In response to the Douglas DC-4 Lockheed developed the Constellation. As more powerful engines were developed the Constellation was stretched 21 feet and improvements made resulting in the L-1049G Super Constellation. The development of the L-1049G improved range with the addition of wing-tip tanks. The more powerful engines made it necessary to use large propellers that required the aircraft to sit quite high off the ground. A triple tail was developed because the size of a single tail would have been too large to fit in any hangar.
Between March 1955 and August 1956 Lufthansa took delivery of eight L-1049G Constellations. D-ALOF was c/n 4642 and flew for Lufthansa from July 25, 1956 until October 6, 1967. On December 8, 1967 the aircraft was sold to the North American Aircraft Trading Corp. as 5T-TAG. On July 1, 1968 the aircraft was on approach during a storm to the Uli Airstrip in Nigeria when it landed short. The crash killed the 3 occupants and destroyed 10.5 tons of International Red Cross medical supplies destined for Biafra.
Features:
- 1/200 scale die-cast metal with minimal use of plastic.
- All markings are tampo (pad) applied, no decals to discolour or flake.
- Free-spinning propellers.
- Rolling wheels.
- Landing gear can be removed or added.
- Model comes with a display stand.
- A brief history of the aircraft type and the airline is supplied with each model.