Lockheed L-1249 Super Constellation
Lockheed L-1249 Super Constellation adalah versi pesawat bertenaga turbin sayap rendah (low wing) dari keluarga pesawat Lockheed Constellation. Dibuat masing-masing pada tahun 1954 dan 1955, pesawat ini digunakan sebagai prototipe untuk pesawat angkut militer bertenaga turbo masa depan bagi Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat dan Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat.
Tipe | Pesawat transpor militer eksperimental |
---|---|
Perancang | Clarence "Kelly" Johnson |
Terbang perdana | 1 September 1954 |
Diperkenalkan | 10 September 1954 (AL) Juli 1955 (AU) |
Status | Dipensiunkan |
Pengguna utama | AL AS AU AS |
Tahun produksi | 1954 dan 1955 |
Jumlah produksi | 4 |
Acuan dasar | C-121 Constellation L-1049 Super Constellation |
Pesawat ini berumur sangat pendek dan kerangka pesawat kemudian digunakan untuk membangun L-1049 Super Constellation.
Referensi
sunting- Breffort, Dominique. Lockheed Constellation: from Excalibur to Starliner Civilian and Military Variants. Paris: Histoire and Collecions, 2006. Print. ISBN 2-915239-62-2
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Lockheed Constellation.
- The Characteristics Summary Diarsipkan 2012-05-14 di Wayback Machine. and the Standard Aircraft Characteristics Diarsipkan 2011-10-14 di Wayback Machine. of the R7V-2 from Alternate Wars.com
- Characteristics Summary for the YC-121F Diarsipkan 2016-10-07 di Wayback Machine., available on alternatewars.com Diarsipkan 2012-11-21 di Wayback Machine.
- Lockheed Constellation Survivors - A website that explains information and whereabouts of surviving Constellations of all variants. The fates of the four L-1249 aircraft are mentioned in the Q&A section of the website.
- 1000 Aircraft Photos - Lockheed 1249A-94-75 YC-121F Constellation - A photograph of the second YC-121F delivered to the U.S. Air Force. Below the image is a small detailed summary on the L-1249A.
- Zoggavia - Lockheed 1951-1960 Diarsipkan 2012-06-25 di Wayback Machine. - A link which includes photographs and brief summaries of Lockheed aircraft from 1951 to 1960, including the YC-121F and R7V-2.