Main > Everything Else
Anyone likes airplanes ? Most beautiful plane ever...
Level42:
Visited Aviodrome-Lelystad ( http://www.aviodrome.nl/ ) last week.
Of course I had the excuse that my 5 year old son like airplanes so much, but for me there was a secret reason: For the first timing seeing the Lockheed Constellation "in the flesh".
This one is the last of 5 (2 in US, 2 in Europe, 1 in Australia) that can still fly.
IMHO this is the most beautiful thing with wings ever built.
It was partially restored in Arizona, and then, believe it or not, flown across the US, Canada, Iceland, UK and then it's new home Lelystad, Holland !!!
Regretfully it was in maintenance and not outside. This plane has been in service as a crop duster after it was retired from passenger-service. You could still smell the very intense "perfume" !!! It's deep in the metal, no way it's ever getting out....
The people who got this thing flying again are both heroes and crazy.....flying a 50 year old plane is not without risks. Regretfully they don't do tour-flights with it, as I would sure book a flight. But it's too expensive. Insurence per flight is €60.000,- !!! They do want to visit airshows however and hope to fly in 2008.
Here's the full story in English about this fantastic Connie:
http://www.conniesurvivors.com/1-connies_comeback.htm
Here are my pics: http://gallery.mac.com/andre.huijts#100045
patrickl:
Yeah that's a cool plane.
I was thinking about taking my kid there too, but the entrance fee is pretty high. Is it worth it really?
Level42:
It is pretty high, but worth it. I remember when it was still aviodome at Schiphol and there it was just a handful of planes thrown about under a dome. Now they've made more of a historic travel though time, starting with a "time-machine", balloons, experiments, wright-flyer, early fokkers etc. It's focussed on Dutch aviation of course. We spent about from 11.00 till 16.00 there, incl. seeing a 50 min. documentary they made about "Connie's Comeback". Even my wife thought it was fun...
danny_galaga:
you have good taste in planes (",). not my favourite, but it does look beautiful. that would have been a bllody big crop duster!
oh, and see that little dome on the top, just behind the aerials? i saw that on a super constellation i was lucky enough to climb on board once. it was used for celestial navigation, sextant and all!
DrumAnBass:
DC-3 at Charlotte, NC flight museum:
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
Go to full version