Lockheed Constellation From Excalibur to Starliner Civilian and Military Variants

Designed just before World War Two after special requirements from the American tycoon Howard Hughes, the Lockheed Constellation is celebrated today as one of the finest flying machine ever built. As a civilian aircraft, it has been the first airliner able to cross the Atlantic Ocean non stop, but it also has had a respectable military career, thanks to its brilliant characteristics which allowed it to fulfill missions of electronic warfare and AWACS.Breffort, Dominique is the author of 'Lockheed Constellation From Excalibur to Starliner Civilian and Military Variants', published 2006 under ISBN 9782915239621 and ISBN 2915239622.