Yesterday, our school took a tour of the Lockheed Constellation, or "Connie" over at the Auburn Municipal Airport at the Lafthansa Teknic hanger where they are busily reconstructing one of the two Constellations that they now own. For those of you form the Lewiston/Auburn area, these are the planes that were sitting near the old tower off from Hotel Road for the last 25 years.
This plane, developed in the 1940's under the close eye of Howard Hughes, was used as a passenger plane as as a Military Transport Vehicle during WWII. After the war, it became popular to be used as a civilian transportation vehicle. Many airline corporations used this as their vehicle of choice.
This Constellation that Lafthansa is rebuilding is going to be used as a trans-continental flight plane again when it is finished. The estimated time line of this is within the next five years. They have been working on this for over a year, and the work is impressive. There are parts being rebuilt all over the world, from their corporate center in Germany, to having the Jet engines repaired in Idaho.
We have been invited back to see the progress that they are making in December. We will keep you posted!
I hear the Germans get all the credit while the Americans are treated like you know what
ReplyDeleteWhat a stupid waste of money! How many children could you feed with that money!!
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