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sl8

(13,779 posts) Sun Apr 21, 2019, 02:04 PM Apr 2019

Spotted at Knuffingen Airport, Munich, Germany:

Wikipedia : Lockheed Constellation

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Spotted at Knuffingen Airport, Munich, Germany: (Original Post) sl8 Apr 2019 OP

WOW!! A Connie !!! pangaia Apr 2019 #1

LOL. Takes me back to my youth. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2019 #2

I have only seen one live, ever, sitting on the tarmac at Sante Fe. pangaia Apr 2019 #3

When I was a kid one flew past the DC-7 I was on, going in the opposite direction. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2019 #4

JEEZE !!! Are you serious?? pangaia Apr 2019 #5

There was plenty of separation on my 1958 flight. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2019 #6

My favorite Sherman A1 Apr 2019 #7

I guess the Millennium Falcon caught no one's attention but mine. mainer Apr 2019 #8

I was to busy looking for the Space Shuttle and the Concorde, also.... Brother Buzz Apr 2019 #10

that was the first thing I saw!!! Then I saw that Constellation tail yellowdogintexas Apr 2019 #13

what is that? samnsara Apr 2019 #9

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - a double dose! KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2019 #11

I didn't know the Millenium Falcon had a stop there. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #12

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

1. WOW!! A Connie !!!

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 02:07 PM

Apr 2019

rzemanfl

(29,565 posts)

2. LOL. Takes me back to my youth. n/t

Reply to pangaia (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 02:12 PM

Apr 2019

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

3. I have only seen one live, ever, sitting on the tarmac at Sante Fe.

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 02:13 PM

Apr 2019

rzemanfl

(29,565 posts)

4. When I was a kid one flew past the DC-7 I was on, going in the opposite direction. n/t

Reply to pangaia (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 02:15 PM

Apr 2019

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

5. JEEZE !!! Are you serious??

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #4)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 02:27 PM

Apr 2019

That actually happened over the Grand Canyon. Except they crashed together !

I had to check the year but 1956..

rzemanfl

(29,565 posts)

6. There was plenty of separation on my 1958 flight. n/t

Reply to pangaia (Reply #5)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 02:29 PM

Apr 2019

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

7. My favorite

Reply to pangaia (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 02:30 PM

Apr 2019

used to watch them on approach to Lambert-St. Louis from my front yard.

mainer

(12,022 posts)

8. I guess the Millennium Falcon caught no one's attention but mine.

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 02:39 PM

Apr 2019

But that's just me.

Brother Buzz

(36,436 posts)

10. I was to busy looking for the Space Shuttle and the Concorde, also....

Reply to mainer (Reply #8)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 04:14 PM

Apr 2019

depicted in the miniature model of the airport.

yellowdogintexas

(22,252 posts)

13. that was the first thing I saw!!! Then I saw that Constellation tail

Reply to mainer (Reply #8)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 11:12 PM

Apr 2019

I flew on them to Germany in 1959 18 hour flight

samnsara

(17,622 posts)

9. what is that?

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 03:53 PM

Apr 2019

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,491 posts)

11. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - a double dose!

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 04:14 PM

Apr 2019

The aliens have landed and we surround them with food trucks......

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,706 posts)

12. I didn't know the Millenium Falcon had a stop there.

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 05:56 PM

Apr 2019

I thought they flew into FRA.

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