Latest pictures, April 25, 2003

...ABOUT OUR AIRCRAFT...

Manufacturer ---- Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Burbank, California

Model ---- Super Constellation (a total of 259 were built)

Model Number ---- L - 1049H - 03 - 143 This model was the last civilian version of the Super Constellation. It was designed as a passenger/cargo convertible version. In a matter of hours a 1049H could be converted from a strictly cargo plane to a passenger airliner. This conversion was carried out by installing toilets, interior lining panels, cabin luggage and baggage racks and seating for up to 94 passengers, two seats on the left of the aisle and three seats on the right. A buffet or bar could also be installed depending on the operator's requirements. Fifty-nine L-1049H versions were built.

Serial Number ---- 4825

Delivery Date ---- 24 June 1957 and registered as N6922C

Engines --- Four- Wright 92TC18DA-3 improved version of the turbo-compound engine producing 3,400 HP each. Each engine had 28 cylinders.

Length---116'-2"
Wingspan---123'
Height---24'-9" (top of fin)

Weight, empty--- 69326 lbs. Takeoff weight, max.--- 140,000 lbs.
Payload weight, max.--- 40,203 lbs.

Speed, max --- 366mph Cruise speed --- 311mph

Range with maximum fuel --- 3463 miles
Range with maximum payload --- 1890 miles

...SOME RECENT HISTORY...

This aircraft was owned and operated by AMSA, Aerolineas Mundo, S.A. in the Dominican Republic as HI-542CT when it was parked and unloading cargo on the ramp at Borinquen Airport on the evening of 3 February 1992. A taxiing DC-4 N74AF accidentally struck the wing and part of the tail of the Constellation. The starboard wing fuel tank of the Constellation erupted in flames. Both aircraft were severely damaged. The remaining fuselage of the DC-4 is now located outside Gate 1, Ramey. The Constellation has been stored on airport property since that collision.

Latest pictures, June, 2002

Photos courtesy of Gerry Giles.

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