Lockheed L-749 Constellation

Lockheed L-749 Constellation
	; ; Trans World Airlines L-749A
Tipe	Pesawat terbang
Perancang	Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
Terbang perdana	14 Maret 1947[1]
Diperkenalkan	18 April 1947
Dipensiunkan	1993
Status	Dipensiunkan
Pengguna utama	Trans World Airlines
Pengguna lain	Air France ; KLM; Eastern Air Lines
Tahun produksi	1947 - 1951[2][3]
Jumlah produksi	119
Acuan dasar	L-649 Constellation
Varian	C-121 Constellation ; PO-1W/WV-1 Constellation

Lockheed L-749 Constellation adalah pesawat pertama dari varian Lockheed Constellation sayap rendah (low wing) yang mampu melintasi Samudera Atlantik non-stop.

Meskipun mirip dalam penampilan dengan L-649, L-749 memiliki kapasitas bahan bakar yang lebih besar, roda pendaratan yang diperkuat, dan, dalam beberapa buah ada radar cuaca.

Referensi

The American Museum of Aviation - Lockheed L-749 Technical Specifications; Retrieved 9/6/11
US Warplanes - C-69/C-121; Retrieved 9/6/11
Breffort, Dominique. Lockheed Constellation: from Excalibur to Starliner Civilian and Military Variants. Histoire and Collecions, 2006, pp. 40-45.

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 - A website that explains information and whereabouts of surviving Constellations of all variants, including the L-749 Constellation.

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[prop-1] The American Museum of Aviation - Lockheed L-749 Technical Specifications; Retrieved 9/6/11

[2] US Warplanes - C-69/C-121; Retrieved 9/6/11

[Dom-3] Breffort, Dominique. Lockheed Constellation: from Excalibur to Starliner Civilian and Military Variants. Histoire and Collecions, 2006, pp. 40-45.