Iconic Aircraft Aviation Forum

by **Dan4th** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 1:55 pm

A nice pic of the Breitling Connie::::::::::::::::::::

Danf.

by **Ducati Boy** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 10:12 pm

A very nice shot of the second best pre-jet, prop driven airliner.

by **Dan4th** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 8:33 pm

I agree with you, Pat, that the Britannia was
a fine aircraft, a Great One even.....

But Connie had a much larger impact upon
the world of commercial aviation....

It is just a shame, I'm sure you will agree,
that the Britannia suffered so many delays
in development which lead to so few going
into actual airline service :((

HOWEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If the Turboprop Constellation, of which
four were built for the US military, had
been introduced into airline duty, THEN
we might have had a real horserace as
to which one was the better beast

Maybe it's better we will never know :-?