27-11-2007, 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Adrian Roberts  Agreed, certainly one of the most beautiful aircraft ever.
For the last few airshow seasons we've been promised one of the two flyers over here in Britain, but it never seems to materialise; this year I think it ended up stuck in Greenland with engine trouble.
However a mate from another forum in Australia sent me this photo, of Qantas' preserved Connie (note the feathered no.2 prop). Ok, Qantas never operated them when they were new, but at least they have a sense of history unlike a certain British airline which just scrapped its last 707 and its last Trident | Which photo Adrian?
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