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Lockheed Constellation

Développé en réponse à une demande de 1939 de Howard Hughes et de la TWA, le Lockheed Constellation a introduit une conception révolutionnaire pour les avions de ligne. Connu sous le nom de "Connie", il a établi de nouvelles normes en matière de performances, d'efficacité et de confort des passagers. Cependant, les liens étroits de Lockheed avec TWA et Hughes ont limité les ventes à d'autres compagnies aériennes, ce qui a affecté les bénéfices. Les ventes internationales, en particulier en Amérique du Sud et en Europe, ont été plus fortes, mais le marché de l'après-Seconde Guerre mondiale est resté difficile.
Lockheed a trouvé un client crucial dans l'armée américaine, dont le soutien a contribué à soutenir la production. Cela a également profité aux compagnies aériennes civiles, ce qui a conduit au développement du Super Constellation et du Starliner. Cependant, l'essor des avions à réaction a rapidement éclipsé ces modèles. Les principales compagnies aériennes ont progressivement abandonné le Constellation, bien que certaines soient restées en service jusqu'à la fin des années 1960, le dernier vol de passagers ayant eu lieu en 1978 en République dominicaine.

Ce livre abondamment illustré suit le Constellation depuis sa création jusqu'à sa retraite, mettant en évidence ses contributions uniques à l'histoire de l'aviation.
Il s'agit d'une nouvelle édition de "Aeroplane Classic Airliner: Constellation".

Caractéristiques

Présentation :	96 pages, 20 x 14 x 1 cm, broché
Illustration :	abondamment illustré
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Key Publishing Ltd (GB, 2024)
Série :	Historic Commercial Aircraft (8)
ISBN :	9781802823745

Queen of the Skies - The Lockheed Constellation

A revolutionary commercial propeller transport, the Lockheed Constellation burst on the aviation scene in the early 1940s. Unheralded for the most part, due to wartime secrecy, it finally entered commercial service in 1946, and promptly set new standards for speed, range, reliability, and passenger comfort. The Connie, as it was affectionately known, pioneered new flight paths in many parts of the globe.

Connies ultimately flew commercially for more than thirty years, and underwent countless modifications and upgrades during that time. They continued to be utilized by the military as well; in fact, Connies were involved in a number of endeavors that remain shrouded in secrecy to this day.

This, then, is the story of a remarkable and distinctive airplane. It is also the story of the people who made the Constellation great, including aviation legends like Howard Hughes and Clarence "Kelly" Johnson. Most importantly, however, it is a story that sheds light on the dynamics of technology, politics, and society in the years 1940 to 1980.
This revised edition contains an additional chapter on Constellations that are still flying today, as well as an additional appendix of the Constellation's operations manual.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Claude G. Luisada
Présentation :	424 pages, 26.5 x 18 x 4 cm, relié
Illustration :	51 photos et dessins en N&B
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2014)
ISBN :	9780764346392

Lockheed Constellation - A Legends of Flight Illustrated History (Legends of Flight)

La Lockheed Constellation fut le principal avion de ligne à hélices de l'après-guerre. Développée pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale par une équipe renommée, comprenant Howard Hughes et Kelly Johnson, elle devint une icône de l'aviation commerciale.

Ce livre présente une histoire illustrée de la Constellation avec plusieurs centaines de photographies anciennes d'avions et de compagnies aériennes du monde entier. Il couvre les trois principales variantes commerciales: la Constellation, la Super Constellation et la Starliner. Les versions militaires utilisées en temps de guerre sont également incluses.
Surnommée la "Mona Lisa des airs", la Constellation était admirée pour son design élégant et représentait l'âge d'or du transport aérien. Un chapitre est consacré aux équipements luxueux des compagnies haut de gamme, tandis qu'un autre détaille les modèles cargo et les conversions.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Wolfgang Borgmann
Présentation :	144 pages, 22 x 22.5 x 1.3 cm, relié
Illustration :	260 photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2024)
Série :	Legends of Flight
ISBN :	9780764368226

Lockheed Constellation : A History

Clarence 'Kelly' Johnson's design for the Lockheed Constellation, known affectionately as the 'Connie', produced one of the world's most iconic airliners. Lockheed had been working on the L-044 Excalibur, a four-engine, pressurised airliner, since 1937. In 1939, Trans World Airlines, at the instigation of major stockholder Howard Hughes, requested a 40-passenger transcontinental aircraft with a range of 3,500 miles, well beyond the capabilities of the Excalibur design. TWA's requirements led to the L-049 Constellation, designed by Lockheed engineers including Kelly Johnson and Hall Hibbard.

