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Lufthansa's first long-haul aircraft 1955
Lockheed L-1049 G Super Constellation
The Lufthansa livery and D-ALEM call letters are in commemoration of the first trans-Atlantic flight of a Lockheed L-1049 G Super Constellation that departed from Hamburg bound for New York via DÜsseldorf and Shannon on June 8, 1955.
Historical films from the age of propeller aircraft
"The most beautiful passenger aircraft ever built"
With its curving fuselage and unmistakable triple tail, the Lockheed Super Constellation is still considered the most beautiful passenger aircraft ever build. It was also the first passenger plane with a pressurized cabin.
Technical data
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Kalifornien |
| Registration: | D-ALEM |
| Passengers: | 63 - 99 depending on the version |
| Wingspan: | 37.49 m |
| Length: | 34.62 m |
| Height: | 7.54 m |
| Wingspan: | 153.5 m² |
| Maximum take-off weight: | 62,369 t |
| Range: | 8,843 km |
| Max. fuel capacity: | 29,400 l |
| Tip tank: | 2200 l |
| Cruising speed: | 522 km/h at an altitude of 6100 meters |
| Engines: | Four Curtis-Wright R-3350-DA 3 Turbo Compound, air-cooled 18-cylinder twin row radial engines |
| Propellers: | 4.62m diameter, 3 blades |
| Number: | 254 aircraft delivered |
| Maiden flight of D-ALEM: | April 19, 1955 |
| Last flight: | March 9, 1967 |
