Lockheed L-1249 Super Constellation

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.

Lockheed L-1249 Super Constellation

Lockheed R7V-2
Tipe	Pesawat transpor militer eksperimental
Perancang	Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
Terbang perdana	1 September 1954
Diperkenalkan	10 September 1954 (AL) Juli 1955 (AU)
Status	Dipensiunkan
Pengguna utama	AL AS AU AS
Tahun produksi	1954 dan 1955
Jumlah produksi	4
Acuan dasar	C-121 Constellation L-1049 Super Constellation

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.