Molly McMillin The Wichita Eagle Academy Award-nominated actor John Travolta has long had a thing for Kansas City’s ‘Connie.’ A 1959 Lockheed Super-G Constellation aircraft, its distinctive ...

The USS Constellation (CV-64) was a Kitty Hawk class super-carrier and one of the fastest of the US Navy. She was nicknamed “Connie”. The United States aircraft carrier Constellation ...

The tail was the most distinctive part of the Connie’s design. Because most contemporary hangars were not high enough to accommodate the Constellation if it had a single tail, three vertical ...

Academy Award-winning actor John Travolta has long had a thing for Kansas City’s ‘Connie.’ A 1959 Lockheed Super-G Constellation aircraft, its distinctive triple-tail and dolphin nose have been a ...