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Another video of the recently restored Connie 'Bataan' flying. Beautiful video, but terrible music.
 
Seems that video apps make it easy to add "selected" background music they think the viewers want. Wonder if someone could invent a way to "like" a video, and at the same time "not like" the sound track.

yeesh
 
NutmegCT said:
Seems that video apps make it easy to add "selected" background music they think the viewers want. Wonder if someone could invent a way to "like" a video, and at the same time "not like" the sound track.

yeesh
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On YouTube you can comment. I’ve been known to drop a comment about a video I likes, but let them know the music selection wasn’t so great
 
Such a beautiful aircraft! :love: Today's commercial aircraft look like cigar tubes, ugly in comparison. PJ
 
PAUL161 said:
Such a beautiful aircraft! :love: Today's commercial aircraft look like cigar tubes, ugly in comparison. PJ
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I feel like it was even more improved when they stretched the orig. 749 model Connie and made the 1049 Super Connie - similar almost-fluid profile, wings and triple-fin tail, but that longer fueslage just looks so elegant (yeah I know the real reason was to get more butts in the seats and make more $$$ but the design is timeless).

Mike's note about the appearance vs. mathematical calulations is pretty well spot-on for cars as well - they are all starting to look almost identical because thats the computer-generated optimal form factor...style and visual appeal become secondary.

(sorry about edit - accidentally attributed comment to wrong person)
 
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And the Connie interior's weren't too shabby either ...
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There's something rare inside - space.

In addition to First Class, some had a "club section" -

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There was another way to cross - slowly and in comfort:

 
I think many of us have seen threads that we've started be turned in completely new directions. Can be very discouraging to the original posters. But - in a public forum, being "flexible" is an asset.

TM
 
The Connie in the video is simply spectacular. The cost to restore that airplane was staggering to say the least. Now that it is flying, the operating cost is off the charts. The owner must be very dedicated to aviation history and I hope that people thank him for what he has done. A lot of others have tried to do this and failed. I had the honor of flying a DC7B on a fire fighting contract a few years back. Just starting those engines is a complicated task, but it was a religious experience for me every time. If you get a chance to see one of these great old airliners in person, don't miss it.
 
My first ride in an airliner was on a Connie from New York to Miami around 1949. I remember oil streaming out of one or more of the 4 engines.
 
pdplot said:
My first ride in an airliner was on a Connie from New York to Miami around 1949. I remember oil streaming out of one or more of the 4 engines.
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Never had the pleasure of flying on a Connie. My first airline flight was Clarksburg WV to Baltimore on an Allegheny Airlines DC-3. I still remember how loud it was.
 
My first DC-3 ride was from Key West to Havana in 1953. One hour flight. They met us with drinks - Frozen Daiquiries I think.
My 2nd was from Charlottesville, VA to Baltimore.
Smooth and pretty quiet planes not like a Short's 330 I took from Washington to C'ville a few years later.
What a tin can that thing was.
 
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