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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Lockheed Constellation

January 9, 2022 WarbirdsNews 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On January 9, 1943, at the controls of the United States Army Air Forces, Boeing’s Chief Test Pilot, Eddie Allen, made the first flight of the […]

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Lufthansa Lockheed Starliner Moves to Paderborn Airport in Germany

March 3, 2021 WarbirdsNews 0

After our most recent report from Constellation connoisseur Ralph Pettersen concerning the status of President Eisenhower’s executive VC-121 Constellation transport, Columbine II, presently under rebuild with Dynamic Aviation in Bridgewater, Virginia, a number of questions […]

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Columbine II Restoration – February 2021 Update

February 22, 2021 WarbirdsNews 1

Following the profound shock and sadness we all felt in learning of Karl Stoltzfus untimely passing last November, there was an understandable concern over what his death might mean to the continuation of various historical […]

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Columbine II – Restoration Progress Report – August, 2020

September 11, 2020 Editor 0

It has been a couple of months since our last update on Columbine II, the Lockheed VC-121A Constellation which President Dwight D. Eisenhower used during the early years of his first term of office. This […]

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Columbine II – Restoration Update June 2020

June 29, 2020 Editor 1

By Richard Mallory Allnutt (editor) Echoing loudly across the expansive, high-bay hangar, one can hear the staccato clatter of rivet guns and high-pitched squeal of air-powered drills tearing into sheet aluminum. There is a whole […]

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Super Constellation Under Cover at Qantas Founders Museum

March 20, 2020 Editor 0

We have been following the Qantas Founders Museum and their efforts to recover, restore and preserve a Lockheed Super Constellation for the past six years, and are happy to announce that the fully restored aircraft is […]

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Qantas Founders Museum’s Super Constellation Unveiled

December 20, 2019 Editor 0

For the past five years, we have been following the saga of the Qantas Founders Museum in Australia and their efforts to recover and restore a Lockheed Constellation in the livery of an original Qantas […]

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Super Constellation Project One Step Closer to Australia

December 16, 2016 WarbirdsNews 0

Qantas Founders Museum (QFM) has made some significant progress with their Lockheed C-121J Super Constellation Bu.131643. As many of our readers will be well aware, this aircraft has sat outside at Manila International Airport in the […]

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Lufthansa Lockheed L-1649A Super Star Restoration – Part 2

June 10, 2016 Editor 8

In a continuation of our previous article on Lufthansa Technik’s project to return a Lockheed L-1649A Starliner to airline service, we now report on the restoration progress so far. The project has two Starliners at their base […]

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Lufthansa Lockheed L-1649A Super Star Restoration – Part 1

June 2, 2016 Editor 8

The Lockheed Constellation is one of the most iconic airliners ever built, and one could even go so far as to say it is one of the most beautiful aircraft ever designed. The Constellation still resonates […]

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D-Day Squadron Documentary Premiere at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

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The Air Force Museum Foundation Living History Series invites you to the film premiere of “Into Flight Once More” on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. You will […]

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