Historical pictures of Atlanta Airport

Wow. This gives me a new appreciation for the Lockheed Constellation. What a beautiful airplane!

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Love the big fans inside:

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For some reason, the head-on view reminds me of some kind of fish:

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Only place I've seen a Connie in real life was at the airport in Lewiston, Maine where the guy's working on restoring a couple of them. They looked pretty sad though. :(
 
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Reminds me of how old I am. I have been a passenger on a United DC-3, a Martin 404, and a Super Connie. Rode a TWA Connie from Kansas City to San Francisco on the way to Navy boot camp in 58. The Martin was a Piedmont in 69. The DC-3 was United's in the mid 50s Denver to Reno.
 
Graueradler said:
Reminds me of how old I am. I have been a passenger on a United DC-3, a Martin 404, and a Super Connie. Rode a TWA Connie from Kansas City to San Francisco on the way to Navy boot camp in 58. The Martin was a Piedmont in 69. The DC-3 was United's in the mid 50s Denver to Reno.
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And all that without having to strip search first :D I'm envious, those were all great birds.
 
The Connies in Maine now belong to Luftansa and are being restored by them. You can read more about the project here.
They are beautiful birds.
 
As a current Atlantan I found those pictures fascinating. Thanks. When I was very young I flew a Connie cross country. Unfortunately I don't remember the plane, but I do remember buying a box lunch at Midway in Chicago on that trip. And regardless of that flight I still think the Super G Connie is the best looking airliner ever (SST a close 2nd).
 
As a kid, I rode in the back of Connies, DC-3, DC-6, DC-7, Convair, Martin 404, YS-11, Lockhed Electra, and a few others. The Connies were great...

And Scott, I still recall the smell of cigarette smoke in 72's, DC-8's and DC-9's.
It was kinda tough sitting in the front rows of coach whent he last rows of F were a smoking section.

Then again, I also remember when real film was used for the entertainment systems on planes, and I remember when AA used to have a video camera attached to the nose of the plane so you could watch takeoff and landings...
 
EppyGA said:
Since the smoke smell was everywhere I don't think anyone noticed back then.
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I think that's true, at least for me. But now that I have experienced a world of non-smoking I would never want to go back.
 
Everskyward said:
I think that's true, at least for me. But now that I have experienced a world of non-smoking I would never want to go back.
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That's it exactly. A decade or so ago with so many people smoking virtually anywhere you never noticed it. Now if I get on an elevator at work with a couple of folks heading back in from a smoke break the smell is incredible.

Same thing with dogs. If you have dogs in the house all the time you never notice the smell but if a friend comes over that doesn't have a dog he/she will most definitley notice it.
 
EppyGA said:
That's it exactly. A decade or so ago with so many people smoking virtually anywhere you never noticed it. Now if I get on an elevator at work with a couple of folks heading back in from a smoke break the smell is incredible.

Same thing with dogs. If you have dogs in the house all the time you never notice the smell but if a friend comes over that doesn't have a dog he/she will most definitley notice it.
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Most guys blame the dogs for the smell. Showers work better.
 
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