Super Constellation ✈ Amazing Black Forest Flight & Low Pass in Cockpit!
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- A truly spectacular scenic flight with the legendary Super Constellation over the formidable Black Forest and the beautiful Lake Schluchsee. The formation flight with a Pilatus PC-12 was hugely impressive. Flying across the historical city Freiburg im Breisgau. A breathtaking lowpass and go-around was performed while I stayed in the cockpit. The pilots were busy with the manually operated aircraft which demands a high level of concentration. Finally, we landed at the same location where the flight began, in Bremgarten Germany.
IMO the Super Connie is one of the most beautiful airplanes ever built. It's fuselage looks like a dolphin jumping out of the water. Thanks for the great video.
Thanks for the compliment. Cheers Matt
I was 18, in the Navy, and going to my first duty station following my boot-camp leave. Because I was in my uniform, TWA upgraded me to first-class passenger status. I was delightfully surprised when I saw the plane, and realized I would be a passenger! “Connie” was the most beautiful, graceful fuselage design I’ve ever seen … down-swept nose … upswept tail … all of it like the flow of an artists’ brush. The steady engine drones were energizing and I’d never felt such exhilaration from a mechanical device before, nor after, that flight. This video brought it all back through the dusty cobwebbed corners of my aging memory. Thank you.
Thank you very much for sharing your nice story!
My brother also liked the Connie. Who wouldn't? Until he had to fly on one, from SF to Tokyo, in the 60's. Long trip, small plane, noisy, bumpy - he couldn't wait to get off! The romance verses reality...
But then, I once flew to Rio on a 757, and felt the same way. Even in business class, with the whole row to myself.
I love that, upgraded to first class because you were in uniform.
Wow - that sound. Nothing comes close. Thank you for posting.
Among the most beautiful airplanes ever. Awesome flight thanks
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Nothing beats the sound of good ol' radial engines
Quite so ! Four radials do not make noise - They Sing !!
From what I remember, flying on an EAL Shuttle backup from DCA to LGA fifty years ago, about everything from a Connie was a 'low-pass.' My skull is still vibrating. Such a really beautiful aircraft!
I was a GI passenger on one of the amazing airplanes back in 66, I was told it was the final flight, ever this particular aircraft. I recall the seats were red in color, and pretty threadbare. There were a few other soldiers on it, may have been flying from Atlanta, don’t remember for sure. Irving P.
So majestically exciting when the engines smoke on startup.. 🤗
1:10 I can listen to that beast go full throttle anytime, any day. You can hear the immense power in her. So beautiful!
That was some great footage, what an amazing experience this must have been! Loved those cockpit views and super cool to get to fly along with the PC-12.
Thank you very much! The formation flight with the PC-12 was awesome. It was a most wonderful flight experience which I can highly recommend to you! Cheers Matt
Toller Film mit der super constellation auch über das Cockpit es wird noch richtig mir der Hand geflogen
Now that’s my definition of a REAL AIRPLANE! Really Love those old Connies!
Even this day, she's a grand ol' lady of the sky! Functional art at it's engineering best!
Brings back memories. My dad worked for the US Army in the Canal Zone (Panama) and we would fly Military Air Transport Service (MATS) C-121 Constellations from Panama to Charleston, SC during the 1950's. Keep up the videos.
Thanks for sharing your memories. It is great to hear. This flight meant an unforgettable and most wonderful flight experience for me. Cheers Matt
Fantastic plane! Thanks for sharing, and greets from the Netherlands!
Brings back a lot of great memories, THANKS
My pleasure! Thanks for watching. Cheers Matt
That was amazing, Matt! Lucky!! I'd immediately grab the chance to fly with one of these, must be so awesome. Beautiful video, loved the engine startup!
