Lockheed L-1249 Super Constellation

L-1249 Super Constellation R7V-2/YC-121F Constellation
Lockheed R7V-2
Informasi umum
Jenis	Pesawat transpor militer eksperimental
Pabrikan	Lockheed
Perancang	Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
Status	Dipensiunkan
Sejarah
Diproduksi	1954 dan 1955
Tanggal perkenalan	10 September 1954 (AL) Juli 1955 (AU)

Lockheed L-1249 Super Constellation adalah versi pesawat bertenaga turbin sayap rendah (low wing) dari keluarga pesawat Lockheed Constellation. Dibuat masing-masing pada tahun 1954 dan 1955, pesawat ini digunakan sebagai prototipe untuk pesawat angkut militer bertenaga turbo masa depan bagi Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat dan Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat.

Pesawat ini berumur sangat pendek dan kerangka pesawat kemudian digunakan untuk membangun L-1049 Super Constellation.

Referensi

• Breffort, Dominique. Lockheed Constellation: from Excalibur to Starliner Civilian and Military Variants. Paris: Histoire and Collecions, 2006. Print. ISBN 2-915239-62-2

• The Characteristics Summary Diarsipkan 2012-05-14 di Wayback Machine. and the Standard Aircraft Characteristics Diarsipkan 2011-10-14 di Wayback Machine. of the R7V-2 from Alternate Wars.com
• Characteristics Summary for the YC-121F Diarsipkan 2016-10-07 di Wayback Machine., available on alternatewars.com Diarsipkan 2012-11-21 di Wayback Machine.
• Lockheed Constellation Survivors - A website that explains information and whereabouts of surviving Constellations of all variants. The fates of the four L-1249 aircraft are mentioned in the Q&A section of the website.
• 1000 Aircraft Photos - Lockheed 1249A-94-75 YC-121F Constellation - A photograph of the second YC-121F delivered to the U.S. Air Force. Below the image is a small detailed summary on the L-1249A.
• Zoggavia - Lockheed 1951-1960 Diarsipkan 2012-06-25 di Wayback Machine. - A link which includes photographs and brief summaries of Lockheed aircraft from 1951 to 1960, including the YC-121F and R7V-2.