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===Commercial=== ;On display ;;[[L-049]] * N90831 – on display at the [[Pima Air & Space Museum]] in [[Tucson, Arizona]]. This is a former C-69 transport, s/n 42-94549, that was converted for civilian service, and was one of the first TWA Constellations.<ref>[http://www.pimaair.org/collection-detail.php?cid=155 "Lockheed L-049 Constellation."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725124346/http://www.pimaair.org/collection-detail.php?cid=155 |date=2011-07-25 }} Pima Air & Space Museum. Retrieved: July 18, 2009.</ref> * N86533 – on display at the [[TAM Museum]], located in [[São Carlos, Brazil]]. Previously, it served as a children's attraction at the entrance of [[Silvio Pettirossi International Airport]] in [[Asunción, Paraguay]]. It is painted in the markings of [[Panair do Brasil]].<ref>[http://www.museutam.com.br/smt/jsp/default.jhtml?adPagina=445&adArtigo=3835 "Lockheed Constellation, A majestade dos ares (in Portuguese).] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228103227/http://www.museutam.com.br/smt/jsp/default.jhtml?adPagina=445&adArtigo=3835 |date=2007-02-28 }} ''Museum Asas de um Sonho'' (Portugal). Retrieved: July 18, 2009.</ref> * N9412H – parked adjacent to a flight school and cafe at [[Greenwood Lake Airport]] in [[West Milford, New Jersey]]. It was delivered as Air France's first Constellation in June 1946 as L-049 F-BAZA, before being sold to Frank Lembo Enterprises in May 1976 for $45,000 for use as a restaurant and lounge. It was flown to the airport in July 1977, and, along with the airport, was sold to the State of New Jersey in 2000. In 2005, the interior was refurbished for use as a flight school office.<ref>Pettersen, Ralph M. [http://www.conniesurvivors.com/N9412H.htm "N9412H c/n 2072."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121005818/http://www.conniesurvivors.com/N9412H.htm |date=2011-01-21 }} ''Constellation Survivors'', 2011. Retrieved: February 22, 2011.</ref> * N2520B – on display in Aerosur livery, on the first ring road in [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia]]. It is known as ''[[Avion Pirata|El Avión Pirata]]''.<ref>Kinder, Steve. [http://www.airlinefan.com/airline-photos/large/8792542/AeroSur/Lockheed/Constellation/N2520B/ "AirlineFan: AeroSur Constellation N2520B in AeroSur Colors"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222013550/http://www.airlinefan.com/airline-photos/large/8792542/AeroSur/Lockheed/Constellation/N2520B/ |date=2014-02-22 }} "AirlineFan: AeroSur Constellation N2520B in AeroSur Colors", 2008. Retrieved: June 17, 2012.</ref> ;;[[L-749]] * F-ZVMV – on display at the [[Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace]] (The Museum of Air and Space) located at [[Paris-Le Bourget Airport]] near [[Le Bourget, France]], 10 km north of Paris. It initially served with [[Pan American Airways]], before being transferred to [[Air France]], with which it served until 1960. Afterwards, it was used by the Compagnie Générale des Turbo-Machines (General Company of Turbomachinery) as an engine testbed until December 1974.<ref>[http://www.conniesurvivors.com/F-ZVMV.htm "F-ZVMV c/n 2503."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915213659/http://www.conniesurvivors.com/F-ZVMV.htm |date=2008-09-15 }} ''conniesurvivors.com''. Retrieved: July 18, 2009.</ref> * N749NL - on display at the Avidrome, Lelystad Airport, The Netherlands. ;;[[L-1049 Super Constellation]] [[File:Korean L-049 on display.jpg|thumb|Korea Air L-1049 on display at [[Jeju Island|Jeju island]] the former N494TW painted as HL4003]] * CF-TGE – on display at the [[Museum of Flight]] in [[Seattle, Washington]]. It is painted in the markings it carried during its service with [[Trans-Canada Air Lines]] from 1954 to the 1960s. After TCA service, it was sold to [[World Wide Airways]] and later retired in Montreal by 1965; it was renovated as a restaurant and bar in and around the Montreal area, and sold and moved again to [[Toronto]] and used as convention facility by the [[Regal Constellation Hotel]]. It was sold again and stored at [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]]. Finally, it was sold to the Museum of Flight, restored in [[Rome, New York]], and shipped to Seattle for display.<ref>Bogash, Robert [http://rbogash.com/connie.html "Super Constellation CF-TGE."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019220832/http://www.rbogash.com/connie.html |date=2011-10-19 }} ''rbogash.com.'' Retrieved: November 3, 2011.</ref><ref>Petersen, Ralph M. [http://www.conniesurvivors.com/CF-RNR.htm "CF-TGE c/n 4544."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011200119/http://conniesurvivors.com/CF-RNR.htm |date=2011-10-11 }} ''conniesurvivors.com''. Retrieved: November 3, 2011.