Aircraft Photo of CS-TLA | Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation | TAP - Transportes Aéreos Portugueses | AirHistory.net #358677
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:CS-TLA
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):1049G-4616
Operator Titles:TAP - Transportes Aéreos Portugueses
Location
City / Airport:London - HeathrowMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGLL   IATA: LHR   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:5 August 1960
Photo from:McIntyre Collection (via Tim Martin)
Photo ID: 358677
Photo Comment

Delivered new in 1955 and withdrawn from service in 1967. Took part in the Biafra Airlift in 1968, stored at Faro in 1969, used as a restaurant in mid 1980s, burned by vandals in 1999. (Not to be confused with the fake CS-TLA which is ex-Lufthansa.)

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