Aircraft Photo of VH-EAD | Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation | Qantas | AirHistory.net #126125
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
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
 
Photo Date:June 1958
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID: 126125
Photo Comment

One of an excellent series of photos Qantas took of VH-EAD over Sydney and along Sydney's coast. This photo off Box Head, Broken Bay. -EAD was built as an L1049E in 1955 and was upgraded firstly with weather radar and then turned into a Super G with tip tanks. Sold in the US as N9721C in 1960.

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