Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Lockheed. A piston airliner.
- Seats
- Mixed 44, Dense 56
- Range
- 4,800 km
- Cruise
- 450 km/h
- Payload
- 7,500 kg
- Take off run
- 1,500 m
- Fuel burn
- 820 kg per block hour
- Reference price
- $750,000 in 1947 dollars
- Production ends
- 1946-12-31
- Confidence
- estimated (to be verified)
Source: TWA received the first civil Constellation on 1 October 1945 and began Atlantic service on 6 February 1946; Air France took its first L-049 in June 1946 (Wikipedia, Lockheed Constellation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Constellation). Performance and costs are estimates.