I understand :) It was a most wonderful flight experience which I can highly recommend to you! It is the only Super Constellation worldwide which is allowed to take passengers on board. Cheers Matt
The. Most beautiful propeller driven plane ever built love this 😀 ❤️ plane
Probably the most beautiful airplanes ever built. Just stunning. One of my earliest memories as a child was walking out on the tarmac to board a TWA Connie. I was maybe 4 years old and I remember how beautiful I thought it was. Somehow I felt I was destined to be an Airline Pilot. I've just celebrated my 30th year with Continental/United.
The Connie is my favorite airliner too, a very sexy plane.
My dad was an A&P mechanic for TWA. I was also 4 years old when I took my first flight on a Connie in 1958 from Idlewild to LA.
Fred Fournier p
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*Tarmac*
I never had the privilege of flying in a Connie, but I'v had the priviledge of flying in DC-3's. Once we hit a air pocket and fell quite a ways, twice. it was glorious! People were screaming but I thought it was great, of course I was much younger then and had complete faith in the pilots and the plane!
Der Sound, der Souuuund. Zum niederknien !!!
Breathaking in every way!
Looks like you need to really fly it. Speaking of Black Forest, once I was driving around in Germany when I decided to exit the Autobahn and see how the countryside looks like. Soon I was driving in a dense forest and completely alone with nobody in sight - I had arrived to Schwartzwald. I even stopped a few times to see if somebody would come. The troll forest was so dense that you could vanish on a whim. The experience did not last for more than twenty minutes or so before emerging to broad daylight, but it was still strange to suddenly be alone in a dark forest in densely populated Germany.
Thanks for watching! It must be a cool experience to be alone in Schwarzwald. For me it sounds great :)
Professional edit as usual Matt, loved it. :)
Thanks you very much Chonaill. It was an unforgettable and most wonderful flight experience. Cheers Matt
Beautiful!
Thank you! It was a most adventurous flight!
Those were the days.....The sexiest aircraft ever. Der Sound der R-3350 TC-18 Motoren ist einfach nur geil....😎😎👍👍
Nice low pass over Baden-Baden that day. The sound was mega!
BEAUTIFULL
awesome plane.
It really is. Thanks for watching!
Looks so beautiful.
Thank you!
Muito bom trabalho, parabéns!! Sonho em voar um desses.
Thank you very much!
Loved the movie, brought back memories.
Thank you for watching! I am happy to hear that you liked my movie. Kind regards, Matthias
❤the plane I most like.
Que maravilla el Lockheed - Super Constellation
The flying banana!
Muito lindo
Obrigado
Personally, as the Sud-Aviation Caravelle is most beautiful jet propulsion aircraft ever designed, the Connie is as piston-propeller engineering. You cannot not loving it.
Turboprop? Well, that's a tough one... I take three: Bristol Britannia; Lockheed Electra; and the monster of all, Tupolev TU 114.
Klasse Mathias, tolle Schnittechnik.
Danke!!
2 THUMBS UP!. THANK YOU.
Thank you very much!
Wow these huge radio controlled models just look so realistic. You'd think it was the real thing.
This was a real thing and definitely not a radio controlled model ;)
wow..that was cool :)
It really was! Thanks mate! Much appreciate your support. Matt
Flight engineer? I have fear flight in this airplane, but is a beatiful.
Peace "Earth Brothers", wonderful planet, built to be observed from the Heavens.Hirini
awesome
Kelly Johnson's work!
Great to see some Navitimers in the cockpit!
It was a very adventurous flight which I will never forget. Thanks for watching.
One of the nicest looking aircraft ever built!
Question, what is the flight engineer doing at about 4:30 ?
Mixture adjustment maybe? I've seen similar adjustments made during speed changes in other videos.
The flight engineer had responsibility to the Captain of supplying power from those engines regardless of outside conditions. He would have been adjusting the mixture controls to compensate changes to outside air temperatures. He would have been watching a gauge which measured BMEP (brake mean effective pressure) which indicated basically the horsepower coming from the engineer. As a QANTAS ground engineer I had the opportunity to become a flight engineer, but after a couple of flights from Sydney to Perth in Australia I decided I didn't fancy sitting in that seat for that length of time.
