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This video covers my personal involvement in the earliest days of Save A Connie (now Airline History Museum) and my glimpses of its restoration to airworthiness of its Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation "Star of America" in TWA colors. The main part of this video consists of the only known video footage of Star Of America's first post-restoration test flight which took place on July 17, 1989. I saw nobody else recording this event on video that day.
This flight was on a restricted ferry permit from Kansas City Downtown Airport to nearby Kansas City International Airport (KCI), so no passengers or observers were allowed on board. At KCI the aircraft would receive advanced maintenance and a legal determination of its empty weight. My video captures the apprehensive atmosphere on the tarmac on an ugly, overcast morning, my collaboration with the flight engineer before the test flight, as well as close-ups of the full start-up, warm-up, taxi-out, takeoff and climb out.
Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy it.
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