Yup; by the time you read this, I’ll have left the Old Republic to its own devices, and will be winging my way back to Britishland.
That’s assuming there was no Unpleasantness With TSA (Seffrican version). You’ll find out tomorrow, assuming there’s wifi in a South African detention cell.
If you’re gonna be taking that Super Connie you’ll be traveling in style. She’s a beaut!
That Super Constellation is one of the most beautiful airliners ever made if not the most beautiful.
But is sure is noisy, shakey and snug inside. I recall one flight from Texas to Illinois in one.
Obligatory Video: London Calling
Eastern Airlines was still flying Super Connies on the DC to LaGuardia shuttle route when I was a young sailor in 70 or 71. They were voluptuous aircraft if you can say that about an airliner but I’ll second the comment that they vibrated the fillings out of your teeth. I’ve been told that Howard Hughes had a hand in their design.