The Lockheed Constellation (populary known as "Connie") was a four-engine triple tail airliner built by Lockheed Corporation.
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Development of the Constellation on 9th June 1939, when Howard Hughes, Majority stockholder of TWA, visited Lockheed and personally presented the company with a requirement for a super-luxury transport, capable of flying non-stop coast to coast across the continental USA.[N 1] by the end of 1939, TWA submitted an order for nine Model 049s - known to Lockheed as the L-49 - which was later increased to 40, and soon followed by an order for a similar number from Pan Am.[2]
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