Can someone tell me what was the flight engineer doing with the levers ? 4:33 by example. EDIT: I paused at 4:40 and apparently the panel for those levers say "Propeller Synchronizer", so was he basically manually doing the Prop Sync ?
Dois pilotos e um flight engennering a bordo
I heard this Connie had been scraped, can anyone confirm this?
Nope this Connie is currently in Germany at Bremgarten. It is disassembled into parts. They are trying to make good old Connie airworthy again!! But that is incredibly expensive and very time-consuming. That's why there are no exact plans yet whether the good old machine will ever fly again.
This thing needs to be at 28,000ft. cruising to Miami,Fla.
Her max ceiling is 25,000ft, but in 2500 hours flying the EC-121, I never flew above 20k.
OMG, look at the distance between the seats!! I could have a game of chess with someone on the floor in front of my feet.
excellent video, thank you....very short take off. I know it's not accurate, but I feel safer in prop planed then jets
Most wonderful aircraft. Thank you for the compliments! Cheers Matt
Super! I get to hear / watch her fly over my home in Binningen when she is at Bale. How can I get a ride? Would be well worth it.
I wish Kermie could restore his!
I'll say it she's one beautiful girl
Oh yes, I absolutely agree! :)
Mensch Matthias, da hast du dich wirklich selbst übertroffen! Das ist emotional wirklich fast ein bisschen zuviel ;-)
Danke, danke :) Ein frohes 2017!
I wonder where the crew got trained on this clunker.
one hell of a polluter
Wright r3350 turbo compound :)
I FEW HER IN 62 , LOST AN ENGINE ON TAKEOFF ON WAKE ISLAND. GREAT BIRD...
I flew one to Curacao i the sixties, dont remeber alas, but somehow these big engine airplanes make an impression, much more than Jet engines....is it something organic??? most be the pitch, a 39 ltr piston engine can be felt in the body, rather than a 20.000 pnd trhts jet engine, how sophicated they are, and they are! that creams at ones ears....
I thought australia had the only flying Super Connie ?>??
In Switzerland had an airworthy Super Constellation. Sadly it is grounded since 2017 due to technical issues. The repair work and the production of new replacement parts are endlessly expensive.
As I type there is one of these flying around the Illawarra, just south of Sydney,Australia It is 1 of only 2 flying Super Constellations still flying in the world. So why not visit Australia and see it. It belongs to these people hars.org.au/
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boeing or airbus newer planes are nothing wen I see this
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No crappy music! Just engine music. Super videography. A keeper.
Thank you!
I wonder where the crew got trained on this clunker.
I live in Australia we have a Super Constellation affectionately called Connie she’s airworthy and beautiful!
This is going to sound both ridiculous and sad, and I guess it is. I love aircraft and the idea of flight, but I have a terrible fear of flying and so the closest I get is in Flight Simulator and RUclips videos. It also means I'm forever stuck in Australia and will probably never see the rest of the World in real life. Thank you for this fantastic video. 👍
Thank you for your kind feedback. It was a very adventurous flight with this Super Connie. All the best, Matt
They have the only flying Connie in Australia at Qantas.
It ain’t ridiculous and sad to me at all. You have a thing, many people do.
The epitome of piston powered passenger flight. I worked on the 3350 engine 50 years ago on P-2 Neptune's and can attest to the power and efficiency of those powerplants. The L-1049 was truly an inspired airframe.
Hi…! Would you kindly look at my query about the ‘throttle count’ on the Constellation - just above your entry. Thanks! @2earache
Great video. A classic aircraft and some beautiful scenery. Love the footage of the cockpit.
That's when flying an aircraft was an art form that required an entirely different set of skills.
Thanks for posting this vide.
Thank you for your kind words! Much appreciated!
