Super Constellation CF-TGE

Museum of Flight - Lockheed Super G Constellation

The Museum of Flight in Seattle has acquired a Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation. The aircraft was delivered originally to Trans Canada Air Lines (TCA) in 1954, and retired by them in 1962. It was delivered as CF-TGE (originally delivered as an L-1049C, later modified to L-1049G standard.) Final negotiations and arrangements for acquisition of this great aircraft, which were begun in 2001, were completed in 2005. The activities concerning the dismantling, storage, government permitting, repair, repainting in original TCA colors, and transporting back to Seattle are covered on this section of my website. The airplane will take its glorious place of honor in the Air Park adjacent to some magnificent other airplanes. The Museum, already home to a world class collection of airplanes, is becoming one of the great places to see historic transport aircraft, ranging from the Boeing Model 40, 80A and 247, Douglas DC-2 and DC-3, to the Boeing 707, 727, 737, 747, Lockheed Jetstar, deHavilland Comet 4C, and Concorde.

CF-TGE as situated at Toronto Airport - Summer 2005

CF-TGE after structural repairs and repainting - Rome, NY - November 2008

Current Status

In this endeavor, we have had terrific support from Air Canada.

Click on the pictures below to see other Constellation areas of this website section

More pictures of this airplane, its history and siblings

Cockpit and Cabin Pictures

Ship of Destiny as recounted in Propliner Magazine

My Friend - Kevin Lacey

Brief History of this airplane from Connie Survivors website
Michael Ivanin

Aircraft Technical Data and Documents for CF-TGE

Details of the Trans-Canada Air Lines Color Scheme

Disassembly - February 2006

Interim Storage - March 2006 - May 2007

Transport - Toronto to Rome, NY - June 2007

Newspaper coverage with pictures

Repair Assessment - July 2007

Landing Gear Refurbishment - September 2007

Reassembly - October 2007

Towed and Hangared - November 2007

Structural Repairs - November 2007 - July 2008

Engines and Propellers

Hangar Pictures - 2007

Paint Stripping - January 2008

Complete Reassembly - May 2008

Outside on the Ramp - July 2008

Priming and Painting - October/November 2008

Finishing up the Black - December 2008

Complete and On the Ramp - Winter 2009

Reborn - April 2009

Reunion - 23 July 2009

Transport from Rome, New York to Seattle, Washington - August 2009

Arrival at the Museum of Flight - 4 Sept 2009

Reassembly at Boeing Plant II - 5 - 13 Sept 2009

Into Boeing Plant II Hangar for final work and Interim Storage

The REAL story about this Canadian "artifact"

   Detailed condition pictures - August 2005

                                 41 Years of Neglect

                                TAM - Rebuffed at Every Turn???

                            The Recent Fight to Save this Aircraft

Letters and Comments Supporting this Activity

Bob Bogash, retired Boeing Executive, is the Museum's Project Manager for the Constellation

                    Why I like Super Connies !

Link to the 1996 Restoration for the Regal Constellation Hotel

Super Constellation Technical Data (Large Files)

Connie Links

And,.........IF, we need a Reminder,....Here's why we're doing all this!

"What some believe is the most beautiful airplane ever built will be returning to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2006, as the Airline History Museum’s Star of America Lockheed Super Constellation makes its first appearance at the event since 2004."
Read the article here: http://web.archive.org/web/20080214093950/http://www.airventure.org/2006/news/060220_connie.html

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Disclaimer: This website is the personal website of Robert Bogash. It is not the Official website of the Museum of Flight. All content , text, and opinions are my own. (Duh! ) So great to be retired!

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