The June 14, 1957 issue of The Aeroplane featured a report of flying on a TWA L-1649A Starliner, which details what it was like to fly on this iconic propliner.
The Lockheed Constellation was produced in a number of variants, with the L-1649A the final civil version. US airline TWA was the first carrier to put the Starliner into service on June 1, 1957.
A T.W.A. Starliner at London Airport. The interior, with its five-abreast tourist seating (see below), differs little from earlier Constellations. Photographs copyright "The Aeroplane"
Impressions of the Starliner
A FLIGHT of one hour and forty minutes is not, perhaps, one of satisfactory duration for the assessment of the characteristics of a transport aircraft which is essentially long-haul. And the Lockheed L-1649A, which Trans World Airlines introduced on the North Atlantic services on June 1, is very much a long-haul aircraft, with, probably, a longer absolute range than any other civil aircraft in service today.