This beautiful bird was a bit before my time as a Flight Attendant with EAL, but I did have the pleasure to work on her grandaughter, the L10ll. The Electra was the last prop that EAL had and I did my very first flight on it in very bumpy weather coming into "La Garbage" on Thanksgiving weekend. Got airsick and was afraid I would throw up on passengers seated across from me and get fired on my first flight.....Would have loved to have a flight on the "Connie", I use to hear the pilots talk about her and how much they missed her. Geez, the guy flying the panel looks very busy!
Thank you very much for sharing your experience of your very 1st flight. What a story! How many years did you work as a Flight Attendant? I am convinced that you would definitely have many interesting story to tell. I remember Eastern Air Lines especially when the flew the great L10ll. EAL was the launch customer of this impressive aircraft.
Yes, the flight in the Super Connie was very adventurous and most spectacular. I will always remember it. All the best to you.
Reminds me of my first flight overseas in 1959 from Frankfurt DE to Laguardia. I was ^ then. Two engines caught on fire and another was smoking but no flames then started up and if I remember right , we had to land at Gander Newfoundland. Great video!
Loved the part at 4:56 where the shadow of that beautiful plane crosses the ground. Great clip.
Thank you for the compliment.
Best looking plane ever built!
Staggeringly beautiful - both the scenery and the aircraft. Thank you for this!
Good gravy there are a lot of buttons, knobs and gauges in that plane, I would hate to see the wiring harnesses :O
It's from the days when the Flight Engineer was the unsung hero of the air................................
...and Radio Operators! _ .... .- -. -.- ...!!!!!
Without question, without the the flight engineer the Connie didn't fly, the captain and co-pilot would not known what to do.
Very true, my dad was one of them. He loved the connie as you could feel the plane respond to the controls unlike the jets.
believe me i have seen enough of them, ouch!
Simplesmente lindo!!! Esse foi o primeiro avião de passageiros criado para longas distâncias.
I have an ID from my grandfather by Lockheed featuring a Constellation. He flew until 1966 in Mexico.
Very cool! The Constellation is one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built.
That was one amazing video Matt...As you know i love the Constellation....This one has gone straight into favourites...!! Just an awesome watch.....well done....Steve.-:)
Thank you very much Steve. The flight was most spectacular and a bit bumpy. But I loved it :) Cheers Matt
Vídeo belíssimo, Parabéns 😃
Thank you!
I have almost 2500 hours in the USAF EC-121... the finest three engine aircraft ever built.
the sound of these engines are like music for me ! great video ! thank you for sharing
My pleasure! The flight was most spectacular. Cheers Matt
Bring this plane back for occasional transcontinental flights. I am sure people would still fly them for nostalgia and a sense of history. Beautiful plane!
Wow a flight engineer! Also analogy guages, toggle switches and David Clark headsets.
Great adventure! Thanks for watching!
NICE! Mid twentieth century beautiful air plane, with twenty first century tower crane, in the background. What a pretty picture !
Thank You, for bringing back childhood memories.
THUMBS UP, BOYS !
Thank you very much!
So beautiful, a classic....Thank you.
Amazing flaps, for early fifities!!!
Thank you!
Wow, that's absolutely stunning, Matt! Fantastic footage, great work!!
Thank you very much! It was a most wonderful flight experience which I can highly recommend to you! Cheers Matt
I wait for that day when the LH Connie will come to germany and I could see them fly
Don't you see that?
There's a man out there! On the wing!
No! I'm not crazy!
How do the pilot and engineer know when to coordinate the throttles between engine, fuel mix and propeller pitch? That’s an awful lot of throttle going on!!
Amazing! Beautiful! Unique ship!
Thank you!!
Brillian Old Connie....... what a monster. :-)
I flew in them back in the day but it’s hard to believe that seeing them now. Military used them a lot for anti sub operations.
Thank so much....que hermoso avion el Super Constellation.....very very beautifull. Gracias.
Thank you very much!
Le plus belle avion du monde à piston ( ensuite vient le DC 10 aussi le plus belle avion du monde de la nouvelle génération
Too cool.
Very nice aircraft. You can see the mine her now online on RUclips
Great video Matt!