Tango01  | 15 Apr 2012 3:29 p.m. PST |
Beautifull old plane.
"… before modern, long-range radar, aircraft with large radomes flew constant patrols watching for Soviet bombers. This augmented what ground based radar there was. It was not until the early 1960's and the completion of the DEW Line that North American radar coverage was 'complete'"
From
link Anybody had made a scale model of it? Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement
Armand |
| Kaoschallenged | 15 Apr 2012 3:36 p.m. PST |
It's the Lockheed EC-121 "Warning Star" BTW. Heller had it in 1/72 and Minicraft in 1/144 and I think a few other scales. I think IMO the "Connie" is certainly more graceful looking and beautiful in its other Livery.
Robert
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| 377CSG | 15 Apr 2012 5:01 p.m. PST |
Guarded one of these, when I was in the U.S. Air Force, at Nankom Phanom (NKP) Thailand 1975. That plane was in camouflage colors and I stood under the wings for the shade. Also flew, in the civilian version, as a kid – nice aircraft. |
| Kaoschallenged | 15 Apr 2012 5:44 p.m. PST |
"That plane was in camouflage colors" Here ya go.
Robert
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| Sergeant Paper | 15 Apr 2012 6:16 p.m. PST |
Love those birds – used to see them at NAS Point Mugu. |
| Whitestreak | 15 Apr 2012 9:27 p.m. PST |
We have one at the Aerospace Museum of California. tinyurl.com/6tym2xu As with all of other aircraft, it's slowly being renovated. |
| HammerHead | 16 Apr 2012 3:23 a.m. PST |
They did fly one at RAF Fairford AS one year a berlin A/L theme in natural metal MATS markings star of the show for me |
The G Dog  | 16 Apr 2012 5:14 a.m. PST |
There a nice example at the National Museum of the US Air Force. link |
| TKindred | 16 Apr 2012 7:11 a.m. PST |
The Navy flew them too. This was the first color scheme. They transitioned to the haze-grey & white in the mid-1960's
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| Tango01 | 16 Apr 2012 11:49 a.m. PST |
Each pic move me to love it more!. Amicalement
Armand |
| Kaoschallenged | 16 Apr 2012 2:13 p.m. PST |
And in Civilian colors too,
This is a great site for pics of surviving "Connies"
link Robert And here in Mcminnville where I live,
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| capncarp | 29 Apr 2012 11:11 a.m. PST |
The Cold War had "Connies" running all kinds of oddball missions: link |
