Latest On Lufthansa Connie::::::::

[Dan4th]

Looks as if Lufthansa has pulled-out all the
stops on their Constellation Starliner project::::::::

http://www.lufthansa-technik.com/applications/portal/lhtportal/lhtportal.portal?requestednode=608&_pageLabel=Template5_6&_nfpb=true&webcacheURL=TV_I/Media-Relations-new/Background---Specials/Super-Star/News/July_2011_Personelle_Verstaerkung_US.xml

Ralph "Round_engine" Pettersen informs me
there are now 50-plus people working on her
as part of a major push to get things off the
ground, as things seem to have languished
slightly for a while......

Oh, those Germans!

Has to be "Better Than New", I guess......

Danf.

[MOD]

I would just love to see and hear one of these beauts again!!

ibw

[Dan4th]

Fear Not, Ian.........

I'm certain Lufthansa will be wanting to
show off their Super Star once she's done.

Only 44 Starliners built, and she was the
ultimate propliner. 20-plus extra feet on
each wing, too!

Only question is when they'll get 'er done!

Danf.

[Sooty655]

Let's face it, after building a URL this long...............

http://www.lufthansa-technik.com/applications/portal/lhtportal/lhtportal.portal?requestednode=608&_pageLabel=Template5_6&_nfpb=true&webcacheURL=TV_I/Media-Relations-new/Background---Specials/Super-Star/News/July_2011_Personelle_Verstaerkung_US.xml

......they're not going to give up on it now.

[Dan4th]

You've got THAT right, Soots!

"Vee must make ziss haircraft PAIRFICT!"

Danf.

[Dan4th]

Ye Latest from Round_Engine:::::::::::::::::::

http://www.conniesurvivors.com/1-connie_news.htm#AUG06

Danf.

[Connie-Restorer]

You guys are funny. Wish you all could visit Project Superstar sometime, I'm sure you'd enjoy seeing the Connie.

[MOD]

You could always send us 'all expenses paid VIP invitations' to the 'Roll-Out'.

Ian

[Dan4th]

Latest Press Release:::::::::::::::::::::::

http://www.lufthansa-technik.com/applications/portal/lhtportal/lhtportal.portal?requestednode=608&_pageLabel=Template5_6&_nfpb=true&webcacheURL=TV_I/Media-Relations-new/Background---Specials/Super-Star/News/Mai_2012_Landing_gears_EN.xml

While on the one hand I admire Lufthansa's
determination, at the same time I have to
wonder if perhaps they're over-doing things
a little bit........

It's a German Thing, I guess........

Danf.

[Xplumberlives]

Ya!

[Dan4th]

Latest::::::::::::::::::::::::

http://www.lufthansa-technik.com/super-star-news-content/-/asset_publisher/I4tE/content/press-release-super-star-complex-door-overhaul

What do you think?

Two Years?

THREE YEARS?????????

At least it's being done

Danf.

[Ducati Boy]

There probably using cheap labour, sub-contracted to China, it'll be done in six months and broken in a week.

Looking forward to seeing it fly.

[Jigsaw]

It would be great to see/hear her in the air.

They should call themselves conniesseur's

[Ducati Boy]

Or she could be named "Conniesaurus"?

[Jigsaw]

Or she could be named "Conniesaurus"?

Brilliant

[Dan4th]

Here's a recent report via Round_Engine::::::::::

Click to enlarge the photographs.....

http://www.conniesurvivors.com/1-connie_news.htm#JUL27

This one sez 1st flight end of next summer

We Shall See!!!!!!!!

Oh, and what's that TENT for?????????

Danf.

[Dan4th]

If you have 30 minutes and don't mind
it's in German, here's a documentary
that aired recently..........

I thought it was very interesting!!!!!!

(requires flash player...)

http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?display=1&mode=play&obj=32329

Danf.

[MOD]

Now that was 30 minutes well spent . Thanks for finding this vid Dan4th

The fact that the commentary was in German didn't seem to matter as the video was so well edited you could follow what was going on quite easily.

I have to take my hat off to the guys from Anderson Aeromotive who were stood so close to that Wright R-3350-DA3 Turbo Compound 18-cylinder supercharged radial engine test-bed as it was fired up.

BTW I wonder which of those guys was Connie-Restorer?

ibw

[Dan4th]

BTW I wonder which of those guys was Connie-Restorer?

He hasn't visited in quite a while, but
just maybe he'll pop back on to take
a well-deserved bow

Anyhow, even though this vid just aired
on German television recently, the newest
vids of the Connie itself under restoration
shown were from SUMMER 2011!!!!!!!

They went all the way to Idaho this year
and didn't bother to stop by in Auburn,
Maine on the way home

It has been a Long While since I've seen
anything like photos or vids of how she
looks mid-2012

Danf.

[Dan4th]

Just stumbled across this today:::::::::::::::::



Enjoy!

Danf.

[MOD]

Thanks; I did...


ibw

[Ducati Boy]

Thanks D4th, Wonderful vid of the best looking Yank 4 engine prop heavy. Shame no sound on the last bit filmed from inside.

Flying was so special back then in prop piston jobs, even if you did get a headache after 8 hours of very noisy droning, but that could have been the wife!

When was that vid done I wonder? 1950s maybe? It occurred to me that the Captain and some crew were probably WW2 vintage Luftwaffe.

[Dan4th]

This was promotional from Lufthansa and
was probably from 1958 which is when the
Starliners were first in their fleet...

Lockheed went to great lengths to reduce
noise in the Starliner with engines further
out on longer wings, enhanced insulation
for sound supression, and a new device
which synchronized the props so they were
all turning exactly the same

Less vibration = less noise.....

Danf.