</ref> * 44-0315 – on display at the [[Air Mobility Command Museum]] at [[Dover Air Force Base]] in [[Dover, Delaware]]. Last registered N1005C it is painted to represent a USAF C-121C, but was never actually delivered to the air force. * D-ALIN – on display at the [[Flugausstellung Hermeskeil]], near [[Hermeskeil]], [[Germany]]. It is a former [[Lufthansa]] Super Constellation, and was the actual aircraft that [[Konrad Adenauer]] flew into [[Moscow]] in 1955, when he negotiated the release of German [[Prisoners of War|POWs]]. * D-ALEM – on display near [[Munich International Airport]] at [[Munich, Germany]]. Last registered F-BHML it is painted to represent Super Constellation D-ALEM, Lufthansa's first long-haul aircraft of 1955.<ref>[http://www.munich-airport.de/en/consumer/erlebnis/hist_flugz/superconst/index.jsp "Lockheed L-1049 G Super Constellation"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614223840/http://www.munich-airport.de/en/consumer/erlebnis/hist_flugz/superconst/index.jsp |date=2009-06-14 }} ''Munich Airport'' Retrieved: August 31, 2009.</ref> * IN315 – on display at the [[Naval Aviation Museum (India)|Naval Aviation Museum]] at Dabolim in [[Goa]], [[India]]. This aircraft is a former [[Air India]] Super Constellation (VT-DHM ''Rani of Ellora'') that was later transferred to the [[Indian Navy]]<ref>[http://www.conniesurvivors.com/IN315.htm "N4247K c/n 4144."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120225439/http://conniesurvivors.com/IN315.htm |date=2010-11-20 }} ''conniesurvivors.com.'' Retrieved: November 21, 2010.</ref> ;;[[L-1649 Starliner]] * N974R – on display in front of the [[Fantasy of Flight]] attraction in [[Lakeland, Florida]].<ref>Pettersen, Ralph M. [http://www.conniesurvivors.com/N974R.htm "N974R c/n 1040."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218020158/http://www.conniesurvivors.com/N974R.htm |date=2010-12-18 }} ''Constellation Survivors'', 2011. Retrieved: February 22, 2011.</ref> * ZS-DVJ – On display at Rand Airport in Germiston in [[Trek Airways]] colours.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.saamuseum.co.za/our-aircraft/71-lockheed-l1649a-starliner.html|title = Lockheed L1649A Starliner}}</ref> Used to be at OR Tambo International Airport, South Africa at the South African Airways Technical area. The aircraft is owned by the South African Airways Museum Society.<ref>[http://www.saamuseum.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71&Itemid=84 "Lockheed L1649A Starliner, ZS-DVJ, c/n 1042."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721154503/http://www.saamuseum.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71&Itemid=84 |date=2011-07-21 }} ''The South African Airways Museum Society'' via ''saamuseum.co.za''. Retrieved: July 18, 2009.</ref> ;Under restoration or in storage ;;L-049 * N7777G – painted in TWA colors (although this aircraft never flew for TWA) it is stored at the Large Item Storage facility for the UK Science Museum at Wroughton, near Swindon. This aircraft was used by the Rolling Stones to transport equipment during their 1973 Australian tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adastron.com/lockheed/constellation/stones-connie.htm|title=The Stones' Connie – The Lockheed File|website=www.adastron.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909011925/http://www.adastron.com/lockheed/constellation/stones-connie.htm|archive-date=2011-09-09}}</ref> It is the only Constellation in the United Kingdom.<ref>Hayles, John. [http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/mus/uk/u-z/wroughton.htm "Science Museum Swindon: Constellation N7777G."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727074342/http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/mus/uk/u-z/wroughton.htm |date=2008-07-27 }} ''aeroflight.co.uk'', July 4, 2009. Retrieved: July 18, 2009.</ref> ;;L-1049 Super Constellation * F-BRAD – to display by the ''[[Amicale du Super Constellation]]'' located at the [[Nantes Airport]] in [[Nantes, France]]. It was delivered to Air France on November 2, 1953, and was upgraded to a L-1049 G in 1956, serving until August 8, 1967, having totaled 24,284 hours under Air France's colors. After retirement, it was sent to Spain, to be registered EC-BEN, briefly flying humanitarian and medevac missions in Biafra. Aero Fret bought it in 1968, brought it back home to France, registered it as F-BRAD, and operated it on cargo hauls until 1974. When the Constellation landed in Nantes one last time to be scrapped, it was ultimately saved by Mr. Gaborit, who revamped it somewhat by his own modest means to finally park it near the terminal, accessible to visitors for a few years, until the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Nantes-Atlantique Airport bought it, to contract the ''Amicale du Super Constellation'' to undergo a complete restoration of the aircraft.<ref>[http://superconstellation-nantes.fr/pages/en_histoirefbgnj.html "Story of F-BGNJ."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721021530/http://superconstellation-nantes.fr/pages/en_histoirefbgnj.html |date=2011-07-21 }} ''Amicale du Super Constellation''. Retrieved: March 23, 2010.