 11:29 pm
I love those Connies. They look so elegant!
When I lived in Pompano Fla. in the mid 70's, one was parked at Boca Raton. I got to walk thru it. AMAZING
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Then, a Connie was on final approach for Fort Lauderdale Executive and ran out of gas! That guy planted it in a 3 acre field, surrounded by houses, gear up, with very little damage. Didn't hit anything! What a pilot! What a plane!
This was the same time era when Elvis would keep 'Lisa Marie' (707) at Exec.
When I lived in Pompano Fla. in the mid 70's, one was parked at Boca Raton. I got to walk thru it. AMAZING
!Then, a Connie was on final approach for Fort Lauderdale Executive and ran out of gas! That guy planted it in a 3 acre field, surrounded by houses, gear up, with very little damage. Didn't hit anything! What a pilot! What a plane!
This was the same time era when Elvis would keep 'Lisa Marie' (707) at Exec.
Re: Mystery Plane
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:07 am
Connie lands in Greenwood Lakes NJ and is still there. (4N1)
Per the website:
Lockheed Constellation Arrives at Greenwood Lake Airport This video comes from the original super 8 film taken in 1977. The original belongs to Phil Preston, not sure if his father or he filmed it. At the time, I believe the runway was 2700 feet and the plane was stripped of contents before leaving Stewart Airport.
Just first two minutes of old file shows landing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RkC-a4jjxU
Per the website:
Lockheed Constellation Arrives at Greenwood Lake Airport This video comes from the original super 8 film taken in 1977. The original belongs to Phil Preston, not sure if his father or he filmed it. At the time, I believe the runway was 2700 feet and the plane was stripped of contents before leaving Stewart Airport.
Just first two minutes of old file shows landing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RkC-a4jjxU