Aircraft Photo of VH-EAD | Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation | Qantas | AirHistory.net #247870
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VH-EAD
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 49 Constellation
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
C/n (msn):1049E-4607
Operator Titles:Qantas
Aircraft Name:Southern Dawn
Location
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith InternationalMap
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Airport Codes:ICAO: YSSY   IATA: SYD   Local: YSSY   Other: -
 
Photo Date:December 1955 to April 1957
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID: 247870
Photo Comment

VH-EAD prior to receiving weather radar. A generation of spotters used the embankment behind the Connie as a vantage point. It had carried a railway freight line but by the time of the photo the line had been realigned to allow the airport to expand. The embankment is now gone but the realigned railway remains in use.

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