Between 1943 and 1958, Lockheed built 856 Constellations in numerous models at its Burbank, California, factory - all with the same distinctive and immediately recognisable triple-tail design and dolphin-shaped fuselage. 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. After the Second World War, TWA's trans-Atlantic service began on 6 February 1946 with a New York-Paris flight in a Constellation.
Then, on 17 June 1947, Pan Am opened the first-ever scheduled round-the-world service with their L-749 Clipper America.

In this revealing insight into the Lockheed Constellation, the renowned aviation historian Graham M. Simons examines its design, development and service, both military and civil.
In doing so, he reveals the story of a design which, as the first pressurised airliner in widespread use, helped to usher in affordable and comfortable air travel around the world.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Graham M. Simons
Présentation :	320 pages, 25 x 17.5 x 2.8 cm, relié
Illustration :	175 photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Air World (GB, 2021)
ISBN :	9781526758866

Lockheed L-188 Electra

Introduit pour la première fois en 1957, le Lockheed L-188 Electra était le premier grand avion de ligne à turbopropulseurs développé aux États-Unis.
Ce nouvel ouvrage illustré raconte l'histoire de cet appareil et des personnes qui l'ont conçu, construit et exploité. Riche en visuels, il offre un récit détaillé et captivant de cet avion pionnier.

Caractéristiques

Présentation :	96 pages, 24.5 x 17 cm, broché
Illustration :	abondamment illustré
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Key Publishing Ltd (GB, 2023)
Série :	Historic Commercial Aircraft
ISBN :	9781802824865

Lockheed Tristar - The Most Technologically Advanced Commercial Jet of Its Time

In April 1972, after six gruelling years of design and development, the then Lockheed California Company (now Lockheed Martin) delivered the most technologically advanced commercial jet of its era, the L-1011 TriStar, to its first client, Eastern Airlines.
To mark the moment, Lockheed decided to make an impressive statement about the capabilities of its new medium-to-long-range, wide-body trijet airliner. It did so in spectacular fashion. Overseen by two test pilots, a total of 115 crew members, VIPs, Lockheed employees, and selected reporters boarded a TriStar at Lockheed's Palmdale plant in California. The subsequent 4-hour, 13-minute flight to Washington Dulles Airport was achieved with virtually no input from the two pilots in the cockpit, the TriStar's Automatic Flight Control System being 'engaged from takeoff roll to landing'. It was, Lockheed proudly claimed, 'the first cross-country flight without the need for human hands on the controls'.

The L-1011 had faced daunting challenges on the way to its inaugural flight. Divergent needs from competing airlines led to design challenges. Financial difficulties ravaged its engine's manufacturer, Rolls-Royce, whilst a recession, fuelled by the world's first oil crisis, lessened the demand for commercial airliners.
Lockheed, though, battled through these challenges with the result that the TriStar, famed for its large, curved nose, low-set wings, and graceful swept tail, remained in production until 1984, by when 250 examples had been built. The toll on Lockheed, however, was too great and after the TriStar it withdrew from the commercial aircraft business.

In this revealing insight into the L-1011, the renowned aviation historian Graham M. Simons reveals the full story of this airliner's design, development and service over the decades since 1970.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Graham M. Simons
Présentation :	320 pages, 24.5 x 17 x 3.2 cm, relié
Illustration :	175 photos en couleurs
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Air World (GB, 2021)
ISBN :	9781526758828

Lockheed Constellation - Königin der Löfte

The Lockheed "Constellation" is considered by many to be the embodiment of the classic propliner. The aerodynamically optimized, curved shape of the fuselage led to it being considered one of the most beautifully designed and elegant commercial aircraft ever built.
Only a handful of these majestic propliners are still flying worldwide and wherever they appear they attract thousands of enthusiastic spectators.

Pages du livre "Lockheed Constellation - Königin der Löfte"

Wolfgang Borgmann makes this book, with wonderful contemporary images, technical data and current material, the standard illustrated book on the Constellation in German.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Wolfgang Borgmann
Présentation :	176 pages, 24 x 30.5 cm, relié
Illustration :	160 photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	allemand
Editeur :	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2018)
ISBN :	9783613040359