The Lockheed Constellation ("Connie") is a propeller-driven, four-engined airliner built by Lockheed Corporation between 1943 and 1958 at Burbank, California. Lockheed built 856 in numerous models—all with the same triple-tail design and dolphin-shaped fuselage. Most were powered by four 18-cylinder Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclones. The Constellation was used as a civil airliner and as a military and civilian air transport, seeing service in the Berlin and the Biafran airlifts. Three of them served as the presidential aircraft for Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Specifications
General Characteristics
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- Wingspan 78.3ft (23.9m)
- Length 50.0ft (15.3m)
- Height 18.3ft (5.6m)
- Empty Weight 25,466lbs (11,551kg)
- Loaded Weight 34,544lbs (15,668kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.173
- Wing Loading 48.4lbs/ft2 (236.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 714.1ft2 (66.3m2)
- Drag Points 9702
Parts
- Number of Parts 95
- Control Surfaces 10
- Performance Cost 540
