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            The Lockheed Constellation ("Connie") was a propeller-driven airliner powered by four 18-cylinder radial Wright R-3350 engines. It was built by Lockheed between 1943 and 1958 at its Burbank, California, USA, facility. A total of 856 aircraft were produced in four models, all distinguished by a triple-tail design and dolphin-shaped fuselage. The Constellation was used as a civilian airliner and as a U.S. military air transport, seeing service in the Berlin Airlift. It was the presidential aircraft for U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

C-121C is on display at the National Air and Space Museum, Udvar-Hazy Center located at Dulles Airport in Virginia and this aircraft flew as an Air Force C-121C and is painted in the colors of the Air National Guard.

General characteristics

    * Crew: 5 flight crew, varying cabin crew
    * Capacity: typically 62-95 passengers (109 in high-density configuration)
    * Length: 116 ft 2 in (35.42 m)
    * Wingspan: 126 ft 2 in (38.47 m)
    * Height: 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
    * Wing area: 1,654 ft² (153.7 m²)
    * Empty weight: 79,700 lb (36,150 kg)
    * Useful load: 65,300 lb (29,620 kg)
    * Max takeoff weight: 137,500 lb (62,370kg)
    * Powerplant: 4× Wright R-3350-DA3 Turbo Compound 18-cylinder supercharged radial engines, 3,250 hp (2,424 kW) each

Performance

    * Maximum speed: 377 mph (327 kn, 607 km/h)
    * Cruise speed: 340 mph (295 kn, 547 km/h) at 22,600 ft (6,890 m)
    * Stall speed: 100 mph (87 kn, 160 km/h)
    * Range: 5,400 mi (4,700 nmi, 8,700 km)
    * Service ceiling: 24,000 ft (7,620 m)
    * Rate of climb: 1,620 ft/min (8.23 m/s)
    * Wing loading: 87.7 lb/ft² (428 kg/m²)
    * Power/mass: 0.094 hp/lb (155 W/kg)

   

Taken in: United States / Virginia / Dulles International Airport (show map)

Taken on: December 27, 2010

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Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS, f/4.0, 1/50 sec, 35mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

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ISO:	1600
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Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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