</ref> * HI-542CT ''City of Miami'' – parked on an unused runway at the [[Rafael Hernández Airport]] in [[Aguadilla, Puerto Rico]]. It was struck by a runaway DC-4 on February 3, 1992, resulting in damage to the right wing and main spar.<ref>Pettersen, Ralph M. [http://www.conniesurvivors.com/HI-542CT.htm "HI-542CT c/n 4825."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214071520/http://conniesurvivors.com/HI-542CT.htm |date=2010-12-14 }} ''Constellation Survivors'', 2011. Retrieved: February 22, 2011.</ref> * N6937C ''Star of America'' – to airworthiness by the [[National Airline History Museum]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. This aircraft was originally built in 1957, stored for several years, and then delivered to cargo carrier Slick Airways. It was restored in 1986 by the Save-a-Connie, Inc. organization, later renamed as the National Airline History Museum. It was originally painted in red and white with Save-a-Connie, but was later repainted in the 1950s livery of TWA to resemble its original ''Star of America'' Constellation.<ref>[http://www.airlinehistorymuseum.com/ "N6937C Lockheed Super Constellation "Star of America."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511155657/http://www.airlinehistorymuseum.com/ |date=2008-05-11 }} ''Airline History Museum at Kansas City.''Retrieved: July 18, 2009.</ref> The aircraft appeared at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport at the original TWA terminal designed by [[Eero Saarinen]] to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the airline with the paint scheme donated by TWA in Kansas City for the occasion. The ''Star of America'' has appeared at many airshows and was even used in ''[[The Aviator (2004 film)|The Aviator]]'', the 2004 film depicting the life of TWA's one-time owner Howard Hughes, the man often credited with helping design and develop the original Constellation series.<ref>Denning, Larry. [http://www.airlinehistorymuseum.com/movie_1.htm "Connie at the Movies."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225160657/http://www.airlinehistorymuseum.com/movie_1.htm |date=2012-02-25 }} Airline History Museum at Kansas City. Retrieved: July 18, 2009.</ref> ;;L-1649 Starliner * N7316C – returned to airworthiness by Lufthansa Technik North America in [[Auburn, Maine]]. This aircraft was purchased at auction in 2007, along with C/N 1038, by the Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin Foundation. Lufthansa has built a hangar at the airport, which will allow the aircraft to be restored indoors. Lufthansa announced in March 2018 that it will be transported back to Germany and further restoration decisions will be made after it arrives.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sunjournal.com/petitioners-grounded-lufthansa-says-it-still-plans-to-move-constellation-to-germany/|title=Lufthansa sticks to plans to move Constellation to Germany |date=2018-03-27|work=Lewiston Sun Journal|access-date=2018-10-16|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008175225/http://www.sunjournal.com/petitioners-grounded-lufthansa-says-it-still-plans-to-move-constellation-to-germany/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://superstar.lufthansa.com/en/milestones.html|title=Lufthansa Super Star|access-date=2018-10-16|language=en-GB|archive-date=2018-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008175110/http://superstar.lufthansa.com/en/milestones.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of the end of 2019 the plan is to restore the aircraft for static display in a museum. According to reports from the US, the aircraft was dismantled (as apparently was the Ju-52 D-AQUI) without the requisite documentation that would have allowed the return-to-flight work to continue. * N8083H – This aircraft was purchased at auction in 2007, along with C/N 1018, by the Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin Foundation, and stripped of all usable spares to support the restoration of C/N 1018. The aircraft was subsequently sold and transported to [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|JFK International Airport]] to become a cocktail bar in the [[TWA Hotel]], a retro-aviation themed hotel built on the former [[TWA Flight Center]].<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2018/10/08/vintage-commercial-airplane-set-undertake-long-slow-journey-maine-new-york-where-turned-into-cocktai/1572080002/ "Vintage 'Connie' flying from Maine to NYC to become hotel cocktail lounge"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009181410/https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2018/10/08/vintage-commercial-airplane-set-undertake-long-slow-journey-maine-new-york-where-turned-into-cocktai/1572080002/|date=2018-10-09}} ''USA Today'' via ''usatoday.com''. Retrieved: October 10, 2018.</ref>
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