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Classic Airliner Photography


zoggavia presents a collection of aircraft photos exploring the beauty, sensuality, form and design of  classic airliners of the 50'ies. The airplane is a powerful symbol that has stirred the dreams and ambitions of men and women for 100 years. Aircraft created of passion, remain even more beautiful and alluring today. "Classic Airliners" is an exploration of the multiple and complex roles that airplanes have played in our lives and is a celebration of the classic aircraft enduring beauty. 




News

6.2.2010
- c/n 4602 D-ALAK L-1049G Super Constellation Lufthansa added

31.1.2010
- c/n 1978 G-AHEM L-049 BOAC, later sold to Capital Airlines, added
- Capital Airlines page updated with Connie data, ticket, and ticket holder of a Connie flight in 1954                                
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23.1.2010
- D-ALUB L-1649 Lufthansa added
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Questions and answers regarding the Lufthansa Super Star

15.1.2010
- US Air Force EC-121R's c/n 4477, 4382, and 4420 added
- 43-10317 C-69 added

- Air France F-BHBM L-1649 Starliner added

3.1.2010
- Wright TC18EA information added

Featured Constellation




D-ALAK L-1049G Super Constellation was delivered  to Lufthansa the first time 15 April 1955 and  the second time 17 November 1958 from Seaboard & Western. This Super Connie crashed on 11 January 1959 on Flecheiras Beach, near Galeao airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after extended undercarriage caught  the water on approach in bad weather.


The heart of the Connie and the DC-7



                                                                                                          
The Wright model TC18EA series engine is a turbo-compound 18 cylinder, air cooled, radial, reciprocating powerplant. This engine incorporates  three blow-down turbines for exhaust power recovery. All in all 12'000 units were produced for the TC Super Connie/Starliner, DC-7, PV-2, and Canadair Argus variants. Developping up to 3'500 hp, this was one of the most powerful serial piston engined produced.
Look at the cutaway  and schematic views here.



Classic Propliners



The Lockheed Constellation - conceived by Howard Hughes in the  late 1930's, the Constellation represented the ultimate in airline performance, luxury and design during the 1950's with 856 being built for commercial and military use. Being the main focus of zoggavia the Constellation web page is a source for history and fate of each individual aircraft represented in the collection. Information about the airline/owner as well as activities associated with the Connie, like flights, models, and collectibles both from the past and the present.




The Douglas DC-7 - powered by the same Wright engines like the Super Constellation, was the last of the Douglas propeller-driven airliner. Introduced in 1953, the DC-7 entered service with American Airlines in November 1953. It was the first commercial airliner able to fly nonstop westbound across the United States or the Atlantic against the prevailing winds.

 

Classic Jetliner



The de Havilland Comet - of all the postwar generation jet passenger airliner, the de Havilland Comet is at once the example of success and failure of the jet age. Read the stories, find photos and look at collectibles of this aircraft which blazed the trail for today's jet airliner service.

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