Tails Tuesday 3 20 January 2026.

D-ALAP (fake registration, actually D-ALEM), Lockheed 1049G Super Constellation, in Lufthansa's 1950's livery, at Munich Strauss, 30th September 1996.
This plane never actually served with Lufthansa, actually flying for Air France.
The original D-ALAP was broken up in 1967.

#Munich #Strauss #MUC #EDDM #Lockheed #L1049 #SuperConstellation #Lufthansa #TailsTuesday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Lufthansa-Flugzeug: Restauration nach 16 Jahren beendet

Die "Super Constellation" von 1958 wurde als Geschenk zum 100-jährigen Jubiläum der Lufthansa wieder flottgemacht.

https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/hamburg_journal/Lufthansa-Flugzeug-Restauration-nach-16-Jahren-beendet,hamj155160.html

#Hamburg #Lufthansa #SuperConstellation #Restaurierung #Flugzeug #1958 #Jubiläum #100Jahre #Geschenk #Luftfahrtgeschichte #Technik #Luftfahrt #HamburgJournal

Lufthansa-Flugzeug: Restauration nach 16 Jahren beendet

Die "Super Constellation" von 1958 wurde als Geschenk zum 100-jährigen Jubiläum der Lufthansa wieder flottgemacht.

NDR Mediathek
Tails Tuesday 16th July 2024. – Manc AvGeek

Photo of the Day 10th May 2024. – Manc AvGeek

G-BNNI, Boeing 727-276, Sabre Airways, taxiing to it’s gate at Manchester Airport, some time in the late 1990s.

EI-LRE, Airbus A321-251N, Aer Lingus, flying over my back garden at 36,000 feet, en route Munich-Dublin, 11th April 2023.

 

F-GHEB, McDonnell Douglas MD83, Air Liberte, at Paris Orly, either 1993 or 1996.

 

D-BEEE, ATR42-320, Eurowings, at Dusseldorf Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

 

G-BPDK, Sorrell SNS-7 Hiperbipe, on static display at Barrton Air Show, some time in the 1990s.

 

D-AIBE, Airbus A340-211, Lufthansa, at Frankfurt Airport, either 1993 or 1996.D-AIBE, Airbus A340-211, Lufthansa, at Frankfurt Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

 

D-ALAP (fake registration), Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation, Lufthansa, on display at Munich Strauss, 30th September 1996.

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/02/09/photo-of-the-day-9th-february-2024/

#a321 #a340 #AerLingus #airbus #AirLiberte #airshow #avgeek #aviation #b727 #barton #boeing #Dublin #eddf #eddm #egcb #egcc #fra #frankfurt #HiperBipe #l1049 #lfpo #lockheed #lufthansa #man #manchester #McDonnellDouglas #md83 #muc #munich #orly #ory #paris #photography #planespotting #Royton #Sabre #SNS7 #Sorrell #strauss #SuperConstellation

Photo of the Day 9th February 2024. – Manc AvGeek

N470EV, Boeing 747-273C, Evergreen International, being towed along a taxiway at London Heathrow, 28th July 1995.

N300AW, Lockheed L1011-1 TriStar, Rich International, sailing past the Airport Hotel on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, 6th August 1994.

 

F-WTSS, Aerospatiale Concorde 100, on display at Musee de l’Air et de l’Espace, Paris Le Bourget, 28th October 1993.
The things you have to do when you don’t have a lens small enough to fit the whole thing in…

 

161952/6 and 161957/5, McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, United States Navy Blue Angels, performing a high speed pass at Finningley Air Show, 19th September 1992.

 

D-ALAP (actually D-ALEM), Lockheed L1049G Super Constellation, Lufthansa, on display at Munich Strauss, 30th September 1996.

#aerospatiale #airporthotel #airshow #b747 #blueangels #boeing #concorde #eddm #egcc #egll #evergeeninternational #fa18 #finningley #fny #glasshouse #heathrow #hornet #l1011 #l1049 #lba #lebourget #lfpb #lhr #lockheed #london #lufthansa #man #manchester #mcdonnelldouglas #muc #munoich #museedelairetdelespace #museum #paris #queensbuilding #richinternational #runway24 #strauss #superconstellation #tristar #unitedstatesnavy #usn

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2023/08/06/photo-of-the-day-6th-august-2023/

Photo of the Day 6th August 2023 – Manc AvGeek

Lockheed Super Constellation Lufthansa D-ALIN, the aircraft that took chancellor Adenauer to Moscow in 1955 where he negotiated the release of the last German prisoners of war. #avgeek #lockheed #superconstellation #constellation #props #aircraft #airplane #museum #hermeskeil #flugausstellung #photography (Instagram 07.08.2018)

My lame try at a meme, never got even one share, but I still cheer when these appear in the opening scenes of old sci fi films.

#airtravel #superconstellation #aircraft #lockheed

Bonus Photo of the Day 2020-05-05.
D-ALAP (Actually D-ALEM), Lockheed L1049G Super Constellation, Lufthansa, on display in the Besucherpark at Munich Airport, 30th September 1996.
#avgeek #planespotting #potd #munich #mun #eddm #besucherpark #museum #lockheed #l1049 #superConstellation #lufthansa