Lockheed L-1649 Starliner
Tampilan
Tipe | Pesawat terbang |
---|---|
Perancang | Clarence "Kelly" Johnson |
Terbang perdana | 10 Oktober 1956 |
Dipensiunkan | 1980-an |
Status | Dipensiunkan |
Pengguna utama | Trans World Airlines, |
Pengguna lain | Lufthansa Air France |
Tahun produksi | 1956-1958 |
Jumlah produksi | 44 (termasuk prototipe) |
Harga satuan | US $3,000,000 |
Acuan dasar | L-1049 Super Constellation |
Lockheed L-1649 Starliner adalah model terakhir dari Lockheed Constellation sayap rendah (low wing).
Didukung oleh empat mesin TurboCompound Wright R-3350 pesawat ini dibuat di Lockheed Burbank, California pada kurun 1956-1958.
Referensi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Breffort, Dominique. Lockheed Constellation: from Excalibur to Starliner Civilian and Military Variants. Paris: Histoire and Collecions, 2006. Print. ISBN 2-915239-62-2
- Lockheed Constellation Survivors - L1649A Starliner; Petersen, Ralph M. - Retrieved 11/5/10
- California Classic Propliners - L-1649A Starliners; Gibson, Tom - Retrieved 11/5/10
- US Warplanes - C-69/C-121 Diarsipkan 2015-10-26 di Wayback Machine. - Retrieved 11/5/10
Pranala luar
[sunting | sunting sumber]Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Lockheed Constellation.
- Lockheed Constellation Survivors - A website that explains information and whereabouts of surviving Constellations, including Starliners.
- YouTube - Lufthansa L1649 Lockheed Starliner Project Auburn Maine - A news clip about N7316C's restoration from 2009.